Associate scheme (eg. cms://) to a Windows program

Question

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Is there a way to associate a scheme, like cms:// to a Windows program?

So when an user types cms://user:[email protected], it opens the program and can automatically connect using the given credentials.

Answer 1

What you need to know to register an application to a URL Protocol:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767914(VS.85).aspx

Tells you the registry details and gives you a code sample.

Answer 2

This is covered in an MSDN article called Registering an Application to a URL Protocol