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Jan 19, 2016 - Some tools have a bad habit of changing your default programs. They do that by changing file type associations. Windows 10 likes to mess with. Associating your MIME type with a handler (Windows 10 and Internet Explorer) Robert Santucci 2017-02-09 In this example I will use the content type application/xyz, but you will substitute your own MIME type as needed. Jul 28, 2016 Hi guys, Tech James here, This video will show you how to change all the file types for Windows 10. You will be able to change.MOV files to.MP4 and.JPG files to.PNG, and much more!
The following list are recommended best practices you should use when working with file associations. • • • • • • • • • • Do Not Copy File Associations from the Registry We recommended that you do not copy existing file associations from the registry. This often leads to the propagation of poorly formed file associations.
Instead, you should follow the steps outlined in. Avoid Hard-Coding Paths into the Registry Where Possible Just as hard-coding paths into programs can cause problems, hard-coding paths into the registry can also lead to problems.
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Instead, you should use registry expansion strings (REG_EXPAND_SZ) to provide path independence where applicable. For example, instead of using this method: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT MyVendor.MyProgram.1 DefaultIcon (Default) = C: WINNT hta.exe,1 You should use this method: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT MyVendor.MyProgram.1 DefaultIcon (Default) = '%SYSTEMROOT% hta.exe,1' Always Wrap Expanding Strings in Quotation Marks Expanding strings can contain spaces when they expand. Because spaces are often interpreted as argument delimiters, they cause problems under certain circumstances. For example, a command to invoke MyProgram can be stored in the registry as:%SYSTEMROOT% MyProgram%1%2 MyProgram expects that%1 is the full path to a file name, and%2 is a switch to indicate some action. If this command is executed with arguments C: Program Files My Documents document.txt and /print, and assuming a SYSTEMROOT of C: WINNT, it expands to: C: WINNT MyProgram C: Program Files My Documents document.txt /print In this case, MyProgram interprets that the first argument is C: Program, and the second argument is Files My, which is not the intended behavior. The arguments are interpreted correctly, however, regardless of whether they contain spaces, if the expanding strings are wrapped in quotation marks as follows: '%SYSTEMROOT% MyProgram' '%1' '%2' Do Not Confuse Autoplay/Autorun with File Associations File Associations are similar to Autoplay/Autorun in some ways.
However, Autoplay/Autorun offers separate and distinct facilities from those provided by file associations. For more information see. Do Not Confuse the Internet Explorer MIME Database with File Associations File Associations are similar to the Windows Internet Explorer MIME database, in that file types can (and should) include a MIME type definition. However, the Internet Explorer MIME database is separate and distinct from file associations. Use Properly Formed and Versioned ProgIDs Always use, even if there is only one version of the ProgID. Versioned ProgIDs help to avoid ProgID conflicts and overwrites.
They also enable different versions of an application to co-exist. Do Not Use Short File Name Extensions Long file name extensions offer the following advantages: • The limited length of short extensions make them prone to extension collisions.
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An extension collision occurs when the same extension is used to classify multiple file types. Using long extensions significantly decreases the chances of a collision. • Short file names tend to be somewhat cryptic. Long extensions tend to be more meaningful because additional information can be embedded in the extension. For more information, see. Register New File Types in the IANA MIME Database The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) keeps a public database of registered MIME types. When defining a new public file type, we recommended that you also define a MIME type for the file type and register this type with the IANA.