Applied to: ZWCAD Mechanical 2017


Issue:

When double-clicks a DXF attachment in Outlook, it doesn't open in ZWCAD Mechanical and it prompts "Can't find the specific file" or something like that.


Cause:

This is because the DXF association with ZWCAD Mechanical lost.


Solution:

1) Firstly recreate the File Association with ZWCAD Mechanical. Click "Yes" and check to remember the choice in the following dialog box when it prompts:


If this dialog box doesn't prompt when open ZWCAD Mechanical, you can visit this solution to fix: How to make the File Association dialog box appear again?


2) Find the item HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.dxf and then create the following keys if they do not exist.

In OpenWithList to create a string "a" with "zwcad.exe"

In OpenWithProgids to create a binary "ZWCAD.DXF.2017" with 0 0 0 0

In UserChoice to create a string "Progid" with "ZWCAD.DXF.2017"


3) Right clicks any DXF drawing, and then select ZWCAD.exe as the default program to open.