User`s guide

Configuring File and Protocol
Associations 6
You can modify ThinApp parameters to associate file extensions with applications and to specify protocols
that are visible to the physical environment.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“FileTypes Parameter,” on page 23
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“Protocols Parameter,” on page 24
FileTypes Parameter
The FileTypes parameter lists file extensions that the thinreg.exe utility associates with an executable file.
The capture process generates initial values that you cannot add to. You can remove extensions that you do
not want to associate with the virtual package. Do not use separators between the file extensions in the list.
Example: Removing a File Extension From a Package to Ensure That it is Opened
By a Version of the Application in the Physical Environment
A Microsoft Word 2007 package specifies .doc.docx as the values of the FileTypes parameter. If you capture
Microsoft Office 2007 and have Microsoft Office 2003 installed in the physical environment, you can remove
the .doc extension from the FileTypes parameter and leave the .docx extension to ensure that Microsoft Word
2003 opens .doc files and Microsoft Word 2007 opens .docx files.
[Microsoft Office Word 2007.exe]
FileTypes=.docx
Example: Creating File Type Extensions and Linking Them to An Application
The capture process can create file type associations for .doc and .dot extensions and link them to Microsoft
Word.
[Microsoft Office Word 2003.exe]
ReadOnlyData=bin\Package.ro.tvr
Source=%ProgramFilesDir%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE
FileTypes=.doc.dot
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