Keep Xara Offline?

I'm not a fan of auto updates/check for updates. I'm oldskool, I suppose in that I treat whatever I buy as 'the one I want' and if I ever run into something I can't do or find something that is just frustrating to accomplish, then I'll check myself to see if there's a new version that addresses that issue.

Unfortunately, no matter how many times I check 'do not show again' on the opening splash screen that begs me to buy a new Xara (with features that I literally don't need at the moment), it pops up again on the next start.

Does anyone else have this issue? It comes off more as shareware nag screen than anything and last I checked, my records show I paid money for nag-free software. :)

Any help would be appreciated.

Join the club,take a look here and especially post 6 https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...update-service

Constantly being nagged isn't actually a problem for me at all. I find just clicking the button and shouting, "NO, **** OFF, I'VE TOLD YOU A 100 TIMES BEFORE" helps me completely keep my composure. ;)

YES! Xara is totally inane in this regard.

I have installed X16 alongside X12, which works a lot better for some things.

SO, my subscription is active for the year, but two things. One is "the NAG".

But another is Your extensions are not associated with this program, doh!

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Originally Posted by TwoEdgedSword

But another is Your extensions are not associated with this program, doh!

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You can set this by right-clicking a .xar or .web file and selecting 'Open with'. If your Xara app is not listed, select 'Choose another app', browse to it and, once located, tick the 'Always choose this app to open ....'

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Originally Posted by Boy

You can set this by right-clicking a .xar or .web file and selecting 'Open with'. If your Xara app is not listed, select 'Choose another app', browse to it and, once located, tick the 'Always choose this app to open ....'

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You missed the point @Boy... the point is that you cannot have .xar and .web files registered to both Xara programs, e.g., X11 and X16... with a little forward thinking it could be registered to both apps.

would windows actually allow that ?

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Originally Posted by TwoEdgedSword

You missed the point @Boy... the point is that you cannot have .xar and .web files registered to both Xara programs, e.g., X11 and X16... with a little forward thinking it could be registered to both apps.

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You missed the point by almost three months.... ;))

Why would you register both .xar and .web files to two programs? The idea is that when you open a file, it will be done by the program to which you have assigned this type of file. Windows cannot decide this for you.

indeed, you can only have one default ... and that is why the open with function is there, in case you want to use another on occasion, or change said default [other ways too to do this of course]

hence the irony on my part :D

My noddie solution is to open the application and drag the file into it.
Works for all 7 versions of Xara I currently have.

Acorn

does that not import the existing file into a new file when you do it with a XAR [or a WEB]

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Originally Posted by handrawn

does that not import the existing file into a new file when you do it with a XAR [or a WEB]

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No. You drag onto any part of the Bar regions (not the page itself).

Acorn

ok glad to get that clarified ;)