[THIN] Re: Associate file type to app
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 09:24:17 -0700 (PDT)
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)
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.
"There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most
pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with
technicians" - Georges Pompidou
Related Commands:
ASSOC Change file extension associations
FTYPE Display or modify file types used in file extension associations
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