XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   If it takes 2 steps to do something; that's twice as much as it should;   
   Hence, I'm trying to reduce the following interaction to a single step.   
      
   STEP 1: Win+R > gvine   
   STEP 2: Click on the backgrounded icon on the taskbar   
      
   What I need to know, in order to reduce those two steps to one is...   
   Why does Windows edit this file in the background (not foreground)?   
      
   Note: It comes up in one step if I used the default editor, but I don't   
   want to use Firefox as the default editor (unless Firefox has an editor?).   
      
   Here's the situation... (which I would think others would also have)...   
      
   This works fine to *view* that HTML file in Firefox in one step.   
   1. I created this HTML file for my one-click URLs   
      C:\sys\myurls.html   
   2. I can easily open that file in Firefox on Windows   
      firefox file:///C:/sys/myurls.html   
      (which I can subsequently bookmark within Firefox)   
   3. That opens up the file inside of the Firefox browser with one click   
      (note that the default program for HTML files is Firefox)   
      
   But what about *editing* that HTML file to add more stuff to it?   
   Here's what I created, which works, but it's two clicks, not one click.   
      
   A. I created this registry key to point to a shortcut   
      HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\   
      gurl.exe = C:\sys\gurl.lnk   
      Where the TARGET for gurl.lnk does the actual editing:   
      TARGET=%comspec% /c gvim C:\sys\myurls.html   
   B. I can execute that command using the Windows Runbox shortcut   
      Win+R > gurl   
   C. That opens the desired HTML file in the gvim text editor   
      (note that gvim is not the default program for HTML files)   
      
   All this works just fine - EXCEPT - for one specific flaw.   
      
   FLAW:   
   The editing session is always "backgrounded" - by which I mean   
   that the gvim editing window does not come to the fore. That   
   gvim window is always backgrounded (Why? I don't know why.)   
      
   To bring the gvim window to the foreground, I have to tap   
   the icon that shows up on the Windows taskbar - but that's   
   an extra unnecessary step (which is why I'm asking for help).   
      
   Two specific questions:   
   a. Why doesn't the gvim editing window come up in the foreground?   
   b. What do I change to make that editing 1 step instead of 2 steps?   
   --   
   Note that I never type "Win+R" since I have a runbox pinned to the taskbar.   
      
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