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"Take a look here. I haven't tested, but it looks like the solution you want - kinda hack-y though.
Formatted as best I could, markdown doesn't like ,e.
The system shell for Windows Vista has
been purposely built by Microsoft such
that ...
When files of various types are selected simultaneously, the option to
open them is made inaccessible to the
system shell, whether through their
context menu or the keyboard (i.e.,
pressing {Enter}). This is governed by
file extensions, not by the program
handling the files (e.g., it occurs
when *.doc and *.docx files are
simultaneously selected).
When more than 15 (i.e., 16 or more) files of the same type are
selected, the same event occurs.
This is documented by Zack Robinson, a
Microsoft senior developer Here's a
workaround that solves both problems
and places the solution in the context
menu.
It requires only creating a Visual
Basic script and creating a shortcut
to it in the Send To folder.
Create or download (rename its extension to *.vbs) the script
attached to this post (code posted below).
Create a shortcut to it and place the shortcut in your Send To
folder. If you can't find your Send To
folder, press Windows+R and run
""shell:sendto"".
Now, when you right-click on a file or
files, choosing the (for example)
0_file_execution entry in the Send
To list will open all selected files.
Running the script directly, instead
of passing it files as arguments from
the Send To list item, allows you to
set the amount of time that separates
the opening of each file; if you set
this value too low, Vista may fail to
open all files.
Code:
on error resume next
nl=vbcrlf
wait=200
set shell=wscript.createobject(""wscript.shell"")
set filesystem=createobject(""scripting.filesystemobject"")
set scriptfile=filesystem.getfile(wscript.scriptfullname)
stamp=scriptfile.datelastmodified
stamparray=split(year(stamp)&"".""&month(stamp)&"".""&day(stamp)&"".""&hour(stamp)&"".""&minute(stamp)&"".""&second(stamp),""."")
version=stamparray(0)
for loopversion=1to ubound(stamparray)
versionlength=len(stamparray(loopversion))
if versionlength<2 then stamparray(loopversion)=string(2-versionlength,""0"")&stamparray(loopversion)
version=version&"".""&stamparray(loopversion)
next
set contents=filesystem.opentextfile(wscript.scriptfullname,1)
contents=split(contents.readall,nl)
unit=4^5
set files=wscript.arguments
if files.count<1 then
do
wait=inputbox(nl&nl&""Set a period, in milliseconds, to wait while files open:"",filesystem.getbasename(scriptfile)&"" v""&version&"" : ""&int(scriptfile.size/unit)&""k""&(scriptfile.size/unit-int(scriptfile.size/unit))*unit&""b : ""&ubound(contents)&"" lines"",wait)
if wait=empty then wscript.quit
if isnumeric(wait) then exit do
loop
set scriptfile=filesystem.createtextfile(wscript.scriptfullname)
for loopcontents=0to ubound(contents)
newline=contents(loopcontents)
if instr(newline,""wait="")>0 and isnumeric(replace(newline,""wait="","""")) then newline=""wait=""&wait
scriptfile.write(newline)
if loopcontents<ubound(contents) then scriptfile.write(nl)
next
else
for each file in files
shell.run """"""""&file&""""""""
wscript.sleep wait
next
end if"
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