registry in Vista & command line path

[Scott Morrow]

I have two questions.

1. In XP (running under Parallels)  when I get $1 in a standalone  
after double clicking my document icon,  the path appears truncated.   
The first six letters of each directory (upper case) followed by a  
tilda.  If someone could shed some light on how I can use this path  
to open the document...

2.  I appear to be setting the registry correctly in XP - document  
icons are set correctly, queryRegistry() returns my app name, and  
double clicking a document icon launches my app... of course I can't  
open the document yet  :  )  - however, my next problem is in Vista.  
While my custom document icons still show up correctly, double  
clicking the document just brings up a dialog box:  "Windows cannont  
access the specified device, path or file.  You may not have the  
appropriate permissions to access the item."  Any ideas what might  
cause this?  (I'm running Vista Business, also in Parallels.)

Rev 2.8.1

Any thoughts appreciated!

-Scott Morrow

Elementary Software
(Now with 20% less chalk dust !)
web     http://elementarysoftware.com/
email   scott at elementarysoftware.com

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