At 06:14 PM 12/3/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>Just downloaded MPLAB 7.20 onto an XP system.
>
>Everything *was* working ok... but now in Windows Explorer, I cannot 
>associate .mcp files with mplab.exe
>
>Clicking on 'open with' and browsing to the mplab.exe appears to work but 
>then clicking on an mcp file opens the file with a text editor instead of 
>mplab.exe
>
>Doing much the same via the
>Windows Explorer/tools/folder options/filetypes,
>after browsing to mplab.exe and clicking on it, the 'ok' button is grayed 
>out like Windows can't seem to see the mplabe.exe file I just clicked on...
>
>Any ideas? Is my system seriously bent?
>ps: Just previously to the install, I removed all previous versions of 
>mplab...

I don't think the installation package puts MPLAB on the path by default.

On my installation, it's: "C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE\Core\"

If XP is the same as Win2K, you can edit the path in the System Properties
dialog.

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