Windows 7 How do I Manually add a Program to the "Default Programs" list in Windows 7 ?

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Ok, I'm using COWON jetAudio as my media player in Windows 7 (I've been using this all in one media player for years now, and I love it.) And I'm trying to associate all of the file types to jetAudio.

When I go into the jetAudio preferences, and check all file types, it doesn't work properly, I'm guessing it's due to the fact that Windows 7 is still Beta.

So I want to be able to select jetAudio in the "Default Programs" and set it as the main media player.

In other words

When you select Default Programs, the first option is Set Your Program
Defaults. In this, they give you a list of programs to select defaults for.
This list contains some, but not all potential programs which you might want
to select defaults for. Other than going to the next option Associate A File
Type With A Program, how do you add an "other" program to the Program list in
the first option?


Thanks and please view the attached screenshot for visual explanation.



http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z224/JordanJP_bucket/DefaultPrograms.png


Regards


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Solution
Open the folder that contains the file you want to change.

Right-click the file that you want to change, and then, depending on the type of file, either click Open With or point to Open With and then click Choose Default Program.
Click the program that you want to use to open this file.

Do one of the following:
  • If you want all files of that type to open in the same software program, select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box, and then click OK.
  • If you want only that file to open in the software program this one time, clear the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box, and then click OK.
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In order to associate a file type or protocol with a program that windows doesn't recognize (.epub for example) you must add a registry key for that type of file under regedit.exe.

Open start menu, type regedit. Once you open the registry editor go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ SOFTWARE/Classes

You will see the top of the list are the types of files that your windows version has recognized. Highlight the Classes Key and right click it. Select New and Key.

Rename the Key to whatever type of file you are trying to add to the extension list. Once you have created the Key and renamed it. Hit Refresh (F5) under View tab at the top of the Registry Editor. This will reorganize the Key to be alphabetized along with current Keys under Classes.

Locate the Key that you created. Highlight it and repeat the process. This time create a new Key under the file type that you created and name it ShellEx.
Once you have done that. Close registry editor. You may be asked to restart your computer to save changes.

If so, once you are logged back in. Now you can go to Control Panel / Programs/ Default Programs / and select Associate a file type or protocol with a program.

The file extension that you created should be populated there now.
Scroll down to find your extension and Windows will have selected a random default program. Highlight the file extension and select Change Program.

You should have a pop up window that recommends some defaults. You will also see a button that says Browse.. Select this option if the program you want to use doesn't appear.

( If you need to Browse for the program but don't know where to look for the program you want to use. Go back to the Start menu / All Programs / to find the program that you are searching for. Once you locate it in this menu. Right click the program you want to assign and select Properties. It will give you the location of the Execution file needed.)

Simply go to the location of the Execution file that you wish to use, Click it, and select Open.

Now you should have a fully associated program with that type of file extension.

A bit wordy, but I hope that helps.
 
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