Association: File Extension - Program, Double-Click Problem

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Hi!

I inserted a new file extension, registered it and everything works fine:
except one problem.

Everytime I double-click a file (the associated program pops up, opens the
file as expected) a message box is telling me that the file can not be found.
Thereby showing the right file as hint what to surch for :o)

What did I miss?

Thanx a lot

Ralf
 
[Ralf] wrote-:
I inserted a new file extension, registered it and everything works fine:
except one problem.
Everytime I double-click a file (the associated program pops up, opens the
file as expected) a message box is telling me that the file can not be found.
Thereby showing the right file as hint what to surch for :o)
What did I miss?

What is the name of extension ? Try deleting it and creating a new by going to :
Control Panel > Folder options > File types tab > New button


Good Luck, Ayush.
 
Hi Ayush!

Thanx for your reply.


I "invented" a new extension, which might be registered
as new Mime-Type in future: lets say it's ".xxx" Files with
this ".xxx" as extension should be played by the XPlayer.

To register the extension I inserted the following keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.xxx (Default) xxx.XPlayer

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/xxx.Media/DefaultIcon
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/xxx.Media/Shell/Open/command "c:\...\XPlayer.exe" "%1"


I could not insert the Mime type automatically - disallowed
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Mime/Database/Content Type/Application/XMedia Extension .xxx
(This key is not set.)

With this entries the double-click opens nicely the XPlayer with
the file as input as expected. :o)

But than the message box popps up telling me that someone can't find
the file I just clicked - showing the fully qualified filename the
XPlayer just opened...??? :o(

I can't show this to any customer as you might guess ...

Thanx

Ralf

Last resort might be to kill the message box - but this is not
intended and necessary as I hope.


Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com said:
[Ralf] wrote-:
I inserted a new file extension, registered it and everything works fine:
except one problem.
Everytime I double-click a file (the associated program pops up, opens the
file as expected) a message box is telling me that the file can not be found.
Thereby showing the right file as hint what to surch for :o)
What did I miss?

What is the name of extension ? Try deleting it and creating a new by going to :
Control Panel > Folder options > File types tab > New button


Good Luck, Ayush.
 
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