Re: Win95 settings

[Dorothy Day day@xxxxxxxx]

On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Alan Heubert wrote:

> Thanks, Mike. That's a very good tip. It makes me wonder, though, do you
> know if there's any way do define a .xy extension so that double clicking
> on a file with that extension (instead of right clicking) will
> automatically call up that file in XyWrite?
>

To get the highlighted file to open in XyWrite, you need to add a
parameter after the path value in your registry, i.e. instead of just

	C:\XyWrite\editor.exe

type

	C:\XyWrite\editor.exe %1


		--Dorothy


>
> At 05:33 PM 8/26/1999 -0700, Mike Shupp wrote:

> >Open up your registry (go to Start, select run, enter Regedit and press
> >Enter). Select the very first element of the top registry area (I'm
> >answering this on a machine in which this kind of thing is disabled,
> >so I have to be a bit vague)-- the ".*" file definition. Right click
> >on this and create a new Value named Shell (this'll be on the left
> >side of the split screen). Right click on Shell and create a new Value
> >called Open. Click on default value (on the right side of the screen)
> >and give that a value of "XyWrite Editor" or something-- this is the
> >legend that will appear afterwards when you right click on a file and
> >get that list of options. Right click on Open and create a new Value
> >called Command. Click on default value and give the directory address
> >of your XyWrite ("G:\DOS\XyWrite\editor.exe" for example).
> >


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