Associate.exe

This command-line tool enables you to register or unregister a file name extension with the registry. "File extension, executable program" associations enable the Windows 2000 shell to launch the correct executable program when a file with the associated file name extension is opened from the command prompt, from Windows Explorer, or from File Manager.

For example, if you use many files with the extension ".abc" and have an application Abcrun.exe that operates on them, you could associate the file name extension and application by running:

associate .abc abcrun.exe

Then, whenever a file with the .abc file name extension is started from the command prompt, File Manager, or Windows Explorer, Abcrun.exe will run.

Associate Topics

• Associate Syntax
• Associate Examples

File Required

• Associate.exe