Reply To: can no longer upload csv files

#7212
Dan Damelin
Keymaster

OK. Getting a bit into the weeds here so understandable if this is not clear. It seems that on Windows the Registry may be used by Chrome to identify the mime type of the file being uploaded. Some other applications can modify this and it might interfere with Chrome being able to recognize the correct file type.

If you are comfortable it would be helpful to:

1. Check the windows registry to see how it maps .csv files to a mime or file type.

2. Change that to “text” to see if that helps.

To accomplish #1:

  • Open the Registry Editor by clicking on the windows start icon and searching for “regedit”
  • Drill down to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT->.csv
  • Take a look at what it shows for that. Attached is a screenshot of what I’m seeing on my Win 10 setup.

To accomplish #2:

  • edit the “PerceivedType” or “Content Type” to be “text” if yours is not already “text”
  • reboot and try csv drop again