NX ugs_router problem opening files from Windows Explorer

[jmarkus]

My NX prt files are correctly associated to the following command, as confirmed using ftype:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>ftype NXPartfile
NXPartfile="C:\Program Files\Siemens\NX1953\NXBIN\ugs_router.exe" -ug -use_file_dir "%1"

If I try to open from the command line to check that everything is good, substituting a file for the %1, then NX opens, but doesn't load the file:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>"C:\Program Files\Siemens\NX1953\NXBIN\ugs_router.exe" -ug -use_file_dir "C:\Users\jmarkus\Documents\NewSketcherTrainingJLM.prt"

If I try to open from Windows Explorer (double-click on the prt file, or right click and select open), then I get the error:

The following error occurred:

    C:\Users\jmarkus\Documents\NewSketcherTrainingJLM.prt"e_dir - Invalid argument

Which looks like it is substituting the prt file name before all the arguments (e_dir is the remnant of -user_file_dir).

Can anybody figure out what I need to do?

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[PhoeNX]

The filetype setting looks correct. I would suggest running a repair of the NX installation (from the Windows Program & Features).
If that doesn't fix it, I would look at updating to a later update for NX1953 (the last was NX1973).

Anthony Galante
Senior Support Engineer


NX9 to NX2008 (11 versions)

 

[jmarkus]

Anthony,

I ran a repair from the Windows Program & Features in Control Panel. Unfortunately, it didn't change the behaviour.
I am aware that NX1973 is an update to NX1953, which is what I have, but it still lives in the NX1953 'base' directory.

From the About NX:

NX Version Information
Version	1973
Part File Compatibility	Saved parts can be opened in 1953 or later
Build	4320

I'm open to other suggestions.
Thanks,
Jeff

 

[jmarkus]

Solved!

I searched my Registry and even though the .prt association appears to be correct, there is an entry under

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UGpartfile\shell\open\command

which had the error:

"C:\Program Files\Siemens\NX1953\NXBIN\ugs_router.exe" -ug -use_file_dir "%1"e_dir "%1"

I guess at some point, something or someone partially overwrote this entry.
I removed the error in bold and now it works!

Jeff