File association - file types and user Profiles

How can I do that different users groups will have different
applicatation associations.

We would like that users belonging to BICKY\techadmin will have files
..bli associated with wiskie.exe

and that users belonging to BICKY\tech will have files .bli associated
with wiskie48.exe

We are using mandatory profiles and all users do not have admin rights
thus they can not change associotions self. Does association are saved
in profile?


MarcusB

 

Hi Marcus,

Within Windows you can have per-user file associations. Basically you have
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Classes and HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software
Classes. If you want to create per-user file associations you basically
write them to HKEY_CURRENT_USER...

See
http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/br...ons-to-support-side-by-side-applications.aspx

Now - one thing you will struggle with is the fact that you are using a
mandatory profile - you will therefore have to do this at login time using a
login script. You can use various languages to do this, VBScript, Kix
etc... or look at commercial tools such as AppSense, TriCeral or
ScriptLogic.

When you first go down this route it appears quite complicated at first, I
assure you it's not - it just takes you a little time toget your head around
associations and extensions.

Have a look at that article, hopefully it will help.

Regards,
Jon

www.insidetheregistry.com

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"MarcusB" <marcusb@llunet.se> wrote in message
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> How can I do that different users groups will have different applicatation
> associations.
>
> We would like that users belonging to BICKY\techadmin will have files .bli
> associated with wiskie.exe
>
> and that users belonging to BICKY\tech will have files .bli associated
> with wiskie48.exe
>
> We are using mandatory profiles and all users do not have admin rights
> thus they can not change associotions self. Does association are saved in
> profile?
>
>
> MarcusB

 

Hi,

you may need to use two login scripts with "assoc" and "ftype" commands

e.g, (set default program for .txt files. One with notepad and the other
with word pad.)

ftype txtfile=%SystemRoot%\system32\Notepad.EXE %1

ftype txtfile=%SystemRoot%\system32\write.EXE %1

best regards,

"MarcusB" wrote:

> How can I do that different users groups will have different
> applicatation associations.
>
> We would like that users belonging to BICKY\techadmin will have files
> ..bli associated with wiskie.exe
>
> and that users belonging to BICKY\tech will have files .bli associated
> with wiskie48.exe
>
> We are using mandatory profiles and all users do not have admin rights
> thus they can not change associotions self. Does association are saved
> in profile?
>
>
> MarcusB
>

 

Thanks a lot.
Does it mean that I can not put file association in the mandatory
profile? It will be better that do this via login script.

MArcusB

Jon Wallace wrote:
> Hi Marcus,
>
> Within Windows you can have per-user file associations. Basically you
> have HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Classes and HKEY_CURRENT_USER \
> Software Classes. If you want to create per-user file associations you
> basically write them to HKEY_CURRENT_USER...
>
> See
> http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/br...ons-to-support-side-by-side-applications.aspx
>
>
> Now - one thing you will struggle with is the fact that you are using a
> mandatory profile - you will therefore have to do this at login time
> using a login script. You can use various languages to do this,
> VBScript, Kix etc... or look at commercial tools such as AppSense,
> TriCeral or ScriptLogic.
>
> When you first go down this route it appears quite complicated at first,
> I assure you it's not - it just takes you a little time toget your head
> around associations and extensions.
>
> Have a look at that article, hopefully it will help.
>
> Regards,
> Jon
>
> www.insidetheregistry.com
>
> ---
>
> "MarcusB" <marcusb@llunet.se> wrote in message
> news:eWDdyFcwJHA.1088@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> How can I do that different users groups will have different
>> applicatation associations.
>>
>> We would like that users belonging to BICKY\techadmin will have files
>> .bli associated with wiskie.exe
>>
>> and that users belonging to BICKY\tech will have files .bli associated
>> with wiskie48.exe
>>
>> We are using mandatory profiles and all users do not have admin rights
>> thus they can not change associotions self. Does association are saved
>> in profile?
>>
>>
>> MarcusB
>

 

Yes - you can put them into the mandatory profile...

Script would make it possible to do them by group memebership etc...

Regards,
Jon

www.insidetheregistry.com

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"MarcusB" <marcusb@llunet.se> wrote in message
news:eHghn9owJHA.4620@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Thanks a lot.
> Does it mean that I can not put file association in the mandatory profile?
> It will be better that do this via login script.
>
> MArcusB
>
> Jon Wallace wrote:
>> Hi Marcus,
>>
>> Within Windows you can have per-user file associations. Basically you
>> have HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Classes and HKEY_CURRENT_USER \
>> Software Classes. If you want to create per-user file associations you
>> basically write them to HKEY_CURRENT_USER...
>>
>> See
>> http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/br...ons-to-support-side-by-side-applications.aspx
>> Now - one thing you will struggle with is the fact that you are using a
>> mandatory profile - you will therefore have to do this at login time
>> using a login script. You can use various languages to do this,
>> VBScript, Kix etc... or look at commercial tools such as AppSense,
>> TriCeral or ScriptLogic.
>>
>> When you first go down this route it appears quite complicated at first,
>> I assure you it's not - it just takes you a little time toget your head
>> around associations and extensions.
>>
>> Have a look at that article, hopefully it will help.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jon
>>
>> www.insidetheregistry.com
>>
>> ---
>>
>> "MarcusB" <marcusb@llunet.se> wrote in message
>> news:eWDdyFcwJHA.1088@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> How can I do that different users groups will have different
>>> applicatation associations.
>>>
>>> We would like that users belonging to BICKY\techadmin will have files
>>> .bli associated with wiskie.exe
>>>
>>> and that users belonging to BICKY\tech will have files .bli associated
>>> with wiskie48.exe
>>>
>>> We are using mandatory profiles and all users do not have admin rights
>>> thus they can not change associotions self. Does association are saved
>>> in profile?
>>>
>>>
>>> MarcusB
>>