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How to associate a file with a program in Windows via CMD [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Associate a File Type with a Specific Program How do I change file association via the cmd.exe prompt? I know this is similar to this question, but I'm only concerned with ...
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How do you make a file not have a default program that opens it? [duplicate]

I have .java files that right now open with a default program that is notepad++, but I don't want a default program to open all my Java files, I want to choose every time. How would I go about making ...
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change the default program for a file extension [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Associate a File Type with a Specific Program I downloaded a program and it configures itself as default program for .mdf files and I see a ugly icon for mdf files in my ...
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how to force any *.sdf file to open with My program? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Associate a File Type with a Specific Program how to force any *.sdf file to open with My program? for example: every *.sdf file will open with this program: D:\MyProg.exe I ...
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Somehow I have made my downloads of a certain file type auto-open in MPC. How can I change this? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Associate a File Type with a Specific Program I use MuseScore, a music notation program. Somehow Media Player Classic is the program automatically selected to open my .mscz ...
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Associate icon with file of specific type

This Super User Question described several methods how associate some specific program with file type. Now I want to know if there is a method to set a specific icon to files with a specific extension?...
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Custom Windows Configuration Batch File

I'd like to configure myself a one-click configuration windows script. However, I really don't know where to search for the lines to edit in the registry. I've found some things (such as UAC ...
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How to export and import all file extensions is being associated with a specific program?

I've associated some types of files to open with some specific programs. Now, I want to export all the associated data above and to import those to another computer. For example: I want to export all ...
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File Association Dilemma in Vista

I have both Office 2003 and Office 2007 installed on my laptop. I need Office 2007 occasionally for work-related issues but for all other purposes I use Office 2003. But now when I double-click on a ....
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Is there a Windows equivalent of Linux `.desktop` file to execute various commands (like as many custom "apps")

I am using Windows in parallel with Linux again, and I've got all the Linux habits and reflexes, without which I feel very frustrated. For example, how to create a file to launch a terminal with a ...
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issue with a newly created user - type of file not recognized by program

The lines below are in a batch script I'm running,DW_ETL.bat net use K: /DELETE /yes net use K: \\SERVEUR-GPAO\Group_share /yes start "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSACCESS....
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Run Single Instance of CMD via Registry for Multiple Files?

I have written a script to convert images with DirectXTex. I use %* in the command inside the script to handle however many files I pass to it by directly dragging multiple files onto it directly. It ...
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