xplorer2 problem using editor2

[burale]

Newbie user here:

Note this problem cleared it self when I tried to report it

Trying to set up Editor2 as default for Editing/F4 Viewing /F3
Set these up in the registry per alpha.txt
Here are the registry keys I set:

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZabaraKatranemia Plc\xplorer2]
"szExternalEditor"="C:\Program Files\AmbPF-notins\editor2\Editor2.exe" /E
"szExternalViewer"="C:\Program Files\AmbPF-notins\editor2\Editor2.exe" /V
"szEditor2Path"="C:\Program Files\AmbPF-notins\editor2\Editor2.exe"

Keying F3 with a file selected gives this DbMon message:

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1248: Thread 76c pump: unrecognized message 49433 ignored
1248: Thread 76c pump: unrecognized message 49433 ignored
1248: Frame_2907dc handling command 32788
1248: Launching command: editor2.exe /V "C:\Program Files\AmbPF-notins\Xplorer▓
(alpha)\alpha.txt"
1248: Thread 76c: ErrorBeep(48)
1248: status_1b077a alert msg: Cannot launch editor/viewer; check command lines
in registry
1248: Thread 76c pump: unrecognized message 49433 ignored

Note: the block character is (I assume) the superscript-2 I put in my folder name cause I think its so cute


After I made the above settings (which AFAICT are "correct") and got the above error messages I went back to the Registry and discovered that these three values had been changed to read:

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZabaraKatranemia Plc\xplorer2]
"szExternalEditor"=""
"szExternalViewer"=""
"szEditor2Path"="editor2.exe"

I took the easy way out and copied editor2.exe to somewhere on my %PATH% and now it works perfectly

So PROBLEM solved but I thought I'd report it in case it indicates some other generic error I've made ...

[nikos]

the problem was caused because you changed the registry while x2 was running; on close it just overwrote everything you typed in. You have to quit x2 (all instances) first