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System File Association

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This article describes the use of several custom C# classes that can be used to create, view, edit and delete Windows file associations.
/*
* Copyright (c) 2006, Brendan Grant (grantb@dahat.com)
* All rights reserved.
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
*
*     * All original and modified versions of this source code must include the
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*       disclaimer.
*     * This code may not be used with or within any modules or code that is 
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*       to release their source code or changes as a requirement for
*       the use, modification or distribution of binary, object or source code
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace BrendanGrant.Helpers.FileAssociation
{
   /// <summary>
   /// This exception is thrown when there is an error when reading, writing or modifying file assocation info.
   /// </summary>
   public class RegistryException : ApplicationException
   {
      /// <summary>
      /// Initializes a new instance of the RegistryException class.
      /// </summary>
      public RegistryException()
      {

      }
      
      /// <summary>
      ///  Initializes a new instance of the RegistryException class with a specified error message.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="message">A System.String that describes the error.</param>
      public RegistryException(string message)
         : base(message)
      {

      }
      /// <summary>
      /// Initializes a new instance of the ApplicationException class with a specified error message and a reference to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="message">The error message that explains the reason for the exception.</param>
      /// <param name="innerException">The exception that is the cause of the current exception. If the innerException parameter is not a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), the current exception is raised in a catch block that handles the inner exception.</param>
      public RegistryException(string message, Exception innerException)
         : base(message, innerException)
      {

      }
   }
}

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