Revert .package files help!!!!
Messed up all my previous file, Help! Hey guys I really messed up here and would greatly appreciate some positive guidance on what I should do. I am currently running Windows 8 for starters. We...
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"AlHollandiyah;c-16461508" wrote:
I have seen much information in this thread boiling down to this: as long as the actual file name isn't changed, plopping it in downloads will be enough for the launcher to recognise them.
However some people still panick because they once used 'open with' with the wrong program and windows conveniently decided this was the program you wanted to use every time from now on, which also changes the icon.
What I miss in this topic is that there is a very simple solution for this issue in the form of Unassoc, a windows tool that is specially made to remove unwanted file associations.
Well, sort of. Package files aren't meant to be placed in Downloads and they aren't read by the Launcher. That's only for sims3packs. Package files in TS3 are meant to be placed within the Mods\Packages framework with a proper Resource.cfg file in place.
I would not recommend the Unassoc application because (a) it's only stated to work on Vista and Win 7, which not everyone has today and (b) sorry, it might be fine but I don't recognize the source as being trustworthy and known to deliver helpful applications free of accompanying ad/malware.
An arguably better strategy might be to install a harmless application that can actually open and edit package files such as S3PE, NRaas Packer, or whatever the equivalent is for TS4, then work with Windows to make the new file association to one of those. The downside is that all package based files, no matter for which game they were intended, will have the same association but it's still all harmless and only eye-candy for the user. The games don't care what the icon or double-click associations are.
