[vlc-devel] [PATCH]NSIS Allow opening of over 15 files via Windows Explorer

[Kaarlo Räihä]

2012/2/7 Rafaël Carré <funman at videolan.org>

> Le 2012-02-06 11:15, Kaarlo Räihä a écrit :
> > This patch adds a registry entry to NSIS installer script that allow
> users
> > to open more than 15 files at the same time via Windows Explorer (in case
> > they use file associations that NSIS installer provides).Because of the
> > build issues I am having, I couldn't test the patch so maybe someone
> could
> > test it out?
> > Related MSDN info:
> >
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/cc144171(v=vs.85).aspx#verb_selection_model
>
> After making VLC the default player for .mp3 here are some more tests:
>
> I have a folder with 17 mp3:
>
> Right click one item -> open -> the item plays
> Select items 1 & 2 -> right click on 1 -> open
> Item 1 is added to playlist, then the entire folder is added to playlist
>
>
> Drap & dropping the 17 items to VLC add them all to the playlist.
> Was that behaviour not possible before your patch?
>

Before the patch, if you Shift/Ctrl/mouse selected over 15 files from
Windows Explorer, the open with VLC option vanished from Context menu. (I
am not sure if this behavior is with all Windows releases, or after certain
XP service pack)


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