colby just wrote back from protel and said no, there is no fix for this Dennis Saputelli
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Steve, > > I think you may have misunderstood me. IFF my memory serves me > correctly, the discussion was about disabling only the second execution, > not dis-associating the .ddb extension from Protel or otherwise > compromising the natural windows double-click execution of a program > based on association(s). > > Though admittedly, is there isn't another method, then what you're > suggesting is probably the only thing that Dennis can do to stop the > second (or third...) instance from occurring when a .ddb file is > double-clicked... > > aj > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Wiseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:49 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] stopping second instance of 99SE > > 23/07/2004 16:51:09, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I think I remember someone once-upon-a-time (Like Ian > maybe?) saying > >that multiple instances was a defeatable within p99, either thru > the ini > >files or perhaps a registry setting.. > > It's easy enough to just stop .ddb , .sch, .prj, .pcb and whatever else > you're likely to double click on being associated with Protel. > Fire up regedt32 (from task manager, if you can't find it elsewhere), > then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, Classes, and delete (click on, > then hit 'DEL') .ddb and all the others you fancy killing off. That'll > stop them launching Protel when you double-click, but Protel will still > be entirely happy to open them. job done, without all this messing about > with application launcher, counting copies, and the like. The icons may > no longer be as pretty in file manager. Tough. > > Steve -- _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *