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From: Christian Ullrich <chris@chrullrich.net>
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Subject: Re: Launcher, and ftype Python.File
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:45:54 +0100
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* Terry Reedy wrote:

> On 11/18/2015 3:12 AM, Glenn Linderman wrote:

>> d:\>ftype Python.File
>> Python.File="C:\Windows\py.exe" "%L" %*
>
> Verified on my Win 10
>
>> I'm surprised by the "%L" where usually programs have "%1". Is this a
>> new Windows feature I don't know about yet, or is it a bug in the
>> installer for the Launcher?
>
> It puzzles me tool. However, it works.

Apparently %L is always the long file name, and %1 is the short name 
unless the shell can prove that the executable can handle long names.

>> Google doesn't support searching for "%L" very well.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ftype+%22%25L%22#q=ftype+%22%25L%22+-mks

-- 
Christian