Forum Discussion

jpkarlsen's avatar
jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
7 years ago

Re: Why cant I control my sims?

Unless you mean that they have been renamed *.pdf instead of *.package then they are NOT pdf files. It just means that you at one time tried to open one of the *.package files with Adobe Reader. It is easy to test. If you doubleclick one of them does it open in Adobe Reader or do you get an error message? My bet would be on the latter.

4 Replies

  • @jpkarlsen All of my files end in  .package but they have the appearance of a pdf file. Also when I try to open one of them with Adobe reader it gives me an error message.

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago

    I already told you why that happened. It will not change how the file works

  • BlackjackWidow's avatar
    BlackjackWidow
    Hero (Retired)
    7 years ago

    @ukudreams wrote:

    @jpkarlsen All of my files end in  .package but they have the appearance of a pdf file. Also when I try to open one of them with Adobe reader it gives me an error message.


    @ukudreams - As @jpkarlsen says, this won't affect the way the files work, but it can be annoying. If you want to get rid of the pdf look, follow these steps:

    1. Press the Windows key + i to open the settings menu
    2.  Click "Apps"
    3. On the left side, click "Default Apps"
    4. On the bottom of the page, click "Reset" to reset to the Microsoft recommended defaults 

    This will remove the file association you created and reset all of your file associations to their default. The next time you get a box that says "open with...", make sure you clear the checkbox that says to open all files of this type with this program so it doesn't save an association. 

    Now back to your regularly scheduled troubleshooting 🙂