Illustrator to Corel with no help from me

[dlac]

My saved Illustrator files in my computer turned to corel by themselves??? I can still open them in illustrator or corel, any ideas why... some secret older corel... like version 6 or something corupting my files.. inside job from corel? any ideas on how to change them backl.?  I try to be a good person, also have some freehand floating in there, hope they don't get to that
dlac

[cbjamel]

i bet the asociation changed. try this.
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-change-file-associations-in-windows-2624477

Shane

[Frog]

If you have CorelDRAW, and can open them, you should also be able to save them as .ai

[Sbrem]

i bet the asociation changed. try this.
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-change-file-associations-in-windows-2624477

Shane

hmmm, this makes me curious; Mac guy here, forever. I have a bunch of older Illustrator and Freehand files that a couple of years ago started showing up as executable files, which Macs can't read. I have 2 workarounds, one is a very old computer running Mac OS 9, with Illustrator 8 on it, which can read them, the other is opening the file in a text app and changing the header up to the bounding box in the code, which I know nothing about, I just mimicked what I read. I haven't tried in a while, but I remember that worked. So is it possible that these "associations" are what happened? I know they were created on Macs running Motorola chips before switching to Intel, maybe that's involved?

Steve

[cbjamel]

Did you do an update lately? maybe that did it or install new software of some type?
Just change the extension .cdr or whatever. see if it sticks?

Shane

[screenxpress]

Did you do an update lately? maybe that did it or install new software of some type?
Just change the extension .cdr or whatever. see if it sticks?

Shane

I think you hit the nail on the head.  Somehow a file with an .AI extension got inadvertently opened with Corel and Windows has changed the association to open .AI file types using Corel. 

Easy fix. 

Using Windows Explorer (not IE) find ANY old .AI file in ANY old Folder. 
Right click the file but DO NOT click on ILLUSTRATOR even though it's likely in the list
INSTEAD select "CHOOSE ANOTHER APP" at the bottom. 
Navigate that new app list to find ILLUSTRATOR
Be sure the box "Always use this app to open .AI files" is checked
Click OK
That will open the file in Illustrator and will re-associate the the opening of FUTURE .AI files to open using Illustrator

This is not that uncommon to happen. 

[cbjamel]

Did you do an update lately? maybe that did it or install new software of some type?
Just change the extension .cdr or whatever. see if it sticks?

Shane

I think you hit the nail on the head.  Somehow a file with an .AI extension got inadvertently opened with Corel and Windows has changed the association to open .AI file types using Corel. 

Easy fix. 

Using Windows Explorer (not IE) find ANY old .AI file in ANY old Folder. 
Right click the file but DO NOT click on ILLUSTRATOR even though it's likely in the list
INSTEAD select "CHOOSE ANOTHER APP" at the bottom. 
Navigate that new app list to find ILLUSTRATOR
Be sure the box "Always use this app to open .AI files" is checked
Click OK
That will open the file in Illustrator and will re-associate the the opening of FUTURE .AI files to open using Illustrator

This is not that uncommon to happen.

Problem is he is mac but I think you can do same.
Shane

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