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re: Registry changes
Friday, December 15, 2006 at 5:07 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bob
(9 messages posted)
Thank you Ed and Lee. I am sure it is difficult to try to explain programming language
to a non programer. First, I would accept your suggestion of sticking with "%1",
but that has not been an option. Here are my options:
Lavasoft Adware says Notepad.exe%1 is a problem and recommends deleting the entry.
This is reported twice as an Hkey_classes_root: re and Hkey_classes_:se. If I accept
their recommendation, Spybot teatimer detects the change and asks me to allow or
deny.
Systmen Mechanic 6 runs and takes an opposing view. They detect two problems: (regedit.exe"%1"
)and ("%1"/s). If I take their advice, Teatimer asks me to allow or deny changing
back to (Notepad.exe%1).
"%1" is not an option given.
I have never intentionally made any changes to the registry except perhaps by running
Gape's unofficial Win 98Se sp 2.1a located on the MSFN or Exuberant software. That
board is dedicated to maintaining 98SE and ME.
On Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 4:55 pm, Lee wrote:
>Don't worry about the typo, we quessed what you really meant anyway. Symptoms are
>misleading and help so far while well intentioned is not the answer you are looking
>for.
>In the registry there are several styles of confering a parameter to an exectuable.
> This speaks directly to the use of "%1", or "%1" /S, or just %1. Only "%1" is
correct
>for use in the registry except that for scrfile/open/command does one use "%1" /S
> - NEVER for use with notepad or regedit. Confusion arises from similarly written
>DOS parameters which sometimes need an extra 'layer' of quotation marks while used
>in batch files. At any rate, one or both your programs are using the wrong script
>to check for default actions for notepad and regedit, I would select "%1" and hope
>for the best. You can probably count on them getting it wrong and/or asking to
fix
>it each time they run since they really don't know what they are looking for in
the
>first place. Sadly that's only typical of some well touted software...
>
- Written in response to:
- re: Registry changes (Lee: Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 4:55 pm)
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