Associate File Extension with Application
- by fneep
I've written a program that edits a specific filetype , and I want to give the user the option to set my application as the default editor for this filetype (since I don't want an installer) on startup.
I've tried to write a re-useable method that associates a file for me (preferably on any OS, although I'm running Vista) by adding a key to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, and am using it with my application, but it doesn't seem to work.
public static void SetAssociation(string Extension, string KeyName, string OpenWith, string FileDescription)
{
RegistryKey BaseKey;
RegistryKey OpenMethod;
RegistryKey Shell;
RegistryKey CurrentUser;
BaseKey = Registry.ClassesRoot.CreateSubKey(Extension);
BaseKey.SetValue("", KeyName);
OpenMethod = Registry.ClassesRoot.CreateSubKey(KeyName);
OpenMethod.SetValue("", FileDescription);
OpenMethod.CreateSubKey("DefaultIcon").SetValue("", "\"" + OpenWith + "\",0");
Shell = OpenMethod.CreateSubKey("Shell");
Shell.CreateSubKey("edit").CreateSubKey("command").SetValue("", "\"" + OpenWith + "\"" + " \"%1\"");
Shell.CreateSubKey("open").CreateSubKey("command").SetValue("", "\"" + OpenWith + "\"" + " \"%1\"");
BaseKey.Close();
OpenMethod.Close();
Shell.Close();
CurrentUser = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ucs");
CurrentUser = CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("UserChoice", RegistryKeyPermissionCheck.ReadWriteSubTree, System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryRights.FullControl);
CurrentUser.SetValue("Progid", KeyName, RegistryValueKind.String);
CurrentUser.Close();
}
