Hi Patrick, On Sunday, June 23, 2002, 1:06:50 PM, you [PH] wrote:
PH> Another way: PH> In addition to my previously posted registry keys you should also PH> import (don't forget to insert your local path ;-) PH> <start> PH> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 PH> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto] PH> @="URL:MailTo-Protokoll" PH> "EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00 PH> "URL Protocol"="" PH> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\DefaultIcon] PH> @="E:\\PROGRAMME\\THE BAT!\\THEBAT.EXE,0" PH> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\shell] PH> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\shell\open] PH> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\shell\open\command] PH> @="\"E:\\PROGRAMME\\THE BAT!\\THEBAT.EXE\" %1" PH> <end> Excellent! Finally, it works. Funny though cos I loaded up regedit.exe as "Ben" - Power User and made the changes with no permission errors or the like. PH> Maybe some professionals will be reading this mail so I've a question, PH> too: PH> I've replaced HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE by HKEY_CURRENT_USER in this case and PH> in my previously posted mail, so even as a non admin user I've the PH> possibility to add these keys to the registry. It worked fine: The Bat PH> was listed as the standard E-Mail client in the start menu (WinXP PH> feature) and it was used everytime I clicked a mailto link in IE. PH> Unfortunately, The Bat still asked to be registered as the standard PH> client. Maybe because it looks explicitly under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE? PH> So every user on the same machine would be using the same standard PH> mail client. PH> Wouldn't it be better if The Bat used HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of PH> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE? If this is the case, I would say a big "yes"! :D -- Ben Kennish [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60q FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/
