blog: check your shell extensions per file type

[nikos]

here's the comment area for today's blog post found at
http://zabkat.com/blog/chkshxt-shell-extension-dump.htm

[pj]

Any OS restrictions? Work with XP through Ten?

By the way, is that REALLY the filename you want to use for the utility?

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PJ in (sunny) FL

[Kilmatead]

Don't dis the name, pyjama man; the name is magic.

[pj]

... says the guy who shovels "magic" on a regular basis?

[Kilmatead]

Precisely. And it's memorable. There's a lot to be said for happy accidents and techno-speak.

"Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value."

And, more to topic, as chkshxt works (tested) on XP/Win7, since Nikos has sullied himself by slumming-it with Win10 these days, we'll assume it shovels there too.

[nikos]

if you don't like the name, rename to taste!

[Tuxman]

In the 90s, everyone wrote a text editor.

In the 2010s, everyone writes ShellExView.

Yay.

[nikos]

not quite the same thing melad, go back and read the blog footnote

[Kilmatead]

It's also not quite as different as you think, m'lord, were your ShellExView ninja-skills up to par.

In the 2010s, everyone writes ShellExView.

Well I haven't written one (yet), and I'm pretty sure Carlsberg haven't either, so there's always room for improvement.

(And yes, I know that swill doesn't even qualify as beer in the first place, so don't get your panties in a twist. )

[Tuxman]

Ah, small letters. My old archenemy.

[Tuxman]

Well I haven't written one (yet)

Looking forward to your next project.

(And yes, I know that swill doesn't even qualify as beer in the first place, so don't get your panties in a twist. )

The whiskyman makes jokes about us beermen. I'm not sure whether to feel pleased or angry.

[Kilmatead]

Well, we do have a whole museum dedicated to the stuff, so if you can't monetise the tourist industry, what else is it good for? (Wait, don't answer that.) When it first opened, they used to give free samples at the end of the tour, but I don't know if they still do that - no doubt ran aground of more than a few EU laws governing public health and state-sponsored responsibility.

When I was a kid (and dreadfully bored with long car-trips to Toronto), I was always partial to the Labatt's Beer Trucks which were the entertainment staple of the motorway. So, what I know about beer is based wholly upon the flawed aesthetic-sense of a child. I readily admit that. (There's also a curious conundrum floating around my brain about the scientific reason Guinness actually tastes better coming back up than it does going down, but we'll file that one under collegiate-mishaps, hair-of-the-dog, and the transmigration of souls, shall we?)

[Tuxman]

It's easier to make good whisky than to make good beer, unless you're German. (There actually is a German distillery which lets their whisky mature in beer casks.) Guinness and Kilkenny are rather good examples for that. Only one of the reasons why I usually have more whisky than beer in my living room; even although the Irish seem to be not interested in selling their superb Bushmills 16 anymore, there are enough other countries.

That reminds me that I've never visited a beer museum. I wonder what it's like.

[Kilmatead]

Considering how much the B16 sold per bottle, I'm not surprised it's out of circulation (which could also just be a marketing ploy). Strangely enough, I've always been more partial to proper scotch (even the cheaper ends like Teacher's), they being significantly thicker (lower viscosity) than the rather watery Irish stuff. That said, give us a hot-brandy & clove any day of the week: though the Japanese own Courvoisier, it still warms the heart. Hmm... Suntory Time again...

[Tuxman]

The Irish stuff lacks ABV, 40% is not really enough for deep complexity.

Japanese distillers seem to have noticed that people actually want to drink their products, resulting in the sudden disappearance of Hibikis with an age statement (not counting the new 21-years which is available at what I'd call an inadequate price). I found the older Yamazakis to be an interesting experience, but they never made it into my list of standards. There are better drams for that money.

Life would probably be easier if I was a peathead, but I don't even smoke cigarettes because of the taste.