[PATCH 1 of 2] explorer: add /startfile switch for starting files from file managers

Alexandre Julliard julliard at winehq.org
Wed Mar 26 09:04:33 CDT 2008


"Vincent Povirk" <madewokherd+d41d at gmail.com> writes:

> My understanding is that start.exe will not work because it must be
> compatible with the windows version of start. In any case, I don't
> think I could usefully share code with the rest of start.

It has to be compatible, but adding new options that don't exist on
Windows shouldn't be a problem. That's what you'd have to do in explorer
too anyway.

> I would like to keep the distinction between .exe and other files so
> that bug 5368 can be fixed.

I'm not sure I understand why you need that for 5368.

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Alexandre Julliard
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