Windows Explorer context menu problem

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If I right click on an HTML file in windows explorer, the context menu pops
up and includes a bunch of options for editing the file, such as Edit with
Dreamweaver, Edit with WeBuilder and a couple of others. If I click one of
these options, the relevant application is started and the file loaded.

However, if I select two or more HTML files and right click,while the same
menu appears, selecting one of the edit menu options does nothing. The hour
glass appears for a few seconds and then reverts to the pointer. No
application starts and none of the files are opened.

Does anyone know why this should be and how I can get the files opened?

I'm on Windows/XP SP2 with all the patches applied. I have another
application (UltraEdit) that works fine, but they seem to have achieved this
using an explorer extension. The app I want to use (WeBuilder) doesn't have
this facility.

I did try writing an app of my own to handle opening the files but, while it
worked fine for a single file, it didn't appear to be called at all when I
selected multiple files.

Thanks
Steve
 
Re: Windows Explorer context menu problem


Steve Barnett;571597 Wrote:
> If I right click on an HTML file in windows explorer, the context menu
> pops
> up and includes a bunch of options for editing the file, such as Edit
> with
> Dreamweaver, Edit with WeBuilder and a couple of others. If I click one
> of
> these options, the relevant application is started and the file
> loaded.
>
> However, if I select two or more HTML files and right click,while the
> same
> menu appears, selecting one of the edit menu options does nothing. The
> hour
> glass appears for a few seconds and then reverts to the pointer. No
> application starts and none of the files are opened.
>
> Does anyone know why this should be and how I can get the files
> opened?
>
> I'm on Windows/XP SP2 with all the patches applied. I have another
> application (UltraEdit) that works fine, but they seem to have achieved
> this
> using an explorer extension. The app I want to use (WeBuilder) doesn't
> have
> this facility.
>
> I did try writing an app of my own to handle opening the files but,
> while it
> worked fine for a single file, it didn't appear to be called at all
> when I
> selected multiple files.
>
> Thanks
> Steve

Could it be as simple as the software doesn't support multiple files
being opened at the same time? That you have to open them one by one? I
haven't used Dreamweaver in a very long time but I do remember older
versions of it NOT having the support for opening multiple files at the
same time.
 
Re: Windows Explorer context menu problem


"Animenia" <Animenia.3637c8@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> Steve Barnett;571597 Wrote:
>> If I right click on an HTML file in windows explorer, the context menu
>> pops
>> up and includes a bunch of options for editing the file, such as Edit
>> with
>> Dreamweaver, Edit with WeBuilder and a couple of others. If I click one
>> of
>> these options, the relevant application is started and the file
>> loaded.
>>
>> However, if I select two or more HTML files and right click,while the
>> same
>> menu appears, selecting one of the edit menu options does nothing. The
>> hour
>> glass appears for a few seconds and then reverts to the pointer. No
>> application starts and none of the files are opened.
>>
>> Does anyone know why this should be and how I can get the files
>> opened?
>>
>> I'm on Windows/XP SP2 with all the patches applied. I have another
>> application (UltraEdit) that works fine, but they seem to have achieved
>> this
>> using an explorer extension. The app I want to use (WeBuilder) doesn't
>> have
>> this facility.
>>
>> I did try writing an app of my own to handle opening the files but,
>> while it
>> worked fine for a single file, it didn't appear to be called at all
>> when I
>> selected multiple files.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Steve
>
> Could it be as simple as the software doesn't support multiple files
> being opened at the same time? That you have to open them one by one? I
> haven't used Dreamweaver in a very long time but I do remember older
> versions of it NOT having the support for opening multiple files at the
> same time.
>
>

Could accept that IF my own application, specifically written to test this
facility had even been started by Explorer. It didn't.

Steve
 
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