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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:00:56 +0200 (CEST)
From: Nils Jeppe <nils AT pandemonium DOT de>
To: Dave <d_inabox AT yahoo DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: Bug in chere
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Dave wrote:

> So it can be done using shell extensions. These require a bit of COM
> programming, producing a .dll that needs to be registered.

I didn't experiment with it at all, maybe it's possible to do another way 
:)

> 4. Is the extra context menu item worth the effort?

Well, personally, for me it would be nice to have but not an essential 
(and of course I won't be the one coding it :D I wish I could). Naturally 
this kind of technique could be used, potentially, for other kinds of 
shell integrations so it may be worth to provide a "sample 
implementation". Not trying to talk you guys into it, just giving my Eur 
0.02 :)

- Nils

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