hi there

i have a problem editing cmd file's

in my contexmenu there is only open.., and no edit or open with

i did try to change it in the file associations, but no luck

it's still open... only..

is there somone that can help me with this

sorry for the bad english

Click once on the file so that it is highlighted........

Then hold in shift and right click on the file.......

On the menu there should be the open with option.....

Then you can choose either notepad or wordpad to edit with....

Click once on the file so that it is highlighted........

Then hold in shift and right click on the file.......

On the menu there should be the open with option.....

Then you can choose either notepad or wordpad to edit with....

if i do that there ar no options

not even open

Can you take a screen shot of the options and send it to me. You'll find my email address under this reply.

Try this.. save it as cmdfile.reg and run it.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.cmd]
@="cmdfile"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile]
@="Windows NT Command Script"
"EditFlags"=hex:30,04,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
  65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,35,\
  00,33,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell\edit]
@="&Edit"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell\edit\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
  54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\
  00

*EDIT*

If that works and you need the other shell registry entries just ask.

@Gagorian thanks but that did not help, i did take it to from a other computer and it did not work

sceenshot

copy autoexec.nt from c:\windows\repair to c:\windows\system32

edit command should work through dos

what where u doing before that happened?

what where u doing before that happened?

nothing thats the point

still no luck

this is the corect setting, and it does not show up in the contextmenu?

My apologies, in advance, if I've misunderstood the problem but try this - http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Scroll down to number 220.

My apologies, in advance, if I've misunderstood the problem but try this - http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Scroll down to number 220.

thanks for your help but still no luck

@all thank you for your help

Might this be of any help to you? - http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1475871

red house thanks but i do not have those entry's

This is the correct reg entry for "Open With" if you want to check it against what you have - you can always create the entry.