CODEWITHSUNDEEP
windowsvisual-studio-2013
Marc.2377
Marc.2377

Reputation: 8714

How to open certain file types with Visual Studio's Binary Editor by default?

I'm using Visual Studio 2013 Professional, which has this great tool called "Binary Editor". I've been using it for a while, through File>Open menu, but I'd like to configure Windows to use it when opening certain file types (with double-click). I tried opening .bin files (which are simple exe files with renamed extension) with C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe, but I get the message "The program you have selected cannot be associated with this file type".

What can I do about this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 761

Answers (1)

Hans Passant
Hans Passant

Reputation: 941465

There is a registry key that stops you from doing this the wrong way. Fire up Regedit.exe, you can see the key at HKCR\Applications\devenv.exe. The NoOpenWith value generates this error message.

A starting point to get this correct is to look how it is done for other files. Say HKCR\.cs, note how it points to VisualStudio.cs.12.0. Which contains the relevant keys, I think that the monkeying with DDE is important.

Upvotes: 2

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