GNU bug report logs - #3265
"Double Click" to open a file doesn't work in C:\Documents and Settings\user_name in Windows XP.

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Message #15 received at 3265-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: "Paley, Robert M \(IS\)" <robert.paley <at> ngc.com>,
        3265-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3265: "Double Click" to open a file doesn't work in	C:\Documents
 and Settings\user_name in Windows XP.
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 16:53:40 +0800

Paley, Robert M (IS) wrote:
>
> Hello, When i try to "double click" to open the following text file in 
> Windows Explorer:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\mytxt.txt
>
> Emacs tries to open the file:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Settings\user_name\mytxt.txt
>
> which can't be found. Can you provide any help?
>

This is a problem of missing quotes from the file associations you have 
configured in Windows.  The default install does not configure any file 
associations, so you must have configured this manually, or using a 
third party installer.  If you did it manually, look for a %1 argument 
where you configured it, and change it to "%1". Otherwise submit a bug 
report to whoever provided the installer.

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