ms said:
dadiOH:
An update:
Using IconPhile and a cold boot finally permanently changed the file
icon. It seems to work like Explorer... Edit, but from past
experience with the Explorer method, that was not a fix even after a
cold boot.
If that is your experience I can only surmise that you aren't doing
something properly, no idea what. All that happens when you change an
icon for a filetype is that the registry pointer of the path to the old
one is replaced with the path to the new one. Perhaps your shellicon
cache is too small/not being refreshed but it seems to me that if it was
sufficient for Windows to display the old one it is also sufficient for
Windows to display the new one. Normally, the change is instantaneous,
no boot necessary.
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There is a difference to me between using Explorer/View/Folder
options/File types/X extension/Edit and the
Winfile/Associate/extension method.
In Explorer, to change a file association, or if a program not only
hijacks the association, but removes the extension, it has to be
recreated. And you have to recreate the exact command line in the
Context type (MIME) slot. Maybe easy for you, but not for me.
It's easy because there is no command line there. In fact, most file
extensions have *nothing* there. The only "command line" is for an
action...and that is entered automatically for you when you edit (or
create) the action and browse to the program you want to perform the
action.
If a file extension has been removed and you want it back it has to be
recreated regardless of whether you use Folder Options>Filetypes,
Winfile or any other app.
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In Winfile, when I browse to the new program, it registers the new
association and it takes effect. I've had very good luck with it so
far.
The exact same thing happens when using Folder Options>Filetypes.
Browsing to the program with which you want to open a file type creates
the command line, no need to do it yourself.
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You are certainly free to use whatever you wish but to me using Winfile
is beating one's self over the head. I mean, all it is is the
Windows3.1 version of Explorer and you have to navigate through DOS
names to find a file of the extension you want to modify instead of
having it right in front of you. Additionally, I see no way to change
associated icons nor a method to add or modify actions. There may be
methodology but it isn't apparent if there is.
Given the preceding, why not just use the Win9X method? Both it and
Winfile - and any 3rd person app - will be doing the same
thing...making/modifying a registry entry.
You have been having problems with icons and file associations for quite
a while now. IIRC, someone posted some informative links in one of your
previous threads; don't recall if this was among them but perhaps it
would be useful to you. Note that it is talking about using a
particular app (WAssociate) but the underlying principals are the same
using anything.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wstudios/Associate/Associations.html
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