On 22 Jun 2005 at 11:06, Rick Cogan wrote: > >I took another run at trying to get batch files to work and I couldn't > >manage > > it. I poked through the registry and discovered that "batfile" has a > > REG_BINARY for "EditFlags" of 30 04 00 00. I checked "comfile" and _its_ > > EditFlags value is 30 00 00 00.
> Here's the registry entry for my batfile entry. I think the area you want to > look at is the shell\open\command. Thanks!! What's odd is that my setup is *exactly* the same as yours, except > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\edit\command] > @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ > 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\ > 54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\ > 00 My 'edit\command' is a string for NOTEPAD [C:\...etc\] But other than that my stuff agrees with yours.... AHA... I just discovered that if I try running the .bat file from a command prompt, it runs just fine. But if I double-click on it in explorer it fires up my editor [and I checked: the default action is, indeed 'open' [and there isn't even any 'edit' action listed]. Bizarre... /b\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- ALL messages to the list MUST include a descriptive subject. To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
