Registry Editor Merge Dialog

[pat]

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Take a look at this window: http://home.comcast.net/~luigiman89/merge.jpg

Should file names in the merge registry entries dialog box look like this?
The real path to this file is C:\Other Files\Registry Backups\. I've been
using the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) recently; could that have anything to do
with this? I just can't remember if file names always looked like that.

 

[pat]

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Why does the Registry Editor Merge Dialog box use that format, and why
doesn't that format appear everywhere else?

Also, I added a Command Prompt option to folder context menus using these
registry entries:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenNew]
@="Command Prompt"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenNew\Command]
@="cmd.exe /k cd %1"

When I clicked that option, the command prompt displayed file names using
8.3 format, while when I go to Start>Run>cmd, they use normal names. Is this
normal?

 

[Guest]

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Set it to:

cmd.exe /k "cd %L"

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Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Pat" <Pat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:520FB685-0D60-4B4B-A6A0-9D60B02D30FF@microsoft.com...
> Why does the Registry Editor Merge Dialog box use that format, and why
> doesn't that format appear everywhere else?
>
> Also, I added a Command Prompt option to folder context menus using these
> registry entries:
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenNew]
> @="Command Prompt"
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenNew\Command]
> @="cmd.exe /k cd %1"
>
> When I clicked that option, the command prompt displayed file names using
> 8.3 format, while when I go to Start>Run>cmd, they use normal names. Is
> this
> normal?

 

[Guest]

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As Ramesh posted, %1 passes short names and %l or %L passes long file names.

Command prompt here with long filename (WXP-Pro)
http://www.winguides.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=brdNewTweaks&Number=106618&page=3&view=collapsed&sb=5&part

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:520FB685-0D60-4B4B-A6A0-9D60B02D30FF@microsoft.com,
Pat <Pat@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Why does the Registry Editor Merge Dialog box use that format, and why
> doesn't that format appear everywhere else?
>
> Also, I added a Command Prompt option to folder context menus using these
> registry entries:
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenNew]
> @="Command Prompt"
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenNew\Command]
> @="cmd.exe /k cd %1"
>
> When I clicked that option, the command prompt displayed file names using
> 8.3 format, while when I go to Start>Run>cmd, they use normal names. Is
> this normal?