creating file associations

[possmkngdm]

I have a file type and a program to associate it with, but how would I do this through autoit script?

i.e. take *.abc and associate it with myprogram.exe

[therks]

Decide on a name for the filetype. Using your example, something like ABCFile. Then create the registry key:

RegWrite('HKCR\.abc\', '', 'REG_SZ', 'ABCFile')

That's the filetype itself, then create a registry key to tell the computer how to handle the filetype

RegWrite('HKCR\ABCFile\shell\open\command\', '', 'REG_SZ', 'C:\myprogram.exe')

That should get you started. Have a look through your registry for some well known file types for examples. Try .txt (txtfile), .mp3 (Winamp.File), or .bmp (Paint.Picture) [these are my filetypes, yours could be different].

[seandisanti]

Decide on a name for the filetype. Using your example, something like ABCFile. Then create the registry key:

RegWrite('HKCR\.abc\', '', 'REG_SZ', 'ABCFile')

That's the filetype itself, then create a registry key to tell the computer how to handle the filetype

RegWrite('HKCR\ABCFile\shell\open\command\', '', 'REG_SZ', 'C:\myprogram.exe')

That should get you started. Have a look through your registry for some well known file types for examples. Try .txt (txtfile), .mp3 (Winamp.File), or .bmp (Paint.Picture) [these are my filetypes, yours could be different].

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