How can I pass command-line arguments via file association in Vista 64?

Question

How can one pass command line arguments via file association in Vista 64?

I recently built a PC running Vista Ultimate 64-bit. I noticed several of the Perl scripts I t

Answer 1

Don't know about Vista and 64bits, but under "classic" versions of Windows you can edit the registry:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pl 

contains default string "Perl"

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl\shell\open\command 

contains the default string:

"C:\path-to\Perl\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %*

where %* is a macro for all parameters following the first. Probably the %* is missing.