Microsoft® Windows 7 Unleashed

Chapter 3. Customizing the File System

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• Understanding File Types

• Working with Existing File Types

• Creating a New File Type

• Associating Two or More Extensions with a Single File Type

• Customizing the New Menu

• Customizing Windows 7’s Open With List

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	Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created.
	--Ida P. Rolf

Amazingly, a long list of useful and powerful Windows 7 features are either ignored or given short shrift in the official Microsoft documentation. Whether it’s Microsoft Management Console snap-ins, group policies, or the Registry (to name just three that I discuss in this book), Microsoft prefers that curious users figure ...