Recent content by MikeRox

Think I found the problem. Turns out there are many files on my system with the same name as the executable I'm trying to associate with. These are all older versions of the same program in other folders. Windows doesn't like that. If I give the executable a unique name, it solves the problem.

I can't figure out how to add my own app to the 'Open with' dialogue box (below). I want to open files with an .spv file type with an app. I compiled with Visual C++. In other words I want my app to open when I double-click on any file ending in .spv. It works fine from the command line...

Your response hit the nail on the head. I've written my own app - BUT it calls a GUI library with argc and argv. Forgot about that. My bad. The 'command line parameters' are used by the GUI app to open a window. The error panel I was getting was from the GUI app. I didn't understand that...

Hello. I am new to this forum. Have posted this to a Visual C++ forum too. They suggest I try a Windows forum. I have a small app created with Visual C++ running on Windows 7 Pro. It runs fine when executed from within the V++ IDE. It runs fine if I simply double-click on the .exe file. I...