xplorer error

Hansam · Post by **Hansam** » 2006 Feb 27, 21:47

Hi, greetings!
I use xplorer 1.4.01 lite. I like its lightning fastness.
On my win-me PC however, it quits almost regularly with a kernel error.

The code looks like the following:
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XPLORER2 verursachte einen Fehler durch eine ungültige Seite
in Modul KERNEL32.DLL bei 0177:bff6b46c.
Register:
EAX=004a03d4 CS=0177 EIP=bff6b46c EFLGS=00010202
EBX=00000067 SS=017f ESP=00fefa38 EBP=00fefa48
ECX=00000038 DS=017f ESI=00490000 FS=2627
EDX=004a03d4 ES=017f EDI=004ac734 GS=0000
Bytes bei CS:EIP:
89 43 04 68 00 02 00 00 51 ff 75 fc 56 e8 f3 ed
Stapelwerte:
7ffd2f54 000001a4 00000000 004ac72c 00fefa9c 7ff214db 00490000 00000000 004ac740 7ff2155a 7ffcf00c 004ac740 7ff58706 004ac740 000001a4 7ffd2f18

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It doesn't seem to do any harm. Still it is annoying.
Maybe there is a magic switch to turn that off.

Well, there is one other point, which keeps me busy:
I like to open files with several different applications.
For instance html files with nvu, pspad and weaverslave.
How is this done with the least effort in xplorer?
Any hints and answers are appreciated.

Hans

Post by **nikos** » 2006 Feb 28, 07:34

that crash is most probably a result of some badly designed shell extension (eg context menu) and not x2 itself

the standard way to associate file types with tools in windows is folder options in control panel. I am not sure if winME does an "open with" context menu too when you shift-right-click on a file, that can be used for secondary associations

Hansam · Post by **Hansam** » 2006 Feb 28, 16:33

Thanks for your swift reply. I will try to sort out context menus.
In fact, one item is an app, called openexpert. It allows to open files with different tools.
Still I am hungry for tool-shortcuts in xplorer. What about using simple scripts?
To explain my point: It is far more flexible and faster if you've got some keyboard shortcuts to open files with particular tools.

Thank you for spending your time and expertise.

Hans

Post by **nikos** » 2006 Feb 28, 16:48

now that you mention it, the professional version has much better support for external tools (user commands). You can try it for free for 21 days

Hansam · Post by **Hansam** » 2006 Mar 03, 12:22

Well, I like xplore2 very much.
Finally I found a workaround for opening files with different applications, which I would like to share with the community. There is a nice little editor, called "liteEdit".

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Lite Edit 1.1
October 2004

Jimmy Reumuth

http://www.reumuth.com/programming

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Within xplore2 I set it as F4 editor and add to its tool menu
the apps I need most, which again can be invoked by function keys.
So eventually I need two keystrokes to open, say html files in any preferred viewer or editor.

Hans