Set File Associations Program Arguments 1

[vanka25]

A bit of background: I'm running Vista Business with Outlook 2007. In Outlook 2003 it was possible to create a shortcut to an Exchange Public Folder item on the Desktop; you can still do this with Outlook 2007 but the file (.xnk) isn't associated with Outlook 2007 by default as a security measure. The work-around is to manually associate the file-type with Outlook - not too hard. The problem is that when opening this file Outlook 2007 must be run with some additional arguments (specifically: Outlook.exe /x "%1"); while I knew how to do this under XP, I cannot figure out how to do this under Vista. When I select the .xnk file-type in the Control Panel -> Default Programs -> Set Associations dialog and hit the Change Program button; it only allows me to select the program that I want to use, I cannot add any arguments.

My question is whether anyone knows how to add an program argument when setting file associations?

 

[linney]

Anything useful here?

File Types

http://www.vistaheads.com/forums/microsoft-public-windows-vista-general/49747-file-types.html

http://www.google.com/search?q="How+to+Access+Advanced+File+Types+??"+&rls=com.microsoft:

System File Association

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/System_File_Association.aspx

Scheduling Unattended Scans (Vista)

http://www.simplysup.com/tremover/help/schedulingunattendedscans(vist.htm

 

[vanka25]

You got me on the right-track; after creating the file association, I went into regedit and then:

Computer -> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -> xnk -> shell -> open -> command

and changed the value to what I needed.