Error opening saved groupby groups on Windows 10 x64

saved groups functionality

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When I click on the GroupBy "..." menu and select a saved GroupBy group an error message dialog box pops up that says "The file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action...".  

The saved group has a couple of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel tabs and a coupled of windows explorer tabs.  Both Word and Excel are properly associated with Excel and Word (e.g. clicking on a .doc or .xlsx file in windows explorer immediately opens the file in word or excel). After the error message dialog box appears and the the groupby group opens, only the explorer tabs are present.  I'd appreciate any suggestions as to how I might correct this problem and make saved GoupBy groups function properly for common windows program tabs on Windows 10 Pro x64.   Thank you.

 

 

 

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations.

Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates.

We really do appreciate your feedback, thanks.

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need to know more.

1) Windows version, please use Winver.exe for full version numbers.

2) Groupy version.

3) Please post your saved group code. 3 dot menu -> Saved groups -> Manage Saved groups -> Right click on that group -> open with notepad. Copy and past it here. It something like below.

[GroupyEntry1]
OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
RunElevated=0
Target="D:\oldLibraries\Documents\Stardock\Test Folder\Excel test3.xlsx"
NoPatternMatching=1
MatchingClass=XLMAIN
[GroupyEntry2]
OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
RunElevated=0
Target="D:\oldLibraries\Documents\Stardock\Test Folder\Excel test2.xlsx"
NoPatternMatching=1
MatchingClass=XLMAIN
[GroupyEntry3]
OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
RunElevated=0
Target="D:\oldLibraries\Documents\Stardock\Test Folder\Excel test1.xlsx"
NoPatternMatching=1
MatchingClass=XLMAIN
[Group]
GroupCount=3
GroupLeft=-14
GroupTop=0
GroupRight=1454
GroupBottom=854
GroupMax=1

Thanks

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

My windows version is Windows 10 Pro x64 version 1903 OS build 18362.535  as reported by winver.

GroupBy Version 1.3

The error dialogs displayed in succession are: 

verror message when opening saved groupby group

and

 

The Excel and Word docs do not open.

The windows file explorer screen that was saved as one of the tabs in the groupby group does appear.

 

The contents of the saved GroupBy group is below.  Thank you for your help.

 

[GroupyEntry1]

OwnerProcess=C:\Windows\explorer.exe

RunElevated=0

Target="C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Scan"

MatchingClass=CabinetWClass

[GroupyEntry2]

OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE

RunElevated=1

Target="C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Scan\test excel.xlsx"

NoPatternMatching=1

MatchingClass=XLMAIN

[GroupyEntry3]

OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE

RunElevated=1

Target="C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Scan\test word doc.docx"

NoPatternMatching=1

MatchingClass=OpusApp

[Group]

GroupCount=3

GroupLeft=99

GroupTop=395

GroupRight=1695

GroupBottom=1232

GroupMax=0

 

 

 

 

 

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Please try the purge and reinstall steps mentioned here : https://forums.stardock.com/488142/groupy-support-faq#reinstalling

Just make sure to re-download the latest version from your account. Reboot after the purge and reinstall Groupy. Reboot again after the installation. Retest and report back.

Thank you,

Basj
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Have you disabled UAC on your computer?

I notice the file says RunElevated=1 on each file which I suspect is the issue.  If you open that file and set those to =0 and resave does it then work ok?

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

changing the RunElevated from 0 to 1 does indeed fix the problem.  I was not running any program in elevated or administrator mode.  I have UAC set to don't notify me.  Is there a change I can make to groupby so it doesn't set the RunElevated to 1 when saving a groupby group.  Thank you.