OK, I haven't read any new posts above as I'm tired of trolls. You're
obviously on a wind-up so I'm not gonna bother with you anymore. I'm going to
try and find another forum where people a)actually have some knowledge of MS
products - b)can and are willing to read English and understand things like
context and what the main points are - c)aren't just looking to wind people
up but genuinely want to help - d)don't deliberately seize on *an example*
and try and make that the main points because really they don't understand
and do not have an answer for the main points and they need to hide their
stupidity changing the focus.
Please do flame on as I'll not be back, you have no credibility and you
certainly haven't helped me, answered my questions or moved the diagnostic
process on at all. Is this what you do all day? Shouldn't you get out more?
Ta ra!
"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
Quote:
>
> To others: the definitive differential in the file opening experience is
> based upon the application's shell association type. Legacy handlers are
> limited to 15 selections by default for performance reasons. Applications
> using modern shell association methods will not have this limitation.
>
> "Feldspar" <lordwalsingham@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:74942163-DC36-4511-B50C-BB4A11C2E2F4@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Once again, try reading my post before replying.
>
> I apologize for any misinterpretation in my attempts to clarify what is
> fairly evidently a Windows design. You're noticing a behavior, I was
> pointing out Why It Works That Way, which I had hoped would be illuminative.
>
> We're clearly not in disagreement over what happens here, right? The only
> question here was why, which I had hoped to provide some relevant insight
> upon. I apologize for failing in that regard.
> Quote:
> > It's nothing to do with performance and I wish you'd just drop that,
> > you're just flat wrong, why can't you admit it?
>
> I apologize: I did not mean to offend you in any fashion. I had thought
> that because I'm on the shell team, know the people responsible for this,
> and know the change in question, that my insight might be illuminative. I
> realize opinions will always vary, and I do respect and value yours.
> Quote:
> > Also, your answer doesn't at all address the problem of opening any more
> > than just one (1) file at a time with Open With... As soon as I select
> > even
> > two files, the Open With... option disappears. Even two 1k text files. Are
> > you really trying to tell me that they disabled that deliberately because
> > of
> > performance, and that they thought about that scenario and decided that
> > opening 2 x 1k files at once would be devastating? Get real mate, you're
> > so
> > far wrong it's embarrassing.
>
> No, that's part of WYSIWII. What You Select Is What Is Invoked. The Open
> With menu item only supports one selection, so it would be incorrect to make
> it available.
>
> I apologize if any of this seems indecisive: you may have a difference of
> opinion, but this is definitively the way it works and why it works that
> way.
> Quote:
> > Basically, this is a bug, there's no two ways about it.
>
> OK: I had previously respected your difference of opinion by pointing out
> that this behavior is by design for legacy style associations, and that if
> you disagree with the current implementation, your best resource would be
> actual Product Support where you could attempt to garner support for an
> update of some sort. I think we've run the gamut from determining the
> behavior, explaining the behavior, and a possible resolution to the
> behavior, so I think we're likely done here.
>
> I apologize for being inconsiderate and rude: it wasn't my intention. I've
> worked with a variety of external companies to help advise them on file
> association issues, and I apologize that in my developer eagerness to help
> move you forward I was terse and forgot my manners.
>
>
> It's interesting that it truncates the dialog at 15 units. I wonder if that
> is a configurable unit? Too bad there are no Vista PowerToys. I wonder
> what things one might find if one ran a registry monitor. =\
>
> It is too bad that there are no Vista PowerToys. I enjoy that kind of thing
> and enjoy tinkering with my system.
>
> -Zach
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
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