Re: Associate a file extension with an application using Group Policy

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From: Chriss3 [MVP] (noSpamHere_at_chrisse.se)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:29:46 +0100

Hello Gavin
This is not a thing you can do by a default setting within a GPO, I suggest
the easiest way is to make a MSI Package that associate the particular file
extension. 

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"Gavin Hutchinson" <GavinHutchinson@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i 
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> Hello,
>
> I have an application that was rolled out as a Symantec AI package but it
> has failed to associate the appropriate file extension with the package. 
> The
> easisest way I can think of applying this change, without visiting each
> machine, is by applying a Group Policy to create the File Extension
> Association but cannot find any options to do this through a Group Policy
> object.
>
> Any help will be much appreciated!
>
> Gavin

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