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Files open programs not reuse windows
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Win7 Home Premium or whatever it's called. When I open a folder of jpegs for editing, clicking one opens Paint Shop Pro and displays the image. Clicking on another file opens another instance of PSP rather than a new image in the already open instance. The latter is how it worked in XP the former makes working with multiple images impossible. What do I have to do to make subsequent files use the already open instance of an application? thanks |
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Files open programs not reuse windows
Jess Fertudei wrote:
Hi Win7 Home Premium or whatever it's called. When I open a folder of jpegs for editing, clicking one opens Paint Shop Pro and displays the image. Clicking on another file opens another instance of PSP rather than a new image in the already open instance. The latter is how it worked in XP the former makes working with multiple images impossible. What do I have to do to make subsequent files use the already open instance of an application? thanks The handler for a filetype dictates how it will manage its windows for multiple file opens. Look in PSP for an option regarding multiple windows. https://www.google.com/search?q=pain...iple%20windows From that online search, looks like this is a long-time screwup in PSP where its installer does not add the /DDE command line switch to the registry entry where PSP is designated as the filetype handler (for whatever are those filetypes you are double-clicking in Windows Explorer). Most users figured out how to get the /DDE switch added by using the GUI wizards in Windows where some just decided to edit the registry entry for the filetype handler. I don't use PSP so there would be no registry entries for filetype handlers for me to look at to see how the 'Open' directive was defined within them (i.e., what command line was defined to handle the Open action on a filetype, like "program %1 /dde"). |
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On 01/13/2018 09:55 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Jess Fertudei wrote: Hi Win7 Home Premium or whatever it's called. When I open a folder of jpegs for editing, clicking one opens Paint Shop Pro and displays the image. Clicking on another file opens another instance of PSP rather than a new image in the already open instance. The latter is how it worked in XP the former makes working with multiple images impossible. What do I have to do to make subsequent files use the already open instance of an application? thanks The handler for a filetype dictates how it will manage its windows for multiple file opens. Look in PSP for an option regarding multiple windows. https://www.google.com/search?q=pain...iple%20windows From that online search, looks like this is a long-time screwup in PSP where its installer does not add the /DDE command line switch to the registry entry where PSP is designated as the filetype handler (for whatever are those filetypes you are double-clicking in Windows Explorer). Most users figured out how to get the /DDE switch added by using the GUI wizards in Windows where some just decided to edit the registry entry for the filetype handler. I don't use PSP so there would be no registry entries for filetype handlers for me to look at to see how the 'Open' directive was defined within them (i.e., what command line was defined to handle the Open action on a filetype, like "program %1 /dde"). Look at these two programs: http://defaultprogramseditor.com/ and http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html I've used them both (each has it's good points) to change launching of programs. I think the default programs editor is the one I'm thinking of that does just as VanguardLH spoke about, yet GUI. Between them I like to have a difference between open and edit for things like png files. Open would launch a viewer but edit would launch photoshop. One of them allowed you to export the registry entry so you could keep them in case of a reload, a nice feature. |
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On 01/14/2018 09:08 AM, Big Al wrote:
On 01/13/2018 09:55 PM, VanguardLH wrote: Jess Fertudei wrote: Hi Win7 Home Premium or whatever it's called. When I open a folder of jpegs for editing, clicking one opens Paint Shop Pro and displays the image. Clicking on another file opens another instance of PSP rather than a new image in the already open instance. The latter is how it worked in XP the former makes working with multiple images impossible. What do I have to do to make subsequent files use the already open instance of an application? thanks The handler for a filetype dictates how it will manage its windows for multiple file opens.Â* Look in PSP for an option regarding multiple windows. https://www.google.com/search?q=pain...iple%20windows Â*From that online search, looks like this is a long-time screwup in PSP where its installer does not add the /DDE command line switch to the registry entry where PSP is designated as the filetype handler (for whatever are those filetypes you are double-clicking in Windows Explorer).Â* Most users figured out how to get the /DDE switch added by using the GUI wizards in Windows where some just decided to edit the registry entry for the filetype handler. I don't use PSP so there would be no registry entries for filetype handlers for me to look at to see how the 'Open' directive was defined within them (i.e., what command line was defined to handle the Open action on a filetype, like "program %1 /dde"). Look at these two programs: http://defaultprogramseditor.com/ and http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html I've used them both (each has it's good points) to change launching of programs.Â* I think the default programs editor is the one I'm thinking of that does just as VanguardLH spoke about, yet GUI. Between them I like to have a difference between open and edit for things like png files.Â*Â* Open would launch a viewer but edit would launch photoshop.Â*Â* One of them allowed you to export the registry entry so you could keep them in case of a reload, a nice feature. Of course you know have to know how and what to edit in the launch command to get it working if that's the fix. |
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"Jess Fertudei" wrote
| | When I open a folder of jpegs for editing, clicking one opens Paint | Shop Pro and displays the image. Clicking on another file opens another | instance of PSP rather than a new image in the already open instance. I have PSP 5 and 16. I don't see that option in either one. If I open 2 files I get the same thing you see: 2 PSPs. But why are you double-clicking the 2nd file in the first place? Just drag-drop it into the PSP window. If you don't like that then browse for it via File - Open. I actually like to have right-click menus. I put Open with PSP on the right click and set IrfanView as default for all image types. That way I have a small, quick viewer when I want to see an image and it's still easy to open it in PSP. If you're comfortable with the Registry you can deduce the format for custom context menus from this: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open With PSP] @="Open with PSP" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open With PSP\Command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Paint Shop Pro 5\\psp.exe\" \"%1\"" * applies to all files. *\shell\ exists already by default. The value of the next step down is what you'll see on the context menu. The default value in the Command key is the command line to send to the program. (Without the extra backslashes.) "C:\Program Files\Paint Shop Pro 5\psp.exe" "%1" You can do that for any program.... But once you have the program open, nearly all will accept a drag/dropped file in the main window. |
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Big Al wrote on 1/14/2018 :
On 01/14/2018 09:08 AM, Big Al wrote: On 01/13/2018 09:55 PM, VanguardLH wrote: Jess Fertudei wrote: Hi Win7 Home Premium or whatever it's called. When I open a folder of jpegs for editing, clicking one opens Paint Shop Pro and displays the image. Clicking on another file opens another instance of PSP rather than a new image in the already open instance. The latter is how it worked in XP the former makes working with multiple images impossible. What do I have to do to make subsequent files use the already open instance of an application? thanks The handler for a filetype dictates how it will manage its windows for multiple file opens.* Look in PSP for an option regarding multiple windows. https://www.google.com/search?q=pain...iple%20windows *From that online search, looks like this is a long-time screwup in PSP where its installer does not add the /DDE command line switch to the registry entry where PSP is designated as the filetype handler (for whatever are those filetypes you are double-clicking in Windows Explorer).* Most users figured out how to get the /DDE switch added by using the GUI wizards in Windows where some just decided to edit the registry entry for the filetype handler. I don't use PSP so there would be no registry entries for filetype handlers for me to look at to see how the 'Open' directive was defined within them (i.e., what command line was defined to handle the Open action on a filetype, like "program %1 /dde"). Look at these two programs: http://defaultprogramseditor.com/ and http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html I've used them both (each has it's good points) to change launching of programs.* I think the default programs editor is the one I'm thinking of that does just as VanguardLH spoke about, yet GUI. Between them I like to have a difference between open and edit for things like png files.** Open would launch a viewer but edit would launch photoshop.** One of them allowed you to export the registry entry so you could keep them in case of a reload, a nice feature. Of course you know have to know how and what to edit in the launch command to get it working if that's the fix. Thanks |
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VanguardLH wrote on 1/13/2018 :
Jess Fertudei wrote: Hi Win7 Home Premium or whatever it's called. When I open a folder of jpegs for editing, clicking one opens Paint Shop Pro and displays the image. Clicking on another file opens another instance of PSP rather than a new image in the already open instance. The latter is how it worked in XP the former makes working with multiple images impossible. What do I have to do to make subsequent files use the already open instance of an application? thanks The handler for a filetype dictates how it will manage its windows for multiple file opens. Look in PSP for an option regarding multiple windows. https://www.google.com/search?q=pain...iple%20windows From that online search, looks like this is a long-time screwup in PSP where its installer does not add the /DDE command line switch to the registry entry where PSP is designated as the filetype handler (for whatever are those filetypes you are double-clicking in Windows Explorer). Most users figured out how to get the /DDE switch added by using the GUI wizards in Windows where some just decided to edit the registry entry for the filetype handler. I don't use PSP so there would be no registry entries for filetype handlers for me to look at to see how the 'Open' directive was defined within them (i.e., what command line was defined to handle the Open action on a filetype, like "program %1 /dde"). Thanks. I had noticed the DDE stuff before but never really saw a good answer on how to fix it... most of the scenarios never really matched what I found when I tried it. Was hoping someone would have another take on how to fix it without farting with the registry directly. |
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Mayayana wrote on 1/14/2018 :
"Jess Fertudei" wrote When I open a folder of jpegs for editing, clicking one opens Paint Shop Pro and displays the image. Clicking on another file opens another instance of PSP rather than a new image in the already open instance. I have PSP 5 and 16. I don't see that option in either one. If I open 2 files I get the same thing you see: 2 PSPs. But why are you double-clicking the 2nd file in the first place? Just drag-drop it into the PSP window. If you don't like that then browse for it via File - Open. I actually like to have right-click menus. I put Open with PSP on the right click and set IrfanView as default for all image types. That way I have a small, quick viewer when I want to see an image and it's still easy to open it in PSP. If you're comfortable with the Registry you can deduce the format for custom context menus from this: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open With PSP] @="Open with PSP" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open With PSP\Command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Paint Shop Pro 5\\psp.exe\" \"%1\"" * applies to all files. *\shell\ exists already by default. The value of the next step down is what you'll see on the context menu. The default value in the Command key is the command line to send to the program. (Without the extra backslashes.) "C:\Program Files\Paint Shop Pro 5\psp.exe" "%1" You can do that for any program.... But once you have the program open, nearly all will accept a drag/dropped file in the main window. Thanks. Been using PSP since 5 and loved my 7. In fact, the reason I held onto XP for so long was that I have a bazillion plugins that I'll not locate again. Have 16 but hate it... just seems Corel watered it down in spite of making it look all glitzy. I do a lot of photo editing and manipulating and know that my way of bouncing around from folder to folder telling it to open this and that simultaneous wouldnt make sense to folks who dont look for 'parts' for compilations and such, but it's how I've learned to flow. Oh well... looks like it's 16 until I get on to some other app. Don't really want to learn any new stuff any more but if I don't have the plugins anyhow... I guess I may as well start over. Really didn't want to get into the registry. Getting old and tired of farting around with this stuff. XP and the setup I had just worked but, oh, well. |
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In message , Big Al
writes: [] Look at these two programs: http://defaultprogramseditor.com/ and http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html Thanks for those. I've used them both (each has it's good points) to change launching of programs. I think the default programs editor is the one I'm thinking of that does just as VanguardLH spoke about, yet GUI. Between them I like to have a difference between open and edit for things like png files. Open would launch a viewer but edit would (Which one do you use?) launch photoshop. One of them allowed you to export the registry entry so you could keep them in case of a reload, a nice feature. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf The main and the most glorious achievement of television is that it is killing the art of conversation. If we think of the type of conversation television is helping to kill, our gratitude must be undying. (George Mikes, "How to be Inimitable" [1960].) |
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