[vlc] Wrong command path of VLC in registry

vbtricks vbtricks at gmx.net
Sun Oct 5 15:31:43 CEST 2008


Hi there,

it seems that VLC Player does not follow the standard behavior to set 
its path into quotation marks when writing its path into the registry.

Have a look at the path
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\vlc.exe\shell\Play\command
in the registry.

In my registry under Vista 32 EN Business the value is
   C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe --started-from-file "%1"

Normally, it should read
   "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file "%1"

Windows Explorer accepts both variants but the first one causes problems 
when trying to call that command from self-written programs.

It would be nice if you could add this request to the bug tracker.


Thanks in advance,

Stefan



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