what do i do with the registry

[theguy0000]

lets say want a new extension called .abc. I want it to open with notepad, and th title should be "Alphabetical file". and I want it all automatic. what do i do with the registry to do that? and how do i do it with autoit?

Edited October 2, 2005 by theguy0000

[BigDod]

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[theguy0000]

ok, that pushed me in the right direction, but what values do what?

[B3TA_SCR1PT3R]

use explorer and goto tools>folder options>file types

then create a new one.and set the default action to open notepad.exe in the system32\ direcotory

[theguy0000]

i know how to do that, but i want this to be automatic.

I think i got it...kind of.

so i create HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.abc with the "(default)" value to "abcfile" and the "Content Type" value to "text".

Then, I create HKEY_CLASSSES_ROOT\abcfile with the "(default)" value to "Alphabetical file"

what am i missing here?

what would HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.abc\PersistentHandley and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.abc\ShellNew do? an HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\abcfile\DefaultIcon

Edited October 2, 2005 by theguy0000

[theguy0000]

ok, I came up with this code, is there anything wrong with it?

Const $cTwoDir = @ProgramFilesDir & "\cTwo v1"
DirCreate ( $cTwoDir )
FileCopy ( "cTwo.ico", $cTwoDir & "\cTwo.ico", 1 )
FileCopy ( "compile.exe", $cTwoDir & "\compile.exe", 1 )
TrayTip ( "ct1 Installation", "Installation will now update your registry.", 5 )
Sleep ( 5000 )
TrayTip ( "", "clear", 1 )
RegWrite ( "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ct1", "REG_SZ", "(default)", "ct1Script" )
RegWrite ( "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ct1Script", "REG_SZ", "(default)", "cTwo v1 Script" )
RegWrite ( "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ct1Script\DefaultIcon", "REG_SZ", "(default)", $cTwoDir & "\cTwo.ico" )
RegWrite ( "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ct1Script\shell", "REG_SZ", "(default)", "compile" )
RegWrite ( "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ct1Script\shell\edit", "REG_SZ", "(default)", "Edit Script" )
RegWRite ( "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ct1Script\shell\edit\command", "REG_SZ", "(default)", "%SystemRoot%\notepad.exe %1" )
RegWrite ( "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ct1Script\shell\compile", "REG_SZ", "(default)", "Compile Script" )
RegWrite ( "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ct1Script\shell\compile\command", "REG_SZ", "(default)", $cTwoDir & "\compile.exe %1" )
MsgBox ( 64, "Information", "cTwo was successfully installed." )

[LxP]

Your mentionings of "(default)" should be empty, i.e. "". Also, you may want to confirm that you have the correct argument order for RegWrite() (I'm pretty sure that the data type comes immediately before the data value).

Other than that, I don't see any obvious problems with your code.