RE: Coder needed.
April 9, 2012 at 1:24 am
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2012 at 1:25 am by Autumnlicious.)
Except that the registry is fragmented into a per-user one (limited), a system one (for storing configs of drivers and shit) and a system-wide one for the stuff that doesn't fit in per-user -- like any installed program.
So while perhaps adding a few context menu changes is allowed, it may be that the file associations are firmly in the system-wide category -- which makes sense: it used to be that any program installed on a Windows system was installed for ALL users, so it makes sense that a critical segment like file association data would be lumped within the same secure areas that control the registration and defaults for system-wide programs.
You're fighting legacy design decisions, Dar. That's a tall order to overcome.
I had a few thoughts -- I recalled a thread where the user's file associations were not working despite other custom overrides working. The problem was that the file associations that he overrode pointed to the wrong location for the executable.
I suspect, however, that some other program, like WMP, is resetting your file assocs.
So while perhaps adding a few context menu changes is allowed, it may be that the file associations are firmly in the system-wide category -- which makes sense: it used to be that any program installed on a Windows system was installed for ALL users, so it makes sense that a critical segment like file association data would be lumped within the same secure areas that control the registration and defaults for system-wide programs.
You're fighting legacy design decisions, Dar. That's a tall order to overcome.
I had a few thoughts -- I recalled a thread where the user's file associations were not working despite other custom overrides working. The problem was that the file associations that he overrode pointed to the wrong location for the executable.
I suspect, however, that some other program, like WMP, is resetting your file assocs.
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