How would one go about associating a file type with his application? I know how to read the command line arguments but I am not sure how I can "register" the file extension with Windows. Furthermore, my application is a stand-alone executable, so how would I keep Windows up-to-date on the location of my program? I did a fair amount of s...
I'm working on a console based file browser for Windows in C++ and am having difficulties getting together a context menu that lists actions associated with a file and calls commands on them. The biggest issue right now is getting the actions tied to the file types. I know of the process to open and tweak the registry keys in HKEY_CLASS...
I am referring specifically to windows 7. I have code that associates a certain extension with my application as proposed by webJose on the following page: What registry keys are responsible for file extension association? (However i correctly write to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes instead of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT as suggested) The ab...