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Bertrand Decouty asks:
  >As for me, I have added the following line to desktop.inf:
 > #F FF 04 c:\bin\filespy.prg@ *.*@
 >
 >and, each time i click on a not-executable file, filespy is called
 >automatically and displays this file. Unfortunately, you can't see
 >another file using f6 funcion key from filespy because mouse is not 
 >activated.
 
 >So, I have installed filespy as a GEM app, suffix: *. Now, I can use f6
 >function key, BUT BUT... I have no more executable files!  All files are
 >displayed by filespy! I can't even de-install filespy.prg as it is no
 >more an exec file! Fortunately, i have not saved this desktop, so a
 > reboot has corrected this trouble.
 >
 >My question is: is there a way to specify all files except PRG, APP,
 >TTP, TOS?
 
 
 The Desktop parses the DESKTOP.INF file in REVERSE order, that's why it
appends all the installed apps to the end of the file. So to do what you
wish to do, place the #F FF 0$ C:\BIN\FILESPY.PRG@ *.*@ line at the very
beginning of the program list before the executables. For example:
 
  #G 03 04   C:\BIN\TEMPUS.PRG@ *.*@ 
 #G 03 FF   *.APP@ @ 
 #G 03 FF   *.PRG@ @ 
 #F 03 04   *.TOS@ @ 
 #P 03 04   *.TTP@ @ 
 
 
 would allow files with the extensions APP,PRG,TOS and TTP to be executed and
all others would call TEMPUS.PRG. One note if you do do this, if you call
an GEM editor that has a resource file from a different directory that the
current working directory GEM will NOT find the resource file. The only way 
around this is to have all of your resource files in the root directory
of your boot device(* Ugh!*).
 
 
 
                                              Jim Kershner
                                              ur-lord@the_land
                                              synergist@genie
                                              jsmodula@bix