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traxda
 
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Using the Adafruit Arduino IDE as Default

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I downloaded the IDE and followed these instructions: https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing- ... rduino-ide

And it works great except that I will save a sketch, then go back to open it and it opens with my old Arduino software. So, I deleted the original arduino IDE and tried to open these sketches using 'open with' and browsing to the modified version. Except, it doesn't work. It wont use that application to open the sketches nor will it show up in the 'open with' window. I have to open the adafruit version then copy and paste old sketches into it in order to re-open them.

I'm using win7. Any help is appreciated.

Thank you!

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Re: Using the Adafruit Arduino IDE as Default

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Where did you put the new IDE? To change the program that opens a file type go to control panel>programs>default programs and use "make a file type always open in a specific program" to set this.

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Re: Using the Adafruit Arduino IDE as Default

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I put it in my program files folder, where all my applications are.

Nothing shows up in the 'programs and features' window. And I can't choose it from the 'default programs' window. When I try to 'Associate a file type or protocol with program' it does the same thing as 'open with'... I browse to the arduino application, select it, and nothing happens - nothing is selected and I can't choose it from any lists.

Hope this helps

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Re: Using the Adafruit Arduino IDE as Default

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I just did this on my Win-8 machine:
  • Open "Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations"
    Scroll down and select the ".ino" file type
    Click the "Change Program..." button on the upper right.
    Select "other options"
    Scroll to the bottom
    Browse Arduino.exe

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