Uninstalling plugin breaks IDE

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I register a file type with my plugin:

        <fileType
                name="XSD"
                implementationClass="com.fluxparticle.xsdvisualizer.XsdFileType"
                fieldName="INSTANCE"
                extensions="xsd"/>

Which is not necessary but I did it in the hope that my plugin would get recommended for this file type (which it doesn't because there is already a core plugin for this filetype).

But now I have the problem that users who uninstall my plugin are left with a broken IDE due to this bug:

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-297533/File-type-association-not-restored-after-uninstalling-a-plugin

Which leads to bad reviews for my plugin. Is there anything I can do until you guys fix this bug?

As far as I know if I remove this filetype it would break the system of all user who use my plugin which is something I don't want to do.

Any suggestions?

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2 comments

Hi Sven,

I'm sorry that the issue remains inactive. I asked the responsible developer to provide an update.

Please follow the YouTrack issue.

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Thank! What would be the easiest solution I can recommend to effected users to fix their file type association?

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