How to associate .uproject files in ue4

Ryan_Darcey · February 6, 2016, 2:56am

Tried this, but got attached error

Ryan_Darcey · February 6, 2016, 2:58am

Managed to get around this error by running cmd as admin…but still no right click menu :’(

Andrew_Bindraw · March 9, 2016, 1:36pm

Hi All!

Today I have this problem with file association .uproject and context menu.

Previous post don’t help me and Launcher also

I fix this problem throgh regedit.exe

You need correct set path to UnrealVersionSelector.exe

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Unreal.ProjectFile]

I create UnrealVersionSelector_fix.reg file and SET YOU PATH for UnrealVersionSelector.exe than execute

See file in attachment

I hope this will help those who are faced with this problem.)

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Ryan_Darcey · March 11, 2016, 2:26am

I might not be understanding, but it looks like everything’s setup correctly for me in RegEdit and I’m still having problems. All the “commands” reference proper executable.

anonymous_user_2b03d27c · March 11, 2016, 6:12pm

Hey rcdarcey-

What problems are you still having? Can you provide information about what exactly you’re trying to accomplish and what you’ve done so far?

Ryan_Darcey · March 11, 2016, 7:17pm

Thanks, ! I lost right click menu on my .uproject files file associations seem to be setup just fine. Not to mention, right click menu did work at one point. Not exactly sure what I did to break it.

anonymous_user_2b03d27c · March 15, 2016, 2:16pm

When you right click the .uproject no window appears at all, is that correct? If you are getting a window of some kind can you take a screenshot and send it? Does menu appear for other folders/files inside project directory?

Ryan_Darcey · March 16, 2016, 6:00pm

Sorry…I get a right click menu, but all UE4 related options aren’t there.

anonymous_user_2b03d27c · March 17, 2016, 2:56pm

Are you using a binary engine (from launcher) or a source built version of engine? If you are using engine from source, can you make sure that UnrealVersionSelector was built along with engine? Also, it appears that project from your screenshot is saved inside folder where your engine exists, do you have same issue for projects saved outside of engine folder?

Ryan_Darcey · March 21, 2016, 9:11pm

Sorry, my file naming is bad. This is actual folder structure.

c:\UnrealEngine\UnrealEngine\...
c:\UnrealEngine\MyProject\...

So, my project is outside of engine folder.

I’m using source built version of engine and can verify that UnrealVersionSelector is built. That’s also executable that’s associated with .uproject files right now.

Like I said earlier…this used to work with current file structure. I’m not sure what broke it. You think it could have to do with fact that I’m now junctioning some directories over to an SSD?

anonymous_user_2b03d27c · March 23, 2016, 3:34pm

I don’t have a way to test that on my end so it is a possibility. Looking at latest screenshot again, I’m curious what the “What is locking this file?” is. What happens when you select this option?

Ryan_Darcey · March 23, 2016, 5:31pm

That’s just an extremely useful utility called Lockhunter I’m running UE4 on another machine that utilizes it and right click menu works just fine.

anonymous_user_2b03d27c · March 23, 2016, 8:13pm

This is a very confusing issue and I’d like to review what has already been tested to make sure we’re on same page and not running same tests again. Let me know which of following methods you’ve tried already or what result you get when trying any new ones:

Create a blueprint project using your current source engine
Create a code/blueprint project from binary engine (Launcher) - (if you do have right click issue after this, please also try uninstalling engine from launcher and then reinstall)
Right click on the .uproject - Select Properties - Click Change across from where it says “Opens with” (let me know if you see Unreal Engine listed more than once in window that appears)
Also in Properties menu, open Details tab and let me know what is shown for Type

Ryan_Darcey · May 3, 2016, 5:22pm

FYI…I think I’ve figured out a fool proof way for re-associating the .uproject files correctly. Though method above worked, at some point I lost association again. If above doesn’t work, try running this command in editor.

Ryan_Darcey · May 3, 2016, 5:23pm

See my new comment above in accepted answer for this question. I think I figured out a fool proof way of re-associating files properly.

Mighty_Marcos · June 13, 2016, 9:00pm

Hi!

I don’t know if this is correct, but I solved this copying VersionSelector.exe in Engine/Binaries/Win64 folder of UE4 version I was trying to run, and it worked for me!

ZimaXXX · August 16, 2016, 12:39pm

I’ve just found a super easy solution:

Take UnrealVersionSelector.exe from Epic Games\Launcher\Engine\Binaries\Win64
Copy it to Engine\Binaries\Win64
Run and click Yes on prompt “Register this directory as an Unreal Engine installation?”

Voila, it should work.

Unteroid · August 30, 2016, 12:09pm

Hey, that worked for me, thanks!

Syntopia · September 12, 2016, 9:21pm

It works great! Thanks!

marsonmao · October 3, 2016, 9:33am

Worked, but this seems very evil. My colleague said that you can use Setup.bat to fix association as well. And I looked into Setup.bat there is a section about “Register engine installation…”, it executes UnrealVersionSelector so selector really matters, however I don’t fully understand whole mechanism.