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    <p>My application is a sort of "scripting" system. I've made the "scripts" usable as drop targets using info from <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/142844/drag-and-drop-onto-python-script-in-windows-explorer">this answer</a>, however, the default action is to open the script for editing. To run it, you need to pass a <code>/r</code> argument. Is there any way to either: a. use the <em>Run</em> verb, or b. pass the extra argument?</p> <pre><code>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MyAppJob] @="MyApp Job" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MyAppJob\shell] @="open" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MyAppJob\shell\open] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MyAppJob\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\MyApp\\MyApp.exe\" \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\" \"%5\" \"%6\" \"%7\" \"%8\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MyAppJob\shell\Run] @="&amp;Run" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MyAppJob\shell\Run\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\MyApp\\MyApp.exe\" /r \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\" \"%5\" \"%6\" \"%7\" \"%8\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MyAppJob\shellex] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MyAppJob\shellex\DropHandler] @="{60254CA5-953B-11CF-8C96-00AA00B8708C}" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.myJob] @="MyAppJob" </code></pre> <p>(Program names have been changed above.) </p> <p>I've tried adding a key <code>"Verb"="Run"</code> to the <code>DropHandler</code> subkey, but of course, it isn't that simple.</p> <p>I know I could set <em>Run</em> as the default verb, but I'd prefer not to have to if at all possible.</p>
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    1. COSo just to be 100% clear - when you drop a second file on to the script file, you want it to run the script via some executable in the form `myapp.exe /r target_script.myjob dropped_file.xyz`? If so, one option would be to create a second "dummy" executable that handles these situations and passes the appropriate parameters over to `myapp.exe`.
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    2. CO@Polynomial that's exactly what I'm after, but I can't see how to set it up - at least, without having to create a "dummy executable" for every script.
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    3. COGood point. You may have to write your own shell extension DLL using IDropHandler to make this work properly. This would allow you to override the default verb.
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