Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Unleashed

Chapter 4. Mastering File Types

IN THIS CHAPTER

• 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 Vista’s Open with List

Amazingly, a long list of useful and powerful Windows Vista features are either ignored or given short shrift in the official Microsoft documentation. Whether it’s the Windows Vista startup options, group policies, or the Registry (to name just three that I discuss in this book), Microsoft prefers that curious users figure these things out for themselves (with, of course, the help of their favorite computer book authors).

The subject of this chapter is a prime example. The idea of the file type can ...