SetUserFTA - Windows 10 File Association CLI utility
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 6:44 am
I found a freeware CLI program *after* my last Windows 10 updates, where I manually reset so many file associations to my portable apps.
SetUserFTA is designed specifically to solve this problem.
Steps.
1.
SetUserFTA get >configfile
This creates a text file with all the Microsoft private associations (not all your associations
2.
Edit the configfile with a text editor
Each line is in format
.extension, ProgID
The ProgID is deep inside the Classes of the Registry, and can be in more than one spot, so this is handy
3.
Add or change any associations you want in the configfile
You can use paths to your applications, if you haven't associated anything with them yet
4.
SetUserFTA configfile
This will replace the MS Private associations
You can also do one-off associations from the command line without creating a configfile
SetUserFTA del .ext
SetUserFTA .ext ProgID
One more thing, it appears that you can edit where ftp, http, https, mailto etc. are directed. I haven't yet tested this functionality.
Website: https://kolbi.cz/blog/2017/10/25/setuse ... -per-user/
Download: https://kolbi.cz/SetUserFTA.zip
SetUserFTA is designed specifically to solve this problem.
Steps.
1.
SetUserFTA get >configfile
This creates a text file with all the Microsoft private associations (not all your associations
2.
Edit the configfile with a text editor
Each line is in format
.extension, ProgID
The ProgID is deep inside the Classes of the Registry, and can be in more than one spot, so this is handy
3.
Add or change any associations you want in the configfile
You can use paths to your applications, if you haven't associated anything with them yet
4.
SetUserFTA configfile
This will replace the MS Private associations
You can also do one-off associations from the command line without creating a configfile
SetUserFTA del .ext
SetUserFTA .ext ProgID
One more thing, it appears that you can edit where ftp, http, https, mailto etc. are directed. I haven't yet tested this functionality.
Website: https://kolbi.cz/blog/2017/10/25/setuse ... -per-user/
Download: https://kolbi.cz/SetUserFTA.zip