Hello All,
Thanks everyone for producing a wonderful IDE. I use it in both in Linux and Windows.
However there is a problem that has really been bugging me in Windows and I cannot find an easy fix. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, upgrading to the latest version, but the problem still remains.
When I open a file for example "ScintillaLicense.txt" using File Open the full name "ScintillaLicense.txt" in the tab. However if open this file by right clicking in Windows Explorer and using the context menu and then select "open with Geany" I get the shortened 8.3 dos file name in the tab so that "ScintillaLicense.txt" appears as "SCINTI~1.TXT" and the path is also shortened to "C:\PROGRA~1\Geany\doc" instead of "C:\Program Files\Geany\doc". Below is copy of the Status Window messages.
12:22:32: This is Geany 0.17. 12:30:21: File C:\PROGRA~1\Geany\doc\SCINTI~1.TXT opened(1). 12:30:57: File C:\Program Files\Geany\doc\ScintillaLicense.txt opened(2).
I am guessing that this is a windows registry problem, but you would have thought that completely uninstalling and reinstalling Geany would have fixed this problem.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated
Thank You
Louis Barman
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