File associations not retained

[Dancin' Fool]

I'm trying to get a customised icon for a program which opens PHP
files.

Using Tools>Folder Options>File Types shows there is no association
for PHP, so I add it and navigate to both the program to open it and
its custom icon. However, this setting is lost, and association/icon
returns to the original (Notepad). Certainly, I can change the
association with the right-click "open with" dialogue, but cannot
select a custom icon from there.

So, I think it's necessary to head for the Registry. Where do I find
the file/icon associatons?

 

[LadyDungeness]

THey should be in the first, top-most folder in your registry. -- HK
Classes Root. Look for a folder called .php. If you don't find it,
make it. Then search neighboring folders until you find one that has
a custom program and custom icon entry. Follow the pattern in those
to create custom entries for your php file associations.

If that doesn't work, you might need to make a string for Persistent
Handler. I don't know how to do that -- I have only imported them.

`
Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Delicious!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:17:11 +0200, Dancin' Fool

|I'm trying to get a customised icon for a program which opens PHP
|files.
|
|Using Tools>Folder Options>File Types shows there is no association
|for PHP, so I add it and navigate to both the program to open it and
|its custom icon. However, this setting is lost, and association/icon
|returns to the original (Notepad). Certainly, I can change the
|association with the right-click "open with" dialogue, but cannot
|select a custom icon from there.
|
|So, I think it's necessary to head for the Registry. Where do I find
|the file/icon associatons?
|
|---
|The Dancin' Fool
|Remove my CLOGS to email

 

[Dancin' Fool]

Whatever mind-altering drugs inspired (e-mail address removed) on Sat,
28 Jul 2007 14:33:47 -0700 to write:

THey should be in the first, top-most folder in your registry. -- HK
Classes Root. Look for a folder called .php. If you don't find it,
make it. Then search neighboring folders until you find one that has
a custom program and custom icon entry. Follow the pattern in those
to create custom entries for your php file associations.

If that doesn't work, you might need to make a string for Persistent
Handler. I don't know how to do that -- I have only imported them.

`
Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Delicious!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks for the pointer, Lady Dungeness. I tried your method of
creating a folder, but it didn't help - the associations went missing
after I closed regedit.

But somehow, then going on to _delete_ that folder I'd inserted, and
step through the "Folder Options" routine again allowed me to create
the custom icon I wanted along with the program to open the PHP
script. Very strange, but it worked in the end!

 

[nikola66]

I'm trying to get a customised icon for a program which opens PHP
files.

Using Tools>Folder Options>File Types shows there is no association
for PHP, so I add it and navigate to both the program to open it and
its custom icon. However, this setting is lost, and association/icon
returns to the original (Notepad). Certainly, I can change the
association with the right-click "open with" dialogue, but cannot
select a custom icon from there.

So, I think it's necessary to head for the Registry. Where do I find
the file/icon associatons?

If you want, you can restore all DEFAULT file associations in Windows-
XP:
you're a lucky guy, i've just uploaded this file on my virtual drive,
you can download it from here:
http://www.4shared.com/file/21081390/eee0a708/Windows_XP_File_Association_Fixes.html