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Creating a file association with vb.net

I am creating a program in vb.net, and I want to set my application as the default application for a given file extension - for example, .txt.

How can I accomplish this?

Solution

  • I found a simple way to associate files by vb.net (from CodeProject, link: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/18594/File-Association-in-VB-NET)

    The code is:

    My.Computer.Registry.ClassesRoot.CreateSubKey(".rtf").SetValue("", "Rich Text File", Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind.String)
    My.Computer.Registry.ClassesRoot.CreateSubKey("Rich Text File\shell\open\command").SetValue("", Application.ExecutablePath & " ""%l"" ", Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind.String)