File type help

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bman22

I have a problem with a file type. The correct file type should be
Windows Gadget, but Windows sees it as a .GADGET file, causing it not
to work. I have tried editing the registry but it still sees it as a
..GADGET file. I tried creating a new file type, .gadget1 and used
registry editor to assign it, and it works, but the program won't take
..gadget1 files. Can anyone help?
 
From what I just read, the extension should be .GADGET The file type may be
Windows Gadget but the extension needs to be .GADGET

Just like a Text Document file type has a .txt extension, for example.

File Extension = .GADGET
File Description = Windows Gadget

<quote>
Inside the Gadgets folder create a new folder. Give this folder any name you
want, provided that the name ends with a .gadget file extension (for
example, Test.gadget).
<quote>
Scripting in Windows Vista
Creating Gadgets: Part 1
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/vista/gadgets-pt1.mspx

Windows Gadget
http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms722795.aspx


http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?q=.GADGET+file+extension&l=1&mkt=en-us&FORM=QBME1

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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the problem is not the extention type, its the file type. It is
asociated with a program that is not the right one, but the ones
correctly associated, have an unknown association. I just want to know
how to fix the problem with it being associated wrong.
 
Bman22 said:
the problem is not the extention type, its the file type. It is
asociated with a program that is not the right one, but the ones
correctly associated, have an unknown association. I just want to know
how to fix the problem with it being associated wrong.
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See if this is of use
Start | Run <type in> CMD /K ASSOC /? <enter>
like - ASSOC .GADGET
 
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