Dialog box: Associate
Allows the association of certain file extensions (for example .txt) with programs.
All files with extension (ending with):
Enter the file extension without a leading asterisk (*). It does not matter if you type a period in front of the extension. If there is already an association, it is shown in the box below.
Associate with: Here you ENTER the program name you want to associate with the file extension given above. Under Windows 3.1 you can choose from a list of predefined files, which are presented in the list below. If the program does not show up in the list, you can ENTER the program name by hand (including the search path), or browse for the program with the browse button.
New type Starts another dialog box to browse for programs (*.exe) to create a new association. If the desired program has any other extension (for example .com), you can type *.com ENTER in the dialog box, which shows the .com-files in the current directory.
Edit type Allows you to edit the selected program type in a separate
dialog box. Here you can define additional verbs to the default
'open' verb, to extend the context menu of the file type. This option is not available for viewer associations (default: Alt+F3).
Replace with: PhotoViewer.dll
This checkbox is only shown for affected file types like jpg: If checked, double clicking a jpg file opens the Image Viewer desktop program instead of the Photo app. Reason: the photo app does not allow to switch to the next/previous image when loaded by programs other than the Explorer. Unfortunately, our bug report to Microsoft was ignored. This option is only shown on Windows 10 when the Photo app is installed and set as the viewer for e.g. jpg files.
OK Saves all changes in the Windows Registry and the file win.ini, or in wincmd.ini for the viewer associations.
Cancel Ignores all changes and returns to Total Commander.
Help Starts Windows Help with this page.