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From: mgd@mcshh.hanse.de (Michael Gerdau)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: PATH for Windows applications
Message-ID: <9277@mcshh.hanse.de>
Date: 10 Jun 91 17:46:50 GMT
References: <1991Jun6.095516.86840@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> <1991Jun6.184053.12028@cs.uoregon.edu>
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In <1991Jun6.184053.12028@cs.uoregon.edu> akm@obelix.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) writes:

]I don't have this problem, and here is why...
]...
]In the extensions part of Win.ini, I have the following:

]doc=d:\winword\winword.exe
]xl?=d:\excel\excel.exe

]I also have usher set up to run excel and winword with the complete
]path name defined. As a result, if I run either from my shell (usher),
]the full path info is available, so I don't have a problem. If I
]double click on an icon, then windows knows the full path, so that
]isn't a problem either.

What about DDE ? If you have to enter the full pathname all the time,
that can't be considered powercomputing.
BTW, mine would be c:\windows\winword\winword.exe and
c:\windows\xl\excel.exe 'cause I hate having lots of entries in my
root dir.
Regards
Michael

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