Arachnophilia question

Open commonly used files

[jrstark]

I'd like Arachnophila 4.0 to always load with two particular files open. Is there a way to do this?

I usually drag files over from Windows Explorer if they aren't still showing in the recent list. But I've let that particular folder grow to over 3,000 files, so it's getting clutzier.

[Gene]

One suggestion...

Using Windows Explorer, right-click the file >> send to desktop to create a short-cut.

So in the future, you just right-click the short-cut on your desktop and select "EDIT" which will launch Arachnophilia with the file open.

Note: if your computer won't launch Arachnophilia this way, you'll need to set it as your default HTML editor. You can do that by opening IE... Tools >> IE Options >> Programs >> HTML Editor.

Of course you wanted "two" files to open. I guess you'd have to make 2 short-cuts on your desktop for that.

~Gene

[jrstark]

Those options are in Internet Explorer, not Windows Explorer. And Arachnophilia doesn't show up in the select list. So how can I put it in or tell IE how to find it?

Using IE 5.5, Win98.

[Gene]

Strange... When I used Win98 & IE 5.01, I always had the option of Arachnophilia in the drop-down list (in IE tools).

And now I'm using Win XP and IE 6, and I still have that option.

There's probably another way to make Arach your default editor, but I'm not sure how. I think there's something like a "program properties" menu somewhere in Windows 98 that may do it.

Tell me this...

On your desktop, when you right-click the short-cut icon of your HTML file, and you select "EDIT"... *What* program does your system launch?

[Gene]

One other item...

I don't know about win 98, but in win XP, when I right-click the HTML file, besides the "edit" option, there is also an "open with" option which gives me the opportunity to open it using Arachnophilia.

See if perhaps you have that available in win 98.

[jrstark]

When I click on a file in Windows Explorer, it opens in my default browser (Mozilla).

When I right click there is an option to open in JEdit, another editor I installed but haven't used much. JEdit doesn't show up in my IE editor dropdown either.