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How to set Adobe default for InDesign
I see my default for files created in InDesign is one version back. But everytime I try to set the Default, I end up in a screen that says Default Apps and shows the old version. I go to "find app ...
- I deleted the new version, then reinstalled it. This time when the default apps window came up, the newest version was showing. So I was able to select it as default and it seems to hold.
Something must have happened in the first install that did not allow it to be seen as a possible default.
I went back and moved the default folder to a different name so it could not be found. So when this happened, I was able to select the latest version. But the screen to open says Just Once and Not Always, so i cannot get this version to remain as default.
I deleted the new version, then reinstalled it. This time when the default apps window came up, the newest version was showing. So I was able to select it as default and it seems to hold.
Something must have happened in the first install that did not allow it to be seen as a possible default.
Something must have happened in the first install that did not allow it to be seen as a possible default.
I am experiencing the same issue. I suppose this happens because the old and the new Indesign apps have the same name, "InDesign.exe". So Windows thinks you still choose the same app for opening your file, therefore not showing the new app in your application list and thus using the old version. Maybe, Adobe should consider using different names for their new executables. I tried to change the new Adobe Indesign executable and hooray, Windows accepted it. Unfortunately Adobe was not able to open the application this time because of the faulty new name I gave it. 🙂
- So what I did:
1. changed the executable name of the old "InDesign.exe" to "InDesign23.exe"
2. changed the default to the new InDesign.exe (2024 in my case)
3. went back to the old "InDesign23.exe" and changed the name to "InDesign.exe" again
Now Windows changed the default to the 2024 folder 🙂The above worked perfectly. Thanks.
