Re: replacement for "open with" wizard

de Spacey Spade 01/18/2007 10:23

Spacey Spade wrote:
> *Prot3anThr3ad* wrote:
> > "Spacey Spade" <spaceygum@hotpop.com> wrote in news:1169039099.974677.288790
> > @a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a freeware replacement for this bastard of a system
> > > wizard?
> > > Does anyone have a freeware replacement for any of WinXP's system
> > > wizards?
> > >
> > > I seem to recall an open source project to duplicate Windows XP with
> > > open source code. (Last I heard they had a stumbling point when
> > > Microsoft paid a lot of money to legalize software patents/copyrights,
> > > or something to that extent.) Anyone know the link? Maybe they have
> > > some replacements that have better features than WinXP's...
> >
> > Try OpenExpert.
>
> I like OpenExpert, except that I'm lazy and don't want to be
> configuring the applications that show up in the menu all the time.
> Also, my users may install their own applications, and I want those to
> be added transparently. Thanks though! I may just not be lazy and
> config it, if I can't get away with it.

Wait... I actually installed it and got to see what happens when you
click "add application". Tomorrow I will see about this being the
default behavior when you double click... now I need to crash.