UGENE Forum - failed to detect file format

Apr 9^th, 2020 at 2:13pm

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While directly double click on .fasta or.uprj file, ugene would start but pop up a eror window as failed to detect file format.
But start ugene first then drag file into it will not cause any problem.

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Reply #1 - Apr 9^th, 2020 at 5:24pm

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What is your operating system and which UGENE package do you use? Did you install UGENE using an online installer?

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Reply #2 - Apr 9^th, 2020 at 7:41pm

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OS: Win10 1903 X64
Installed with: Recommended UGENE packages – UGENE Online Installers

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Reply #3 - Apr 9^th, 2020 at 7:54pm

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When you double-clicked on a project file, did UGENE open immediately or you selected it in the list of applications?

Also, if possible, please check associations by file type in Windows settings (Settings > Default apps > Choose default apps by file type, find ".uprj" file type and check if application "ugeneui" is set as default).

« Last Edit: Apr 9^th, 2020 at 9:27pm by Olga Golosova »

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Reply #4 - Apr 9^th, 2020 at 9:43pm

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UGENE open immediately then pop up error window.
Ugene is default software to open .uprj files.

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Reply #5 - Apr 10^th, 2020 at 5:05pm

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We reproduced the issue. It is connected with space characters (" ") in a path of an input file. And it seems that it is Windows 10 specific. You may try to check this - double-click on a file that doesn't have spaces in the path, and also make sure UGENE is installed in a folder without spaces in the folder path.

We'll try to fix the problem as soon as possible.

Thank you for reporting about the issue!

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Reply #6 - Oct 16^th, 2020 at 9:00pm