File associations windows 7 registry

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Sign In. How to configure file associations for IT Pros. Craig Marcho. Published Apr 23 AM All steps described in this blog post have been tested on following Windows 10 versions: Windows 10 Windows 10 Windows 10 Configuring file association prior Windows 10 There were different ways and guidance to set default program prior to Windows 10 see Managing Default Applications. Tags: app reset. Version history.

Last update:. Updated by:. Education Microsoft in education Office for students Office for schools Deals for students and parents Microsoft Azure in education. Do not reinitialize a pre-existing roamed user profile when it is loaded on a machine for the first time. I'll try to post more specifics when I have them. Thursday, September 2, AM.

Friday, September 3, AM. I was then able to write to the key, and now my file association code works. Sunday, September 5, PM. This is nonsense! Both keys are exactly the same! Tuesday, May 24, PM. What is nonsense is your inability to understand that this shortcut was produced by Microsoft in modern OS's in order to support older applications that read or wrote information from HKCR.

This shortcut that has you in awe is Microsoft's backwards compatibility mechanism. I never said the key was different to the others, did I? First research, then rant, or better yet, don't. Tuesday, September 13, PM. Can do the same using group Policy Monday, September 10, PM.

Let's say that somehow you have a key for the same extension ". Proposed as answer by dvanbru Wednesday, October 1, PM. Tuesday, February 25, PM.

Thursday, April 17, PM. Case in point, if I would want to know the Default Programs that will open. Querying the Registry is not a problem for me. My Current Platform is Windows Attachments: Up to 10 attachments including images can be used with a maximum of 3. Regards, Dave Patrick Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.

Thank you DSPatrick for such a swift reply.