Search info about Filetypes - File extension - Registry

[Peter2]

Question for Windows XP

I still have problems to understand all the interactions and the logic behind the connection of

- File types (e.g. "Text Document")
- File extension (e.g. txt, text, scr, log, asc, ...)
- Registry entries (open with; open with other software; non used extensions, ...)

Is there a website or a book which explains it for advanced users (not for server admins ..)

Peter

[XnTriq]

Paul McFedries: Mastering File Types in Windows XP (Excerpt from the book “Microsoft Windows XP Unleashed”)

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• Vyntek: File Association Manager (Shareware)
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[Peter2]

Great - thank you

Peter

[ckv]

And MSDN Library is the best resource for all windows related technical stuff. Regardless, thousands of documentation errors MSDN has... Not really.

File Types:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... S.85).aspx

Context Menus:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... S.85).aspx

Edit: The forum doesn't like those brackets in urls so copy paste them into the address bar.