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At the bottom you will find two suggested solutions to fix your problem. The file is properly saved but these errors create confusion. If this solution is to complicated or does not work for you please contact your IT-Department.

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To deactivate these steps you have to execute the following steps:

  1. Go to chrome Settings (three dots top right corner) menu item “Settings” or use the link “chrome://settings/downloads”

  2. Open the “Advanced” menu on the right

  3. Click on “Downloads” in the advanced menu

  4. If you have the option automatically open files activate you will see the text “Open certain file types automatically after downloading in the “Downloads” section use the “Clear” button

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Edge

  1. Go to edge settings (three dots top right corner) or use the link “edge://settings/downloads”

  2. menu item “Settings”

  3. Click on “Downloads” in the settings menu (left menu)

  4. If you have the option automatically open files activate you will see the text “Open certain file types automatically after downloading in the “Downloads” section use the “Clear” button

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other browsers

We have not found a similar functionality in other browsers if you have the same problem please contact the service desk.

2.The symbol in Windows shows a different application icon (i.e. Acrobat)

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Following these steps will help you to assign a different default application to the json file type which in turn will change the icon. In any case the json file is properly saved but it can cause some confusion as we are used to work with the icons and do not check the file type ending.

This is not a real problem in the case of saving the file. It will be saved though now it is possible to double click on the json/xml file and this will result in an error if a wrong program is selected.

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To change the default program you have to complete the following steps.

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  1. Right click on CARA xml/json file and then in the opening menu select “Settings” (at the bottom of the list)

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  1. In the now opened settings menu for the file you will choose “Change” next to the small icon of the file type in the “Open with” section

  2. You can now select the app to open with you will find the option “other apps” at the bottom after clicking on it the list will get longer

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  1. Select the

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  1. Editor/Notepad app

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This change will result in the new symbol. It is now still possible to double click the file though this won’t result in an error anymore.

The file now will open in the editor and you can see the raw data of the json. Please do not make any changes and save those as this will damage the file making it problematic to load it back into CARA

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