- Open the registry editor (regedit.exe)
- Browse to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\edit\command
- Edit the default value and change to the executable you want to use to edit the batch files,
e.g."C:\Program Files\Programmer's Notepad\pn.exe" "%1"
- Click OK
- Browse to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cmdfile\shell\edit\command
- Edit the default value and change to the executable you want to use to edit the command files.
- Click OK
Thursday 25 February 2010
Changing default editor for batch scripts.
Right clicking on a .bat or .cmd file and select edit will open the file in the default program, Notepad. I prefer to use a different editor. To change the default for these files requires a registry change:
Wednesday 24 February 2010
IIS 7.0 not serving CSS files
After a rebuild of IIS 7, I couldn't get any CSS files to return. If I browsed to the path http://localhost/styles.css, I would a blank page (even when I view source). The problem was that during the reinstall of IIS I forgot to add the Static Content Component.
For Vista and Windows 7:
Control Panel -> Programs -> Turn Windows features on or off
Then navigate to: Internet Information Services -> World Wide Web Services -> Common HTTP Features
Enable the Static Content option
For Vista and Windows 7:
Control Panel -> Programs -> Turn Windows features on or off
Then navigate to: Internet Information Services -> World Wide Web Services -> Common HTTP Features
Enable the Static Content option
Friday 19 February 2010
Cannot load macro project error
After moving 'My Documents' folder to a different drive, I started getting an error when loading the macro's explorer window. The error was:
Cannot load macro project '' for the following reason:
'C:\Users\\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\VSMacros80\Samples\Samples.vsmacros' is an invalid or inaccessible macro project file
The problem is when you move your documents folder, this updates the environment variable %USERPROFILE%, but the macro's path for Visual Studio are stored in the registry.
Searching the registry I found the following two keys which had a 'path' value, referencing the C:\.
To solve, change the 'path' values in the above keys to your new location and restart Visual Studio.
Cannot load macro project '' for the following reason:
'C:\Users\
The problem is when you move your documents folder, this updates the environment variable %USERPROFILE%, but the macro's path for Visual Studio are stored in the registry.
Searching the registry I found the following two keys which had a 'path' value, referencing the C:\.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\vsmacros\OtherProjects7\0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\vsmacros\RecordingProject7
To solve, change the 'path' values in the above keys to your new location and restart Visual Studio.
Attach to multiple w3wp processes
This is an update to a previous post as I am now working on a project that can have up to 3 w3wp processes running.
I've changed the following lines:
with:
I've changed the following lines:
Dim proc2 As EnvDTE80.Process2 = dbg2.GetProcesses(trans, compName).Item("w3wp.exe")
proc2.Attach2(dbgeng)
with:
For Each proc2 As EnvDTE80.Process2 In dbg2.GetProcesses(trans, compName)
If proc2.Name.Contains("w3wp.exe") Then
proc2.Attach2(dbgeng)
End If
Next
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Visual Studio and Spark
There is a great post about setting up file icons, Templates and syntax highlighting in Visual Studio for spark templates here:
3 Useful Visual Studio Tricks for Spark Templates
3 Useful Visual Studio Tricks for Spark Templates
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