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Alfred's Serif Users' Forums → Posts by ilneill
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No real surprise at all - it is how these things work.
I do miss the "Serif" of past times. I remember getiing calls from their sales team, and I do remember getting really good deals for really good software in the post, CD and manuals.
But times change and all good things do come to an end 
On the flip side, the software is still good and I still use it (PP X7 & WP X7) 
Ian
Like some other posts in this thread, I have found that WebPlus (X7 in my case) in Windows 11 will not open ".wpp" files if I double click them in the file explorer. The app starts up ok, but the file is not opened in the app.
I have discovered that this is due to the shell open key using the dde method to pass the fileneame to the app.
I fixed this using "regedit", but be careful with this tool, "here be dragons" and all that!
1. Look for the key "HKCR\WebPlus.Document\shell\open\command"
2. In that key change the "(Default)" entry to be "C:\Program Files\Serif\WebPlus\X7\Program\WebPlus.exe" "%1"
3. Beside the "command" key is one called "ddeexec". Rename it to "ddeexec.old".
4. Now we have to change some permissions for the "command" key, or WebPlus restores the dde stuff...
5. Rt click it, select permissions, press advanced, press disable inheritance and convert it to explicit permissions.
6. Ok back to the dialog where you can change the permission for your username. Remove your own "Full Control" for the key, leaving just "Read".
7. Click ok, and the job is done.
Similarly for PagePlus (X7, in my case again) and ".ppp" files...
"HKCR\PagePlus.Document\shell\open\command"
=> "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\Serif\PagePlus\X7\Program\PagePlus.exe" "%1"
...and the other renames and permissions tweaks.
Obviously, you must amend the details if you have a different version, X5, 6, 8 or whatever.
Enjoy, Ian
Hi Alfred,
Your pedantry was spot on. The Serif delivery notes in my DVD cases have product keys, 25 digit alphanumeric codes.
And thanks for the registration tip - just done that!
Kind regards, Ian
Hello everyone!
Long time (ago) Serif software user, then there was no Serif, and I took a break from publishing on the web or on paper.
Just re-installed WebPlux X7 and PagePlusX7 (the latest I happened to have on DVD), on Windows 11, even found patches for them in my archive.
Why? Well, thank you for asking... I wanted to update my home network infrastructure WPP page with some new fun stuff and reinstalling some of my old Serif software was the path of least resistance to do that
Thankfully my 2015 me saw fit to put the Serif delivery notes, with registration codes, in the DVD cases! Otherwise I would really have been stuffed!
Anyway, happy to be here, and grateful to Alfred for hosting this place and registering me.
Kind regard, Ian.
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