Creating Windows file associations for VW

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boris Popov, DeepCove Labs [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: 22. heinäkuuta 2011 16:32
> To: Steven Kelly; [hidden email]
> Subject: RE: [vwnc] Creating Windows file associations for VW
>
> Steve,
>
> There's a simpler way,
>
> 1. Double-click on .im file
> 2. In the "Windows can't open this file" window pick "Select a program
> from list of installed programs"
> 3. Use "Browse" to find and select VisualWorks.exe
> 4. Make sure "Always use the selected program to open this kind of
> file"
> is checked
> 5. OK
>
> HTH,
>
> -Boris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On
> Behalf Of Steven Kelly
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 9:25 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [vwnc] Creating Windows file associations for VW
>
> I just copied my old disk to my new Windows 7 PC, and went looking for
> how to associate .im files to VisualWorks.exe. The old Folder Options
> UI
> was removed in Vista, and the new method is not exactly easy to
> discover:
>
> 1) Start | All Programs | Accessories | right-click Command Prompt,
> choose Run as Administrator
>
> 2) assoc .im=imfile
>
> 3) ftype imfile=c:\MY_VW_PATH\bin\win\VisualWorks.exe "%1" "%2" "%3"
> "%4" "%5" "%6" "%7" "%8" "%9"
>
> An online guide also suggests "regsvr32 /i shell32.dll", but I didn't
> need that.
>
> You can also hack the registry directly, or download one of several
> freeware/cheap tools (which I didn't try):
> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html
> http://izt.name/soft/types/
> http://defaultprogramseditor.com/
>
> Of course the installer (should) create this association anyway, and
> VW's new launcher is another option, but in my case this was the best
> approach. Feel free to suggest something better!
>
> Steve
>
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