/// <summary>
/// Associates a single executable with a list of extensions.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="progId">Name of program id</param>
/// <param name="executablePath">Path to executable to start including arguments.</param>
/// <param name="extensions">String array of extensions to associate with program id.</param>
/// <example>progId = "MyTextFile"
/// executablePath = "notepad.exe %1"
/// extensions = ".txt", ".text"</example>
public void Associate(string progId, string executablePath, params string[] extensions)
{
foreach (string s in extensions)
{
FileAssociationInfo fai = new FileAssociationInfo(s);
if (!fai.Exists)
fai.Create(progId);
fai.ProgID = progId;
}
ProgramAssociationInfo pai = new ProgramAssociationInfo(progId);
if (!pai.Exists)
pai.Create();
pai.AddVerb(new ProgramVerb("open", executablePath));
}
/// <summary>
/// Associates a single executable with a list of extensions.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="progId">Name of program id</param>
/// <param name="executablePath">Path to executable to start including arguments.</param>
/// <param name="extensions">String array of extensions to associate with program id.</param>
/// <example>progId = "MyTextFile"
/// executablePath = "notepad.exe %1"
/// extensions = ".txt", ".text"</example>
public void Associate(string progId, string executablePath, params string[] extensions)
{
foreach (string s in extensions)
{
FileAssociationInfo fai = new FileAssociationInfo(s);
if (!fai.Exists)
{
fai.Create(progId);
}
fai.ProgID = progId;
}
ProgramAssociationInfo pai = new ProgramAssociationInfo(progId);
if (!pai.Exists)
{
pai.Create();
}
pai.AddVerb(new ProgramVerb("open", executablePath));
}
/// <summary>
/// Register file association
/// </summary>
/// <param name="exts">Extensions, for ex: *.png;*.jpg</param>
/// <param name="appPath">Executable file</param>
public static void RegisterAssociation(string appPath, string exts)
{
string[] ext_list = exts.Replace("*", "").Split(new char[] { ';' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
foreach (string ext in ext_list)
{
FileAssociationInfo fa = new FileAssociationInfo(ext);
if (!fa.Exists)
{
return;
}
ProgramAssociationInfo pa = new ProgramAssociationInfo(fa.ProgID);
if (!pa.Exists)
{
return;
}
ProgramVerb[] verbs = pa.Verbs;
List<ProgramVerb> l = new List<ProgramVerb>();
l.AddRange(verbs);
//remove existed verb
ProgramVerb openVerb = l.SingleOrDefault(v => v.Name == "open");
if (openVerb != null)
{
l.Remove(openVerb);
}
//add new value
openVerb = new ProgramVerb("open", "\"" + appPath + "\" \"%1\"");
l.Add(openVerb);
//save & apply changes
pa.Verbs = l.ToArray();
GlobalSetting.SetConfig("ContextMenuExtensions", exts);
}
}
