3rd Party Applications No Longer Open in Default Mode

In my enthusiasm to resolve some issues here with DOpus along the way I must have tripped up something-somewhere but I don't know where to back-track to correct ...

When I click on certain extension files: *.text, *.avi, *.mpg, etc they will open using only the DOpus plugin default apps. All my 3rd party apps have been defaulted to using only DOpus.

The most pressing issue is that I can no longer get my chosen text reader/writer (EditPad Pro) to automatically open when I click on a *.text file.

Nothing changed when I tried the following 2 methods:
1 Preferences > File Operations > Double-click on Files > Text viewer (blank for default): C:\Program Files\EditPad Pro\EditPadPro.exe
2 left click on a file, Open With..., (chose app), Always use the selected programme to open this kind of file

If DOpus doesn't recognize the extension file (*.mov, *.torrent, etc) or if DOpus has no default extension plugin then it will open the text DOpus reader in "Hex" view.

Any file needing editing or viewing needs to be literally "drag & dropped" into the 3rd party app.

How do I get my 3rd party apps to open in default mode when I click on a file ... or more pressing, what have I done and how do I undo it?

Cheers.


Nudel - Thanks for answering (No "Drag" capability & "List View" default)
Using DOpus for some time I knew that it had the capability of moving "drag & drop" item(s) without using the clipboard but for some reason this default convenience did not work, making life with Opus a bit on the slow side. But for what it is worth, your answer that I found to Question 1 - worked.
I don't understand why this basic (much needed) function no longer worked after the re-installment. (The only thing different about this re-install is that I upgraded from XP home to XP professional).

My usage of "block & drag" is perhaps an archaic term today, I'm probably aging myself but it comes from WordPerfect (before there was MS Word there was WordPerfect). Perhaps "drag & drop" is a more commonly used term today.

What happens when you double-click the same files in Explorer?

Maybe you've edited the Double-Click event in some of the filetypes (or the All Files filetype) so that it runs the Show or Play commands or something? That is the only way I can think that this could happen in a way which (a) wasn't corrected by the Open With menu and (b) would affect Opus but not Explorer (since the Double-Click event only applies to Opus).

Sorry, been away.
Thanks for answering.

In Explorer when I double click on any file (pdf, text, torrent, doc, rar, etc.) : nothing happens, zip, zero.
When I click/double-click on a folder: The folder of course is launched in Opus (putting me right back to square one.)

This is beginning to look like DOpus needs a whole re-install.
Not sure why but this is not the first time this has happened. The last time DOpus simply froze me out until I did a re-install.

Whenever I do a fresh re-install of WinXP OS the first piece of software/app to go in is always Opus ... not sure why she is holding a grudge against me, have I done something to make her jealous?

I hate doing a reinstall of Opus because it always takes me a few hours to reset everything back to my settings and preferences.

Cheers.

Sounds like you have messed up your filetypes if they don't work in Explorer either. Re-installing Opus won't repair that.

Also... there should be no reason for you to spend any time resetting opus preferences. Version 8 had a Settings->Import and Export... and v9 has a newer Settings->Backup & Restore... option that does even more... but both saved all your settings and config info to a single file you can import/restore later to either a new install or to 'roll back' your current installs opus settings if you've messed them up while experimenting with your config.