XnViewMP - integration - file association

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General - Integration

How to Set File Associations in Windows 10/11

1. Register app in the system

1. Default registration
   • Installer version
     app will automatically register itself in registry during installation process
   • Portable version
     you have to manually register app in the system
     • run XnViewMP
     • press 'Set file associations...' (in Settings > Integration)
2. Extra registration
   add some missing keys
   XnViewMP_extra_registration.zip

2. Set File Associations
      use any method to set associations:

• Windows
  manually assign each image extension, one by one
  • Settings > Apps > Default apps
  • File Explorer > Context menu > Open with

• 3rd party app
  Windows 11 introduced much stricter enforcement of default app associations compared to Windows 10 and some methods may no longer work.
  
  • Types
  • SetUserFTA 1.8.3/4 (free Personal edition)
    allows to set associations in batch

    Code: Select all

    SetUserFTA.exe xnAssociations.txt

    Code: Select all

    .arw, XnViewMP.arw
    .avif, XnViewMP.avif
    .bmp, XnViewMP.bmp
    .cr2, XnViewMP.cr2
    .cr3, XnViewMP.cr3
    .crw, XnViewMP.crw
    .cur, XnViewMP.cur
    .dds, XnViewMP.dds
    .dng, XnViewMP.dng
    .emf, XnViewMP.emf
    .exr, XnViewMP.exr
    .gif, XnViewMP.gif
    .hdr, XnViewMP.hdr
    .heic, XnViewMP.heic
    .heif, XnViewMP.heif
    .ico, XnViewMP.ico
    .iff, XnViewMP.iff 
    .jfif, XnViewMP.jfif
    .jif, XnViewMP.jif
    .jp2, XnViewMP.jp2
    .jpc, XnViewMP.jpc
    .jpe, XnViewMP.jpe
    .jpeg, XnViewMP.jpeg
    .jpg, XnViewMP.jpg
    .jxl, XnViewMP.jxl
    .jxr, XnViewMP.jxr
    .nef, XnViewMP.nef
    .pbm, XnViewMP.pbm
    .pcd, XnViewMP.pcd
    .pcx, XnViewMP.pcx
    .pef, XnViewMP.pef
    .pgm, XnViewMP.pgm
    .pic, XnViewMP.pic
    .png, XnViewMP.png
    .ppm, XnViewMP.ppm
    .psd, XnViewMP.psd
    .raf, XnViewMP.raf
    .ras, XnViewMP.ras
    .rle, XnViewMP.rle
    .rw2, XnViewMP.rw2
    .sld, XnViewMP.sld
    .srf, XnViewMP.srf
    .tga, XnViewMP.tga
    .tif, XnViewMP.tif
    .tiff, XnViewMP.tiff
    .webp, XnViewMP.webp
    .wmf, XnViewMP.wmf
    .xbm, XnViewMP.xbm
    .xpm, XnViewMP.xpm
    

    xnAssociations_txt.zip

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[xnview]

i don't know why Windows doesn't add correct keys in registry...

[FKCapitalism2]

With portable version of XnViewMP i did not even have key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\xnviewmp.exe". Solution "A" fixed my problem described here.