Hi all
Please excuse the silly question. And thanks Kelly for the good
suggestion.
I got in a mess trying to solve some problems and finally decided to
restore the registry of a few days ago. The mess has gone and I'm back
with the original problems. But they were easier to live with than the
mess :O{
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "John O'Flynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: Opening folders
> OK, that's interesting too, but let's go back to my original question.
> Suppose in the end I decide to select Open as the default and click
> Edit, what should be in the box "Application used to perform action",
> and what options are there for that box?
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kelly Younger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 2:28 PM
> Subject: Re: PCWorks: Opening folders
>
>
> > John O'Flynn wrote:
> > >
> > > Gotta quick question (using Win98se).
> > >
> > > In Folder Options, File Types tab, select Folder from the list and
> click
> > > Edit. In the Actions box select "open" and click Edit.
> > >
> > > What is the normal/default entry in the box "Application used to
> perform
> > > action" ? What options are there?
> > >
> > > John
> >
> > What I do is click Tools|Folder Options|File Types, select "Folder",
> > then "Advanced", click "New" and type "explore" (no quotes), then
> click
> > "Set as Default" and "Okay" your way out. That gives you a Windows
> > Explorer view that is really nifty for me. You can drag and drop out
> the
> > Wazoo. There is no need to use the "Application used to perform
> action"
> > for this operation.
> >
> > In other words, you're using "Explore" instead of "Open" if you
> clicked
> > a folder. You can always set it back by going through the steps
again
> > and selecting "Open" and set that as the default.
> >
> > --
> > Kelly Younger
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