Associating a Shortcut’s Target with a File Extension in the Project Assistant

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You can associate a shortcut’s target with a file extension. When you do this, Windows will use the target file to launch files with the specified file extension. For example, if you enter .txt, when the end user opens a .txt file, the target file of this shortcut is launched to open the .txt file.

To associate a shortcut’s target with a file extension:

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In the Project Assistant, open the Application Shortcuts page.

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Click the shortcut to activate the shortcut options.

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Select the Associate shortcut with file extension option.

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Type the file extension that you want to associate with this shortcut’s target—for example, txt. You can add multiple extensions by separating them with a comma.