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Indexing Executables In C:\WINDOWS\system32

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Tom Purl
2006-07-31
2013-05-29
  • Tom Purl

    Tom Purl - 2006-07-31

    Most of the "small" executables that I like to use are in my c:\windows\system32 folder.  I would like to be able to invoke them from Launchy like I used to do with the run menu, so I did the following:

    1. I added the C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory to my "Directories to Scan" field.
    2. I added ".bat" and ".exe" to my "File Types" field.

    The problem is that Launchy isn't indexing any of the .exe or .bat files in that directory.  For example, I can't execute regedt32.exe.

    Is there something that I'm missing?  I know that Launchy can index .exe files.  Is it a problem since Windows treats this system directory specially?

    Thanks in advance for the help!

    Tom Purl

     
    • Josh

      Josh - 2006-07-31

      Hmmm.  Quite a bit has changed between 0.96 and what I'm working on now, but I can tell you that the next version should work just fine.  It should be out in only a couple of weeks.

      Josh

       

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