Saved files show older version

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Edit: I manually set file properties in windows explorer, so I’m all set. Double click launches KiCad 9 as it should. As this is a Windows file descriptor, so it applies across file system AFAIK. IMO the file descriptor should not show version since it’s only based on file extension, no version info is determined.

I still think perhaps the installer should set these file properties? I took the recommended options in the installer, if that matters.

Running v9.0.2 release on Windows 11. When I save a project, and view the files in Windows File Explorer, the file type column in Details views shows:

“KiCad Project 8.0”
“KiCad Schematic 7.0”
“KiCad Board 8.0”

I know that I am running v9.0.2. And if I tried to open the project in v8 I would get the error that the project was created in a later version of KCad.

I used the KiCad 9 installer from the downloads page. I think that Windows 11 file type descriptor did not get updated? Is that a bug in the installer? Can I manually edit the file type descriptors? Or just not worry about it?

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Explorer’s guess for the file type isn’t accurate, it depends on what associations have been installed for file suffixes.

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Understood. OTOH, those “guesses” were created by KiCad installation process. And IMO the version number should not be part of those descriptors because they are only based on the filename extension. So now all my KiCad files are listed as version 9, but many are in fact still older versions. Not a big deal, but it creates confusion showing the alleged version number. But if the version number is going to be included, shouldn’t it be updated to the the version being installed? Likewise, and related, should the “open with” action be updated as well? In fact, that’s how I fixed it, by updated the default open as option. Then the filename descriptors followed suit automatically. I realize some user might prefer to continue using older version of KiCad for some projects so they would not the “open with” action updated. So that could be another user choice in the installer.