sndrec32.exe, command line options, expecially /record

I would expect that since an .EXE is typically associated with itself, that there's no way to set a new file association. Both the right-click and shifted right-click fail to add "Open With" to the context menu on .EXEs in XP, at least in 2 tested installations, as well as a Windows 2000 Professional installation.

Did you highlight it first by single clicking it ? (It turns bluish color).

Then do the Shift+Right Click

TensorField, the other issue that you would have run into was that by default SNDREC32.EXE only opens up with 60 seconds recording time, so you would have had to pre-create a longer file in order to be able to record more than 60 seconds and then specifically open that file.

But even then it would still be limited even if you set it up to be 1, 2, 3, 4 hours etc.

And since it is a .WAV file I believe it is loaded into RAM and then you paging file and can get pretty large eg a 3 minute song at 44000Mhz stereo is 30Mb so 1 hour would be 600Mb ??

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Did you highlight it first by single clicking it ? (It turns bluish color).

Then do the Shift+Right Click

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I just tried this on a Win2000 machine and I notice that it gives an additional Run As option, not that I know what that's for.

I then tried it on some other files.

A .BAT file also didn't give the Open With option, but a .SYS file did so 2000 and probably XP must be modified in some way to not always provide the Open With option ??

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Originally Posted by Nix

Did you highlight it first by single clicking it ? (It turns bluish color).

Then do the Shift+Right Click

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Yes, I believe I first highlighted it by single clicking. I just did it again, on several .EXE files using both methods-- it doesn't make any difference.

The "open with" is for non-executable file types, not for .EXE, .COM, or .BAT. The "open with" allows you to temporarily associate a non-executable program with a program that you wish to open it with. Granted, .DLLs are technically executables, but they do show the "open with" when right-clicked.

Here's a reference I found via DogPile for you...

http://www.highcriteria.com/main_pro...r_overview.htm

See if this product might fit your needs...

Run as.... allows you to run the Program in question as another user, say if you are Joe and have the password for Admin, you can run that one process in root, or Administrator.

Once you give up on sound recorder, here's a great little free recorder that does just what you want. It'll record direct to Ogg Vorbis or MP3 also, to save disc space.

http://www.fridgesoft.de/harddiskogg.php