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1. #DEFAULT APP TO OPEN FILES WINDOWS 7 HOW TO#
2. #DEFAULT APP TO OPEN FILES WINDOWS 7 INSTALL#
3. #DEFAULT APP TO OPEN FILES WINDOWS 7 WINDOWS 7#

This is because the registry has not been updated with the new path and re-associating the file type does not fix this. Many people have found that their file associations no longer work if they have moved an executable from where they installed it at. Just follow the structure of the other executables there

#DEFAULT APP TO OPEN FILES WINDOWS 7 INSTALL#

They all have about the same structure.Īlso note if you want to associate a file type with a standalone executable that did not install and therefore does not have an entry in the registry you can insert the proper keys into the registry. "C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe" -shellmount "%1"įor other examples just look at some of the other executables under HKCR\Applications. Just edit the string to reflect the proper command line syntax to make the program work. Now this argument will work for most executables to open a file but some, like DTLite.exe need additional arguments. "C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe" "%1" By default it should look something like this There should be a “(Default)”, REG_SZ string there that looks like the / followed by the command line arguments to make the open operation work. Drill down to the command key.Įx: HKEY_CLASS_ROOT\Applications\DTLite.exe\shell\open\command Navigate to “HKEY_CLASS_ROOT\Applications”įind the key for the executable you are using in my case DTLite.exe. Open regedit (start menu, search for regedit click regedit.exe, or window key + r to open the run command and type regedit) The usual disclaimers here about not messing with regedit unless you know what you are doing because you can really mess up your computer if you change something wrong. Next is the part that you are interested in Jgallott. Now you have the file type associated with the right program. Note, my examples show Daemon Tools Lite since it was not mounting images with a double click like it should. If the “Open With” window does not already have the program you want to associate with that file type in it you can click browse and then navigate to the executable of the program that you want and select it. What you can do is find the extension of the file type you want to associate and select it. This will bring up a window that looks a lot like the File Types Tab in Windows XP, but here you still don’t have all the functionality of XP.

In the window that opens up choose “Associate a file type or protocol with a program” It’s also in the control panel under the Programs category if you are in category view. Just go to start menu \ Default Programs.

#DEFAULT APP TO OPEN FILES WINDOWS 7 WINDOWS 7#

In Windows 7 this can be done with “Default Programs”. You can however get similar functionality using a combination of Windows 7 “Default Programs” and regedit.įirst, although I don’t think you need to do this in your case but, just as a general tutorial, you need to associate the file type with the program that you want to open the file with.

#DEFAULT APP TO OPEN FILES WINDOWS 7 HOW TO#

I know this thread was started over a year ago now but it popped up high on my Google search for how to change open with behavior, so maybe I can help answer this now that I found a solution.Īs far as I know there is nothing similar in functionality to all the options you had in the file types tab of Windows XP.