Hello Martin!

On Wednesday, June 09, 2004, 4:14 PM, you wrote:

MW> Hello Mary,

MW> On 09 June 2004, 15:51 -0500 (09/06/200421:51 local time) Mary Bull [MB]
MW> in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

MW>>> Do you see the image in one of the tabbed panes; e.g. Clipbrd1.gif?

MB>> No.

MW> That's does seem rather odd. How about tabs such as Part.txt? (take any
MW> signed message from me in TBBETA)

MW>>> Also, do you see the following in Options | Preferences | Protection?

MW> ...<snip>

MB>> Yes.

MW> I'm going to look into this a bit more since changing it made no
MW> difference to my set up.

MW>>> This is from the registry key:

MW>>> 
"ProtectAllowOpen"="*.JPG,*.JPEG,*.PNG,*.GIF,*.BMP,*.ICO,*.WMF,*.EMF,*.VCF,*.EML,*.MSG,*.ARJ,*.ZIP,*.RAR,*.TIF,*.ACE,*.LZH,*.WAV"

MB>> I can't find this key in my registry. But surely it is there since I
MB>> have the file names in Options/Preferences/Protection. I opened
MB>> everything in the registry I could see under HKey/Current
MB>> User/Software/Rit/The Bat!. Didn't find that key. Strange.

MW> It's in my setup _but_ I did import my registry setting when I rebuild
MW> XP a few months ago so it could be redundant. I can send you that key if
MW> you like.

MW>>> I decided to remove *.GIF from my list (and subsequently the registry)
MW>>> to see if I could emulate your problem. Guess what? I can still open GIF
MW>>> files without a warning.

MB>> These are .jpg files, mostly. When I save them to Desktop, they come
MB>> up with a Gimp icon. (I have the Gimp program, but I don't recall
MB>> associating "Save to Desktop" with it. Probably did and then forgot.)

MW> I chose .gif simply because I could see one in my message list.
MW> Nonetheless, I don't think it's a program association problem as this is
MW> about TB! internal protection mechanisms.

MB>> So what if I emptied the fields for both Enable and Disable under
MB>> Protection? Would that be safe to do? I could save a copy of them and
MB>> put it back afterward.

MB>> What do you think?

MW> I shouldn't be a problem so long as you know that you are opening images
MW> only. I'm going to give this a try too.




-- 
Best regards,
Mary

The Bat! 2.11.02 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1





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