Can’t Open INDD Files: Adobe InDesign Forum posts
Can’t open InDesign INDD files? Markzware shares solutions on how to open INDD files in Adobe CS4 and more:
“Can’t open INDD files from Bridge or Windows Explorer” was a very informative post that Markzware noticed on the InDesign Forum. This is similar to when you can’t open INDD files when InDesign may not support the file format on Macintosh, but with a nasty little file association issue. User hengwen reports:
Now, neither Bridge nor Windows Explorer recognizes InDesign files. I can still launch the program from the Start menu and Desktop shortcut, and I can open files from within the program. But Bridge says the default for opening an INDD file is Acrobat…or Photoshop, Firefox or IE. Windows says the same. The INDD icon is no longer displayed in Windows Explorer either. It seems to have vanished from my system. I have tried to re-associate InDesign files with the program through Windows Explorer numerous times to no avail. Operating System: Windows XP Professional on a Dell GX270.
Is the only solution here to uninstall & reinstall InDesign? Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.
Source: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2283103
Markzware saw that some Adobe CS4 users reported that they can’t open INDD files and had failed attempts to fix it. Markzware shares an association problem solution offered by user dragonflynz:
I just fixed my problem, which was indeed a registry issue: for some reason the registry file was for CS3, which is not on my PC so would not open. I downloaded CCleaner (reputable and safe) went into the registry section and ran a search, navigated to the correct issue and voila! Works perfect.
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