FAQ 19: The symbol in Windows shows a different application icon (i.e. Acrobat)
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.
It is actually not possible to delete this functionality in Windows after it was once defined. You can only select a different program if the icon is confusing.
By default you can always select the editor so the file type has a different symbol. It is not possible to open CARA files by double click though because CARA is a browser application you can not open CARA files directly.
To change the default program you have to complete the following steps.
Right click on CARA xml/json file and then in the opening menu select “Settings” (at the bottom of the list)
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
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
Select the Editor/Notepad app
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
