WIX: How to register an Application to a URL Protocol?

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In WIX 3.5 you can register file types easily:

<ProgId Id="MyApp.File" Description="MyApp File" Icon="MyAppEXE" IconIndex="0">
  <Extension Id="ext" ContentType="application/x-myapp-file">
    <Verb Id="open" Command="&amp;Open" TargetFile="MyAppEXE" Argument="&quot;%1&quot;"/>
  </Extension>
</ProgId>

What if I want to register an URL protocol, as specified here? Obviously, it has no extension so where would I put the Verb tag? Or should I use another approach?

Thanks.

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