How can I open more than fifteen files on Windows 7 at once? I can do fifteen by selecting them and pressing enter, but if I try to select more, enter stops doing anything.
All the files are the same type — pictures.
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Sign up to join this communityHow can I open more than fifteen files on Windows 7 at once? I can do fifteen by selecting them and pressing enter, but if I try to select more, enter stops doing anything.
All the files are the same type — pictures.
Open regedit and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Add this case-sensitive DWORD (32-bit) key:
MultipleInvokePromptMinimum
Set the value to
16
P.S. 16 is not a hard number, but actually indicates "unlimited", so putting in 17 probably will not work.
16
in hexidecimal mode, not in binary mode. There should be a radio button to select hex/dec when you enter the value.
– nhinkle
Jun 15 '13 at 3:20
Depending on the application, it may be possible to use the File | Open dialog and select all the files (e.g. Microsoft Excel)
It could be more efficient too as the application will know best how to deal with the files (e.g. single instance / multiple instances, open them in a particular order, etc.)