{"id":1866,"date":"2026-01-03T22:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/106.53.47.238\/?p=51"},"modified":"2026-01-06T05:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:25:29","slug":"51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/bn\/51.html","title":{"rendered":"Solution: DWG Files Do Not Open by Double-Clicking, Windows Prompts ‘Cannot Find File’"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are unable to open DWG files by double-clicking them, and Windows displays a ‘Windows cannot find the file’ error, follow these steps to resolve the file association issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Method 1: Repair File Associations Using deepuninstaller<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Open deepuninstaller<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Navigate to the Extensions<\/code> or Utilities<\/code> section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Select Fix CAD file association<\/strong><\/code>.\"\"<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. After the repair process, attempt to open a CAD file that you wish to associate with AutoCAD.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. A prompt will appear asking if you want to Always associate with DWG files<\/code>.\"\"<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Select Always<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Method 2: Manually Associate DWG Files<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    If the issue persists, you can manually set the file association:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Right-click on a DWG file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Select Open With > Choose another app<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. From the list of programs, select AutoCAD DWG Launcher<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Ensure the Always use this app to open .dwg files<\/code> checkbox is selected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Click OK<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      If you are unable to open DWG files by double-clicking them, and Windows displays a ‘Windows cannot find the file’ error, follow these steps to resolve the file association issue. Solution Method 1: Repair File Associations Using deepuninstaller Method 2: Manually Associate DWG Files If the issue persists, you can manually set the file association:<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cad","category-problem-resolution-hub"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1978,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions\/1978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}