Re: Win95 settings

[Alan Heubert aheubert@xxxxxxxx]

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?

Thanks,
Alan

At 05:33 PM 8/26/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Paul Williams wrote:
>
>> >
>> >It's actually possible to put an entry into your Registry that makes
>> >XyWrite an option on the right-click mouse menu, just like Quick View,
>> >Notepad, ACDSee, and so forth. Works like a charm.
>> >
>> How?
>
>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).
>
>Works like a charm. (It's a bit disconcerting to switch from Windows
>to DOS and back, I admit. At least on my system, this takes a second
>or so while the monitor blinks out and revives itself.)
>
>Note that this lets XyWrite open up EVERYTHING, rather than strictly
>text files, so do your Right-clicking with a gentle hand.... You can
>of course use the same technique to give file access to other programs
>and you should be able to use this to give a program access to just
>a single defined file type, if for example you want XyWrite only to
>work on files named something.XYW
>
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>Of course you knew this all along, didn't you, since it's just so
>completely obvious to any idiot using the wonderful Windows operating
>system with its super-extraordinarily detailed user documentation.
>Only fools like me have to pour over this web page and that trying
>to figure how to do stupid shit like opening files as easily as in
>MS-DOS.  God, do I love Microsoft! I worship Bill Gate's backside!
>
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