setting a fileType on Win with setRegistry

[Terry Judd]

According to the documentation 'setRegistry("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.abc\", 
"def")' should allow you to double-click a file with a '.abc' extension 
and have it open with application 'def'. Seems straightforward but I 
just can't get this to work for my Windows application. I'm not that 
familiar with Windows so I could be missing something (or doing 
something terribly wrong) but the only way I've been able to get the 
double-click launch thing happening is to go to the fileTypes tab in 
the folder options control panel in Windows (XP), locate the entry for 
my application (which gets created OK using setRegistry) and add an 
'open' action that explicitly points to my application. If I don't do 
this, I can't even get the 'open with' option when I right-click a file 
to work. I can 'browse' to locate my application OK but it just doesn't 
open and isn't added to the list of programs. I've tried deleting the 
registry entry (both from within Rev using the deleteRegistry function 
and via the 'folder otpions' control panel) and restarting my computer 
before going through the motions again - all to no avail.

On a related note. Is there any way to get rid of the list  of 
'recommended' programs that appears in the 'open with' menu when you 
right-click a file. I inadvertently added a couple of programs to this 
list for my application when I was trying to get all of this working 
and can't seem to shake them off, even when I delete the registry 
entry.

Cheers,

Terry...

Dr Terry Judd
Lecturer in Educational Technology (Design)
Biomedical Multimedia Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne
Parkville VIC 3052
AUSTRALIA