[THIN] Re: Associate file type to app
- From: "Matthew Shrewsbury" <MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 15:05:34 -0400
Thanks for all the suggestions. Is this on a per user or per server
bases? Or do I need to be in "install mode" for this to be for all
users?
Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
Network Manager
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Subject: [THIN] Re: Associate file type to app
To change associations for all:
Change user /install mode and use the command line tool associate.exe
from the resource Kit.
ASSOCIATE.exe (Resource Kit
<http://www.ss64.com/links/ntlinks.html#kits> )
One step file association.
This utility does the job of both ASSOC and FTYPE, in one step.
ASSOCIATE assigns an extension directly with an executable application.
This is done by automatically adding a new FileType to the system
registry.
Syntax ASSOCIATE .ext filename [/q /d /f] Key .ext :
Extension to be associated. filename : Executable program to
associate .ext with. /q : Quiet - Suppress interactive
prompts. /f : Force - Force overwrite or delete without
questions. /d : Delete - Delete the association.
A file extension is the last few characters in a FileName after the
period.
So a file called JANUARY.HTML has the file extension .HTML
The File extension is used by Windows NT to determine the type of
information stored in the file and therefore which application(s) will
be able to display the information in the file. File extensions are not
case sensitive and are not limited to 3 characters.
Example: adding a File Association
To add the File Type "SQLfile"=Notepad.exe and also set the File
Association of .SQL="SQLfile" run this command:
ASSOCIATE .SQL Notepad.exe
Example: Removing a File Association
ASSOCIATE .SQL /d
Note that /d will delete the File Association but will NOT delete the
File Type.
File types created by Associate.exe are always given a name in the form
xxxfile, where xxx is the file extension.
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Related Commands:
ASSOC <http://www.ss64.com/nt/assoc.html> Change file extension
associations
FTYPE <http://www.ss64.com/nt/ftype.html> Display or modify file types
used in file extension associations
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