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How to create registry key of type REG_NONE?

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Mar 15, 202624483 views
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Information on files' associations are stored in and Windows' registry branches (among others). Each entry there can have key which adds programs named in it's values to the list of programs accessible from Open With entry in the context menu. Many of these keys have type. However regedit doesn't a…

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HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes

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I also needed to create a REG_NONE key in HKCR. Using regedit I found an existing file association within HKCR that had a key under its OpenWithProgIDs branch (e.g. ). I exported this registry to a file. Then, I used notepad to edit the exported fil…

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