opening a .bmp file with mspaint only

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hello everyone
i am developing an application in vb.net vs2010 windows 7 in that i want that .bmp file should only open with Ms-paint only ,if user has set other default type i want to change that..

thanks in advance

Posted 1-Feb-13 4:06am

user322012

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ZurdoDev 1-Feb-13 10:56am

Do you want your app to open it in paint or do you want to change the file association on the system to use paint?

fjdiewornncalwe 1-Feb-13 11:13am

Bad idea to override a user's personal settings for their machine. I would highly suggest your rethink this idea.

user322012 2-Feb-13 2:35am

In my app i have .bmp file ,i want that these .bmp file should only open with paint..

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Answer 1 · 2013-02-01T04:56:00

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You have to change file association. You can use this tool for example: System File Association[^]
But be aware that user can override this association anytime.

Posted 1-Feb-13 4:56am

Zoltán Zörgő

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fjdiewornncalwe 1-Feb-13 11:14am

+5 as this is a good answer to the question, but I know that I hate it when an application plays with file associations that aren't specific to that applications own documents.

Zoltán Zörgő 1-Feb-13 13:09pm

Thank you and I agree with your remark.