Standard Applications

[killerbee]

hi,

after months of work in my UXPCD works almost perfect.

Everything i want is installed and has shortcuts where i want them. Cleaning up is also successful.

Only one thing remains and is split in two sections:

1. Set another Browser/Mail (Pinned in Start Menu) as Standard

2. Setting up Standard Apps for other formats (Like .avi to open with ViPlay as Standard Player. Pointing me to the right Key is the only thing i need.)

Any help would be appreciated

cya

Killer Bee

[Alanoll]

avi files and assocation for other files types are stored in HKCR\.(extenstion)

then in that key, the Default value in there is the next key to look for. It's also under HKCR. I just point this out, instead of telling directly, as some programs tend to change it without telling you.

[killerbee]

@alanoll,

perfect, exactly what i'm looking for

thanks

now there's only one left:

Changing default Mailer/Browser unattended (Firefox and Thunderbird)

thx in advance

cya

Killer Bee

[Alanoll]

1. Set another Browser/Mail (Pinned in Start Menu) as Standard

Mail is set at HKLM>Software>Clients>Mail

Browser I THINK is HKLM>Software>Clients>StartMenuInternet

[killerbee]

@alanoll,

thank you very much.

hmmm... it's path-dependant - now i only need to find that commandline tool that replaces variables with the path names to keep it drive-indipendant

cya

Killer Bee

[SiMoNsAyS]

an old thread but finally how did you setup your regtweak to make it drive-indipendant?? i think it can be done with hex setting %systemroot%

[thread]

isnt there a way to use binary data for a reg_sz key? I believe it has to stay as a REG_SZ type key...and I just tested modifying the binary data to %programfiles%\ but is there a way to set a reg file to do that for you? Also, I dont see a point in using %systemdrive% since almopst all the programs are going to be in the Program Files dir anyways, I would just use %programfiles% as the "drive inependent" variable.

[SiMoNsAyS]

@thread sure you're right but i want to know the %systemdrive% variable to apply it in a right click menu and more