File association: System cannot find the associated program

[LuP]

Yes, this could be elegant - just re-associate the .bat extension with cmd.exe.

I tried this and it doesn't help, even when .bat extension is associated with cmd.exe.

- For the same reason - as the original file (or more precisely - its extension - .pox, .ttt, .mkiv, ...) is still associated with a .bat and not an executable:

TCC LE  13.00.23   Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
Copyright 2011 JP Software Inc.  All Rights Reserved

C:\Lukas\ConTeXt\Samples>Hello.mkiv
TCC: (Sys) Systém nemůže nalézt uvedený soubor. (= ~File not found.)
 "C:\Lukas\Bat\Ctx.bat %1"

C:\Lukas\ConTeXt\Samples>assoc .bat
.bat=batfile

C:\Lukas\ConTeXt\Samples>assoc batfile
batfile=Dávkový soubor pro systém MS-DOS

C:\Lukas\ConTeXt\Samples>ftype batfile
batfile="%1" %*

C:\Lukas\ConTeXt\Samples>Hello.mkiv
TCC: (Sys) Systém nemůže nalézt uvedený soubor. (= ~File not found.)
 "C:\Lukas\Bat\Ctx.bat %1"

C:\Lukas\ConTeXt\Samples>

So it still seems to me the solution be:

(a) re-associate all (or selected) extensions which use .bat instead .exe for TC* session via a startup file in the manner

.ext = cmd.exe /c <the-original-handler>

instead of

.ext = <the-original-handler>

or

(b) rewrite (or add the functionality to) TC* to handle .bat in associated file extension properly, as was proposed by rconn, 2011-10-14 00:27.

LuP