IE Integration! Welcome to the future!!

Post #58,685 by altmann 10/23/02 3:19:01 AM Reply	IE Integration! Welcome to the future!! This problem with Internet Explorer 6 cropped up not so long ago (probably after an IE patch). For some reason I was suddenly unable to "View Source". I dug around and found a few references to other's having the same problem, but no solutions that worked. Tonight I went looking again and found a hint. Apparently, if I delete the shortcut to notepad I have on my desktop (notepad is still my default "view source" editor), "view source" will work fine. Put it back, and its broken again. Note that I've kept a shortcut to notepad on my desktop for years. WTF?!?!? -- Chris Altmann
Post #58,687 by CRConrad 10/23/02 3:23:09 AM Reply	What happens if instead of restoring , you create a new one?
Post #58,691 by altmann 10/23/02 3:44:51 AM 10/23/02 3:47:48 AM Reply	Same deal, but If I add the following key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\View Source Editor" set to c:\\winnt\\notepad.exe, things seem to work with the shortcut on the desktop. That same key can be used to set the editor of your choice (there are lots of examples out there that use it for setting up vim). I had that set once long ago but later removed it. However that was long before this problem cropped up. I'm also not sure if that key is there by default (this is on w2k with ie6). I still don't get the connection between a shortcut on one's desktop and what editor IE uses to view source. I'm not sure I want to know. Its kind of like knowing how sausage is made. -- Chris Altmann Edited by altmann Oct. 23, 2002, 03:47:48 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #58,725 by drewk 10/23/02 8:29:40 AM Reply	Does that require a reboot? I just added that reg key. Do I need to reboot or log out/in to activate the change? === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #58,854 by altmann 10/23/02 1:18:35 PM Reply	Nope. Just close all IE windows first. -- Chris Altmann
Post #58,871 by drewk 10/23/02 1:47:42 PM Reply	Nope, still using Notepad, will try logging out Then maybe rebooting, since we all know Internet Exporer is part of the OS ... === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #58,873 by deSitter 10/23/02 1:50:49 PM Reply	Re: Nope, still using Notepad, will try logging out Delete Notepad.exe and make a shortcut called "Notepad" that points to your favorite editor. Better, get Ultraedit and use the included program stub to replace notepad.exe. It calls Ultraedit when something tries to invoke Notepad. -drl
Post #58,875 by drewk 10/23/02 1:56:42 PM Reply	Will try that after log out/in (and maybe reboot) I don't want to completely remove notepad. I like to keep it around to see what special characters various programs may be choking on. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #58,878 by deSitter 10/23/02 2:02:16 PM Reply	Re: Will try that after log out/in (and maybe reboot) Seriously, if you have ANY need for a text editor, you WANT Ultraedit. It's the best value in software. -drl
Post #58,887 by altmann 10/23/02 2:25:22 PM Reply	Seconded (re: Ultraedit), and... The only reason I had notepad still bound to view source is that it launches quicker. Through all these problems I had, the "edit with" button on the toolbar worked fine to choose alternate editors. I think it keys off of the standard file association database (except that the default action of that button is set in IE's Tools->Internet Options->Programs dialog). Just how many ways are there to launch a freakin text editor from IE anyways? -- Chris Altmann
Post #58,894 by drewk 10/23/02 2:51:24 PM Reply	Lots and lots Just how many ways are there to launch a freakin text editor from IE anyways? I haven't been to a public terminal yet that was so locked down I couldn't eventually find my way to a file explorer and a text editor. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #58,919 by altmann 10/23/02 3:56:44 PM Reply	Didn't think of that :) View source -> notepad -> file open -> file manager! That reminds me of the time I accessed the old IWE forums from the Smithsonian using a keyboardless workstation by copying and pasting letters into a search engine ransom note style. -- Chris Altmann
Post #59,065 by tseliot 10/24/02 11:13:08 AM Reply	Heh. Makes me want to host my own page ...wherein I have lots of clicky things which break the box via IE... who needs a rootkit on a floppy? we have the internet now! :D Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance - Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation. BOfH, 2002 "Episode" 10
Post #58,896 by deSitter 10/23/02 2:53:32 PM Reply	Run Ultraedit as a Service! Then things open Real Fast. -drl
Post #58,957 by altmann 10/23/02 6:37:37 PM Reply	Interesting I assume your talking about the "minimize to system tray" and "minimize on last file close" options? I'll have to try it. -- Chris Altmann
Post #58,882 by altmann 10/23/02 2:20:30 PM Reply	Weird. I'm able to switch the value on the fly. 1) close all IE windows. 2) edit value 3) open IE and view source Do you have any spaces in the path to your editor? If so enclose the value in quotes. Do you have the right reg key? "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\View Source Editor\\Editor Name" whose default value is the editor with path? -- Chris Altmann
Post #58,891 by drewk 10/23/02 2:49:35 PM Reply	I was one level off Instead of making "Editor Name" a key, I made it a value. It's working now. Thanks. Now all I have to do is figure out how to make GVim use syntax hilighting files. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #58,856 by deSitter 10/23/02 1:21:15 PM Reply	Probably a Path Issue -drl

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