If you really want to use short cuts in your SendTo folder try adding "
/edit"  to the end of the file name in the target box of the shortcut
properties, (make sure there is a space between the path and the /edit)
you can also do the same with " /render"

-tgq


"Mark Wagner" <mar### [at] gtenet> wrote in message
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>
> Y wrote in message <3b9d835c@news.povray.org>...
> >
> >Or ... does someone have a better idea of how to send the
> >target .pov file to the POV program I want to run ?
>
>
> I'd just create file associations for all versions of POV.  The names of
the
> menu options may vary depending on your version of Windows, but the
> procedure for Win98 is as follows:
> (Warning: Try to keep the various "Edit"s straight :-)
>
> 1) Open a folder, and select "Folder Options" from the "View" menu.
> 2) Click on the "File Types" tab
> 3) Scroll down to "POV-Ray scene file"
> 4) Select it, and hit the "Edit" button.
> 5) Select the "Edit" item in the "Actions" list box, and hit the "Edit"
> button.
> 6) Select the text in "Application used to perform action", and copy it to
> the clipboard
> 7) Hit the "Cancel" button
> 8) Click the "New" button
> 9) Type the name of the action (i.e. "Open with MegaPOV") in the "Action"
> text box
> 10) Paste the text you copied in step (6) into the "Application used to
> perform action" box
> 11) Edit that text to include the file and path of the version of POV you
> want to use
> 12) Hit the "OK" button
> 13) Repeat steps 8-12 for other versions of POV.
> 14) Hit the "Close" button
> 15) Hit the "Close" button
>
> --
> Mark
>
>
>
>

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