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Re: Window's O/S
From: Andres Tarasco <atarasco () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:24:01 +0100
Hi, You are right Brian ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/configuration/clientreg/clientregistrylayout.asp) The following .reg file should fix the problem. Save it as IE_path.reg and double click on it: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\View Source Editor\Editor Name] @="c:\\windows\\system32\\notepad.exe" regards, Andres Tarasco 2005/11/24, Brian Dessent <brian () dessent net>:
Cassidy Macfarlane wrote:This seems to be a 'nearest path' issue - iexplore would use notepad.exe to 'view source' by default, so when you choose to 'view source', Windows looks to the PATH variable to find notepad.IE first looks for the key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\View Source Editor\Editor Name If present, it uses its value as the name of the editor to launch. If absent it seems to use a hardcoded default of just "notepad" without any qualifying path. It then searches starting on the desktop (and then presumably on the path) to find "notepad.*". The first hit that it finds, it uses the standard shell launch method based on the class. In this case that turns out to be HKCR\Folder\shell\open, which launches explorer. If you change the above "Editor Name" key to something with a qualified path such as "c:\winxp\system32\notepad.exe" you get notepad despite a folder on the desktop named notepad. Similarly, if you set the above key to an unqualified "foobar" and have a folder named foobar on the desktop, it gets opened. There's nothing special about "notepad" other than that's IE's built-in default. Brian _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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