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blgoettl

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I recently downloaded the update to revit. I am currently using it for school. When I go to open a file from my flashdrive, it says to open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. I have Revit installed, so when I open Revit and then click the file to open it, it opens.  Why do I have to open Revit to get the file to open, instead of just clicking on it. That never happened with the 2012 program.

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It is best practice in Revit to always open the program first and it has been that for a long time. 

Part of the reason for this is multiple revit programs installed.  I am often working in two different (sometimes 3) Revit versions and Revit will always try to open a clicked on file with the version that was last used.  If I was opening a 2012 file but had last used 2013, Revit would upgrade it and I might not realize it.

Another, more recent problem, is what you experienced.  And sometimes when you use the click method,  the file opens but it seems to be corrupted.

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