Professional Windows Server 1002003 Security A Technical Reference [Electronic resources]

Displays or modifies file types for file extension associations.

Syntax

ftype [FileType[=[OpenCommand]]]

Options

None

Displays all file types that have open commands defined

FileType

Specifies the file type to display or change

OpenCommand

Specifies the command used to open this type of file

Examples

Display all types that have open commands defined:

ftype
AIFFFile="C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"  /Open "%L"
ASFFile="C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" /prefetch:7 
/Open "%L"
ASXFile="C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"  /Open "%L"
AUFile="C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"  /Open "%L"
AVIFile="C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" /prefetch:8 
/Open "%L"
batfile="%1" %*
Briefcase=explorer.exe %1
...

Display open command for txtfile file type:

ftype txtfile
txtfile=%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1

Notes

Use ftype FileType= to delete the open command string for the specified file type, then use the assoc command to create a new file association.

See Also

assoc,

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