View Source in IE6 opens Hex Workshop

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Using IE 6.0 SP1 w/ Windows 2000. Whenever I click on View/Source instead of opening Notepad to show the HTML code, a window opens up Hex Workshop (a hex editor I have installed) and shows the contents of NOTEPAD.EXE in Hex code. What settings do I have to change to restore this to the default behavior?

 

[H Leboeuf]

Changing Source Code Editor in Internet Explorer
This article describes how to configure Internet Explorer to display an Edit
button on the tool bar.
This allows you to view Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) source code with
the editor of your choice.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=163606 (i. e. 4, 5. W95/98/NT4 5/12/2003)


How to make I. E.'s view source command work with another editor than
Notepad
Visual presentation.
This allows you to view Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) source code with
the editor of your choice.
http://www.notepad-replacements.com/viewsource.html
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Using IE 6.0 SP1 w/ Windows 2000. Whenever I click on View/Source instead

of opening Notepad to show the HTML code, a window opens up Hex Workshop (a
hex editor I have installed) and shows the contents of NOTEPAD.EXE in Hex
code. What settings do I have to change to restore this to the default
behavior?

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

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Using IE 6.0 SP1 w/ Windows 2000. Whenever I click on View/Source

instead of opening Notepad to show the HTML code, a window opens up
Hex Workshop (a hex editor I have installed) and shows the contents of
NOTEPAD.EXE in Hex code. What settings do I have to change to
restore this to the default behavior?

FWIW here is what RegMon shows happening when Notepad is used
for that (with XPsp1):

<example>
22:11:07 iexplore.exe:3796 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\notepad.exe NOTFOUND
22:11:07 iexplore.exe:3796 OpenKey HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\AppCompatibility\notepad.exe NOTFOUND
22:11:07 iexplore.exe:3796 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\notepad.exe NOTFOUND
22:11:07 iexplore.exe:3796 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\notepad.exe NOTFOUND
22:11:07 iexplore.exe:3796 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\notepad.exe
NOTFOUND
</example>

Notice that all of those subkeys were NOTFOUND and there was no value which
was found. Therefore I suspect that Notepad is a hardcoded default which
is used when none of those other overrides is present.

BTW I have no idea why there is so much redundancy.
Trace entries didn't start appearing until after I had pressed Alt-V,c

Assuming that W2K uses the same tests as XP (which seems hopeful
considering that they are both "NT5"), I suspect that you may find real values
in one or more of those entries.

OTOH if the first subkey (in AppPaths) is NOTFOUND for you too
and you are adventurous it will be obvious to you what you need to do
to add it there.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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