Solved "Open with" function not working correctly

inaniloquent

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Hi everyone,
I use this piece of software called SAI, and basically I want to set all my .sai files to open with a new version of the software. I've made sure to delete all copies of the old .exe, but I'm having a very strange and irritating problem.
When I write click on a .sai file and go to "open with", I navigate to the location of the sai.exe I want to run these files with, but when I double click the .exe, I am brought back to the list of possible programs, with the .exe I just clicked not visible. No matter how many times or ways I try, I can't get the .exe I want to appear in that list. If I run the .exe manually and browse folders and open the files within the software it works fine, but none of my files are openable by double clicking, which is very very irrtitating.
Any ideas?
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom build
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
CPU
i5-4590
Motherboard
GIGABYTE H97M-HD3
Memory
Corsair DDR3 8GB
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce GTX 970
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Electronics W1942 - 19 inches
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
Corsair Neutron SSD 119GB, Toshiba External 931GB
PSU
Corsair CX600
Keyboard
Logitech K360 Wireless
Mouse
Logitech Wireless Mouse M325
Browser
Firefox
didn't expect to solve this so easily...just ran ccleaner on the registry and i could add it to the list! all solved ^_^
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom build
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
CPU
i5-4590
Motherboard
GIGABYTE H97M-HD3
Memory
Corsair DDR3 8GB
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce GTX 970
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Electronics W1942 - 19 inches
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
Corsair Neutron SSD 119GB, Toshiba External 931GB
PSU
Corsair CX600
Keyboard
Logitech K360 Wireless
Mouse
Logitech Wireless Mouse M325
Browser
Firefox
Glad that you got this solved.

I had subscribed to your thread and planned to look into how to solve this for you when I had more time. So, thank you for posting back with your findings/solution :-)
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Employer provided Dell Latitude
OS
W7 Pro SP1 64bit
CPU
i7
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics
Hard Drives
crappy SSD
Antivirus
Employer mandated Symantec Endpoint Protection
Browser
Pale Moon 64bit, IE11 64bit & Chrome 64bit
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