Comments on: Upcoming Start++ changes for 0.3 http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/ Seattle Geek with lots to say. Thu, 03 May 2012 09:25:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hedgehog http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-22616 Hedgehog Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:05:28 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/#comment-22616 If anyone cares....rebooting the PC fixes my previously announced problem. If anyone cares….rebooting the PC fixes my previously announced problem.

]]> By: Ryan Wagner http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-22520 Ryan Wagner Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:21:48 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/#comment-22520 Oh yeah, and I should mention that I figured out I was using the wrong extension by using Vista's awesome feature "copy as path" that is available when you Shift-Right Click on a file. Oh yeah, and I should mention that I figured out I was using the wrong extension by using Vista’s awesome feature “copy as path” that is available when you Shift-Right Click on a file.

]]> By: Ryan Wagner http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-22519 Ryan Wagner Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:20:25 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/#comment-22519 My bad, you're right. If you look at what I was entering in for the path I had the Excel file extension wrong. :( It isn't xslx. This should have definitely been a feature that shipped with Vista! My bad, you’re right. If you look at what I was entering in for the path I had the Excel file extension wrong. :( It isn’t xslx.

This should have definitely been a feature that shipped with Vista!

]]> By: Brandon http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-22515 Brandon Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:57:35 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/#comment-22515 Ryan - I created a command called "textdoc" and set the command value to "C:\Users\Brandon\documents\New Text Document.txt" with the quotes, and it launched just fine. I also tried it with characters like periods and single quotes in the path and it still worked fine. Are you sure you got the path correct? Ryan -

I created a command called “textdoc” and set the command value to “C:\Users\Brandon\documents\New Text Document.txt” with the quotes, and it launched just fine. I also tried it with characters like periods and single quotes in the path and it still worked fine.

Are you sure you got the path correct?

]]> By: Ryan Wagner http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-22499 Ryan Wagner Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:02:59 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/#comment-22499 @Brandon Sorry it took awhile for me to respond, I didn't see that you had posted a new comment. I just tried the newest release and that doesn't work either with what I want it to do. Basically I want to open a document which is an Excel spreadsheet when I type in a command. The location of the file looks something like this: C:\Users\Ryan J. Wagner\Documents\Ryan's Files\Test.xslx I have tried to put quotes around it and it doesn't seem to do anything...I still receive the "cannot find the specified file" error. Any ideas on how I can get that to work? :) By the way, this should become a Vista Powertoy! @Brandon
Sorry it took awhile for me to respond, I didn’t see that you had posted a new comment.

I just tried the newest release and that doesn’t work either with what I want it to do. Basically I want to open a document which is an Excel spreadsheet when I type in a command. The location of the file looks something like this:

C:\Users\Ryan J. Wagner\Documents\Ryan’s Files\Test.xslx

I have tried to put quotes around it and it doesn’t seem to do anything…I still receive the “cannot find the specified file” error. Any ideas on how I can get that to work? :)

By the way, this should become a Vista Powertoy!

]]> By: Hedgehog http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-22435 Hedgehog Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:13:16 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/#comment-22435 Thanks for your great tool...it was the first feature I really missed in Vista but now I'm interested in the search commands but they don't seem to work for me for some reason. If I type 'play shakira' in the start-menu search bar and press enter it just opens an ordinary search instead of starting the wmp. If I just type 'play' it starts at least the wmp? What am I doing wrong? (PC is currently indexing the music-dirs) Thanks for your great tool…it was the first feature I really missed in Vista but now I’m interested in the search commands but they don’t seem to work for me for some reason.
If I type ‘play shakira’ in the start-menu search bar and press enter it just opens an ordinary search instead of starting the wmp. If I just type ‘play’ it starts at least the wmp? What am I doing wrong? (PC is currently indexing the music-dirs)

]]> By: Brandon http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-22427 Brandon Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:53:27 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/#comment-22427 Hi Ryan - What does the alias you're trying to create look like? I'd like to make sure it works in the next release. As a short term solution, you might want to try using %1 instead of %* and putting the file name in quotes if it has a space. Hi Ryan –

What does the alias you’re trying to create look like? I’d like to make sure it works in the next release.

As a short term solution, you might want to try using %1 instead of %* and putting the file name in quotes if it has a space.

]]> By: Ryan Wagner http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-22425 Ryan Wagner Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:43:23 +0000 http://brandonlive.com/2007/02/23/upcoming-start-changes/#comment-22425 Thanks for the great tool Brandon! Can't wait to get my hands on the new release. I think fixing Daniels problem will also fix mine because I want to link to files to open, such as an Excel spreadsheet. I can do it as long as there is no space in the file name, but if there is a space then I get an error (even if I put quotes around the file name). Thanks for the great tool Brandon! Can’t wait to get my hands on the new release. I think fixing Daniels problem will also fix mine because I want to link to files to open, such as an Excel spreadsheet. I can do it as long as there is no space in the file name, but if there is a space then I get an error (even if I put quotes around the file name).

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