cannot drag-n-drop to open file from some software #260

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1. WillEhrendreich commented on Aug 8, 2023

   

   WillEhrendreich

   on Aug 8, 2023

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   when you go into your registry, navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes", and you look for "FVvim.{whatever file type you're trying to open}.\shell\edit\command", what does it look like? this is the command that gets run in to actually do what you're asking, if I'm not mistaken.

   I usually use Registry Finder, because it's so much nicer, but you can look with regedit.exe too.

   if the data looks anything like it's messed up, then it might be the culprit.

   for instance, when installing fvim, the values were something like "\C:\FVim\FVim.exe" "%1" or some other incorrect path. i changed it to "C:\FVim\FVim.exe" "%1" and it works like a charm. If I'm understanding things correctly, the first thing in quotes is the program to run, the second part in quotes is saying the first argument to whatever was passed in, give me that filename here, which should be what you drag and dropped, or even opened from an explorer window, or whatever.
2. xarthurx commented on Aug 9, 2023

   

   xarthurx

   on Aug 9, 2023

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   when you go into your registry, navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes", and you look for "FVvim.{whatever file type you're trying to open}.\shell\edit\command", what does it look like? this is the command that gets run in to actually do what you're asking, if I'm not mistaken.

   I usually use Registry Finder, because it's so much nicer, but you can look with regedit.exe too.

   if the data looks anything like it's messed up, then it might be the culprit.

   for instance, when installing fvim, the values were something like "\C:\FVim\FVim.exe" "%1" or some other incorrect path. i changed it to "C:\FVim\FVim.exe" "%1" and it works like a charm. If I'm understanding things correctly, the first thing in quotes is the program to run, the second part in quotes is saying the first argument to whatever was passed in, give me that filename here, which should be what you drag and dropped, or even opened from an explorer window, or whatever.

   Unfortunately, I don't have a class named "FVvim.xxx"...
   I'm on Windows 11.
   As this is not a Fvim-only issue, I assume there's something wrong systematically.
3. bon-ami commented on Sep 24, 2024

   

   bon-ami

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   I think we do not have FVim items under Classes b/c it is a portable app, but not installed.
   I can also drag-n-drop from Explorer, but not from Double Commander, when my mouse pointer changes to shortcut icon in FVim's area. but it does not work actually.
   I just made sure both Double Commander and FVim are 64bit.