| Re: Computer Has Sense of Humor [message #59128] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 04:36 |
R.Bauer
Messages: 1424
Registered: November 1998
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David Fanning schrieb:
> David Fanning writes:
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>> I've fished through the registry and removed any and all
>> keys referring to IDL 6.0 through 6.3. Now when I click on
>> a *.pro file the computer just looks at me with a sullen
>> expression on its face. I guess that's progress. At least
>> I'm used to it, with teenagers in the house.
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> Well, I've taken everything off my computer, except for
> my installation of IDL 6.4 and IDL 7.0. Then, I removed
> my IDL 7.0 installation and reinstalled it. Now nothing
> whatsoever happens when I click on a *.pro file. If I
> right click and choose open "Open with IDL", still nothing.
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> If I right click and choose "Open With...", I get a list, one
> of which is "IDL File Open Helper". If I choose this then
> IDL 7 will start up, and the file will be loaded.
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> Does this all seem a little strange to you? Even for Microsoft?
>
For me yes but I don't think for Microsoft
Reimar
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| Re: Computer Has Sense of Humor [message #59131 is a reply to message #59128] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 02:25  |
Nigel Wade
Messages: 286
Registered: March 1998
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David Fanning wrote:
> David Fanning writes:
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>> I've fished through the registry and removed any and all
>> keys referring to IDL 6.0 through 6.3. Now when I click on
>> a *.pro file the computer just looks at me with a sullen
>> expression on its face. I guess that's progress. At least
>> I'm used to it, with teenagers in the house.
>
> Well, I've taken everything off my computer, except for
> my installation of IDL 6.4 and IDL 7.0. Then, I removed
> my IDL 7.0 installation and reinstalled it. Now nothing
> whatsoever happens when I click on a *.pro file. If I
> right click and choose open "Open with IDL", still nothing.
>
> If I right click and choose "Open With...", I get a list, one
> of which is "IDL File Open Helper". If I choose this then
> IDL 7 will start up, and the file will be loaded.
>
> Does this all seem a little strange to you? Even for Microsoft?
No, I'd say it's par for the course.
Microsoft go out of their way to make life "easier" for the user by hiding all
the configuration from the user. This is really nice when everything works, but
when it doesn't you have no idea where the information you need has been
hidden. Documenting where it's hidden would only confuse the user, so Microsoft
don't do that.
Unfortunately, Linux is rapidly moving in the same direction. Progress...
--
Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
E-mail : nmw@ion.le.ac.uk
Phone : +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555
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| Re: Computer Has Sense of Humor [message #59134 is a reply to message #59131] |
Tue, 11 March 2008 20:02 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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David Fanning writes:
> I've fished through the registry and removed any and all
> keys referring to IDL 6.0 through 6.3. Now when I click on
> a *.pro file the computer just looks at me with a sullen
> expression on its face. I guess that's progress. At least
> I'm used to it, with teenagers in the house.
Well, I've taken everything off my computer, except for
my installation of IDL 6.4 and IDL 7.0. Then, I removed
my IDL 7.0 installation and reinstalled it. Now nothing
whatsoever happens when I click on a *.pro file. If I
right click and choose open "Open with IDL", still nothing.
If I right click and choose "Open With...", I get a list, one
of which is "IDL File Open Helper". If I choose this then
IDL 7 will start up, and the file will be loaded.
Does this all seem a little strange to you? Even for Microsoft?
Cheers,
David
P.S. OK, I found a "Folder Options" thingamajig in the
Control Panel folder. Associating the *.PRO file there
with the "IDL File Open Helper" allows me to click on
a *.pro file and get the IDL 7 Workbench to open. Sheesh,
what a waste of a day...
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: Computer Has Sense of Humor [message #59135 is a reply to message #59134] |
Tue, 11 March 2008 15:47 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Jean H writes:
> just a though...: do you have any reference to IDL 6.0 in your Windows
> "environment variable path"?
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> It reminds me of MS Word asking for ArcGIS CD each time I was opening MS
> Word help!! ... feeding the beast with the CD resolved the problem once
> and for all (I hope)!
I've fished through the registry and removed any and all
keys referring to IDL 6.0 through 6.3. Now when I click on
a *.pro file the computer just looks at me with a sullen
expression on its face. I guess that's progress. At least
I'm used to it, with teenagers in the house.
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: Computer Has Sense of Humor [message #59136 is a reply to message #59135] |
Tue, 11 March 2008 15:21 |
Jean H.
Messages: 472
Registered: July 2006
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Hi,
just a though...: do you have any reference to IDL 6.0 in your Windows
"environment variable path"?
It reminds me of MS Word asking for ArcGIS CD each time I was opening MS
Word help!! ... feeding the beast with the CD resolved the problem once
and for all (I hope)!
Jean
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