From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-12-02T09:49:30+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:6730] Re: newbie: windows ruby file types

chad fowler <chadfowler@yahoo.com> writes:

> 
> > I tried to ADD .rb and it tells me the rb type is
> > already in use by
> > file type 'rb'. What up with that?
> > 
> 
> I'm seeing the same thing in my installation.  If you
> open up regedit and look at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.rb,
> you'll see the entry there.  You can delete it.  Then,
> you can go back to Explorer/View/Folder Options/File
> Types and add it again.  I pointed mine to the rubywin
> executable.

Folks: I'm out of my depth on this Window's stuff. Didn't there used
to be a way with the old .pif fils of saying "don't close this DOS
window when it finishes"? Have we lost this in the newer Windows?

Surely there must be some way of running a DOS shell and keeping it
open.


Confused of Dallas