RE: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread MisterX
> Now you are adding a new instruction. Where do I do this > magical double-click that will solve everything? > > Sarah > (who gets the all the list emails singly but still finds long > sigs to be an annoyance). ah, the doubleclick command you got me there! Sarah, sorry for completely us

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Sarah Reichelt
> > > it's actually much simpler than what's been described... > > > open a command box and type the following > > > assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association > > > Sorry, but to someone who is not familiar with DOS/Windows, there is > > no way this could possibly be simpler than the previo

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Hartley wrote: I'm toying with linux anyway, since I'm fed up buying thingds like diskeeper, regmachanic etc etc etc etc just so the thing doesn't grind to a halt. I'm posting in hopes that someone will tell me I'm wrong, but last time I looked into the same issues on Linux I found a horri

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Bob Hartley
Alex Tweedly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sarah Reichelt wrote: > > > > So I doubleclicked on the plugin (has a .rev extension) and windows > > > asked me what application I wanted to use. Since rev was not in the > > > list, I clicked browse to go to the rev 2.6 folder and clicked on > > > revol

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread xavier . bury
Hi Sarah, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 17/11/2005 12:09:13: > On 11/17/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it's actually much simpler than what's been described... > > > > open a command box and type the following > > > > assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association > Sorry,

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On 11/17/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it's actually much simpler than what's been described... > > open a command box and type the following > > assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association > > ASSOC .rev=RunRevFile > FTYPE RunRevFile=D:\Metacard\mc.exe "%1" > > assoc

AW: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Thomas Fischer
Hello Bob, > Anyone got any idea what I should do (appart from using a mac. :-) > I'm thinking along the lines of my first forray into the registry. O! If you don't like the DOS based advice already given and don't want to venture into the Registry (although this is not as bad as its reputa

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread xavier . bury
Alex > Somewhere or somehow you need to tell it that you want to use C:\Program > Files\Revolution 2.6.1\revolution.exe (or local equivalent) to run these > files. (Don't you ?) that's why first you associate the file type assoc .rev=RunRevFile -- you create the association to runrevfile for

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Alex Tweedly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's good if you already have the filetype info for "RunRevFile" set up - but you probably won't. ASSOC .rev=RunRevFile This line sets up your file type... as seen in "Ftype /?" It sets up the filetype - but it doesn't provide the needed info on how to ru

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread xavier . bury
thanks for the corrections Alex! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 17/11/2005 09:54:24: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >it's actually much simpler than what's been described... > > > >open a command box and type the following > > > >assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association > > > > ASSOC .rev=

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread Alex Tweedly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's actually much simpler than what's been described... open a command box and type the following assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association ASSOC .rev=RunRevFile FTYPE RunRevFile=D:\Metacard\mc.exe "%1" assoc .rev=RunRevFile assoc mc=RunRevFile assoc hc=Ru

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-17 Thread xavier . bury
it's actually much simpler than what's been described... open a command box and type the following assoc .rev ! this outputs the current association ASSOC .rev=RunRevFile FTYPE RunRevFile=D:\Metacard\mc.exe "%1" assoc .rev=RunRevFile assoc mc=RunRevFile assoc hc=RunRevFile double click a r

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-16 Thread Alex Tweedly
Ken Ray wrote: On 11/16/05 7:03 PM, "Sarah Reichelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So I doubleclicked on the plugin (has a .rev extension) and windows asked me what application I wanted to use. Since rev was not in the list, I clicked browse to go to the rev 2.6 folder and clicked on revolutio

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-16 Thread Alex Tweedly
Sarah Reichelt wrote: So I doubleclicked on the plugin (has a .rev extension) and windows asked me what application I wanted to use. Since rev was not in the list, I clicked browse to go to the rev 2.6 folder and clicked on revolution.exe. I then clicked open and then OK. Oops. Windows XP d

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-16 Thread Ken Ray
On 11/16/05 7:03 PM, "Sarah Reichelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So I doubleclicked on the plugin (has a .rev extension) and windows asked me >> what application I wanted to use. Since rev was not in the list, I clicked >> browse to go to the rev 2.6 folder and clicked on revolution.exe. >> >>

Re: open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-16 Thread Sarah Reichelt
> So I doubleclicked on the plugin (has a .rev extension) and windows asked me > what application I wanted to use. Since rev was not in the list, I clicked > browse to go to the rev 2.6 folder and clicked on revolution.exe. > > I then clicked open and then OK. Oops. Windows XP did not recognise

open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

2005-11-14 Thread Bob Hartley
Hi All. I was wanting to launch a rev plugin to check for updates. (I won't mention the plugin because it is not the fault of the plugin). I deleted rev 2.5 because I use 2.6 and the old rev version kept launching. So I doubleclicked on the plugin (has a .rev extension) and windows asked me what