Microsoft Windows XP Unleashed

Chapter 3. Mastering File Types

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Understanding File Types

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Working with Existing File Types

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Creating a New File Type

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Associating Two or More Extensions with a Single File Type

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Customizing the New Menu

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Customizing Windows XP’s Open With List

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Amazingly, a long list of useful and powerful Windows XP features are either ignored or given short shrift in the official Microsoft documentation. Whether it’s the Windows XP 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 ...