Also got into trouble using your favorite browser or mail program on a pendrive? Then this one is for you!
Easily register any portable app as a default program in Windows. This will allow you to directly open weblinks (http/https URLs) with the portable browser of your choice.
On the first start a configuration file is being generated to provide default settings for the AppTypes.
The default available AppType are:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Configuration xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<AppTypes>
<AppType>
<Name>Web-Browser</Name>
<OpenParameters>-url "%1"</OpenParameters>
<FileAssociations>
<string>.htm</string>
<string>.html</string>
<string>.shtml</string>
<string>.xht</string>
<string>.xhtml</string>
</FileAssociations>
<URLAssociations>
<string>http</string>
<string>https</string>
<string>ftp</string>
</URLAssociations>
</AppType>
<AppType>
<Name>Mail-Program</Name>
<OpenParameters>"%1"</OpenParameters>
<FileAssociations>
<string>.xpi</string>
<string>.eml</string>
<string>.msg</string>
<string>.ics</string>
<string>.mbox</string>
</FileAssociations>
<URLAssociations>
<string>mailto</string>
</URLAssociations>
</AppType>
</AppTypes>
</Configuration>
To be as flexible as possible, you can extend any kind of application within the configuration file. For any app specific needs, other than browser or mail, try adding a new "AppType" section there.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Configuration xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<AppTypes>
... (other AppType elements)
<AppType>
<Name>Image-Viewer</Name> <--- 1.
<OpenParameters>-parameter "%1"</OpenParameters> <--- 2.
<FileAssociations>
<string>.jpg</string> <--- 3.
<string>.gif</string>
<string>...</string>
</FileAssociations>
<URLAssociations>
<string>view</string> <--- 4.
</URLAssociations>
</AppType>
</AppTypes>
</Configuration>
- Name the new AppType
- Set the supported open parameter of the program (
%1passes the parameter to the portable executable) - Register all file associations
- Register all URL associations, if not needed remove the lines inbetween
At best copy a full AppType section and edit it to your needs.
Possibly not every software will work, but give it a shot and share your experience.
You can use the ADD Button to easily add new Program-Types. After manual editing the Reset-Button will now also reloads the Configuration file and repopulate the Program-Types.
AppTypes can be printed out from the existing configuration file, by simply giving a string to search for a AppType's name.
Check PortableRegistratorCLI.exe /? for more info.
Have fun and enjoy.
Please post your custom configs for implementing more standard apps under issues, so I can add them to the repo. Thank you, guys.
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