PMC websites shut down September 13th 2025 unless yearly web hosting fees are paid. Please Support PMC to help keep these websites online.

Enjoyed or found this pages content useful, please Support PMC to help me keep this web page online beyond september 13th 2025 when yearly web hosting fees are due.

User Tools

Site Tools


arma2:remove_bis_pbo_association

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revision
Previous revision
arma2:remove_bis_pbo_association [2009/12/24 07:20] – tweaked the reg key. snakemanarma2:remove_bis_pbo_association [2024/08/02 12:28] (current) – links added. snakeman
Line 1: Line 1:
-====== Remove BIS PBO Association ======+====== ArmA 2 Remove bis PBO Association ====== 
 + 
 +[[https://www.pmctactical.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=50|ArmA 2 Forum]], [[:arma2|ArmA 2 Home]], [[arma2:config|ArmA 2 Config]], [[arma2:file_formats|ArmA 2 File Formats]], [[arma2:missions|ArmA 2 Missions]], [[arma2:modeling|ArmA 2 3D Modeling]], [[arma2:scripting|ArmA 2 Scripting]], [[arma2:terrain|ArmA 2 Terrain]], [[arma2:texturing|ArmA 2 Texturing]], [[arma2:tools|ArmA 2 Tools]]
  
 In ArmA 2 v1.05 patch they introduced the pbo file association to arma2.exe for some reason. Many people in the community do not like this because community made pbo tools like cpbo.exe stopped working. In ArmA 2 v1.05 patch they introduced the pbo file association to arma2.exe for some reason. Many people in the community do not like this because community made pbo tools like cpbo.exe stopped working.
  
-[[http://forums.bistudio.com/member.php?u=9505|oktane]] in [[http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=92290|BIS forums topic]] provided method to remove the pbo file association.+oktane provided method to remove the pbo file association.
  
  
Line 14: Line 16:
 Now use your favorite text editor to open this .reg file, then copy paste this code there: Now use your favorite text editor to open this .reg file, then copy paste this code there:
 <code> <code>
 +Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PBO_auto_file] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PBO_auto_file]
 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PBO_auto_file] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PBO_auto_file]
Line 32: Line 35:
  
 Then choose Yes from the dialog to associate cpbo yet again with pbo files. Then choose Yes from the dialog to associate cpbo yet again with pbo files.
 +
arma2/remove_bis_pbo_association.1261639201.txt.gz · Last modified: 2009/12/24 07:20 (external edit)