Comments on: PreviewConfig Tool Registers File Types for the Preview Pane in Windows 7/Vista http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/previewconfig-tool-registers-file-types-for-the-preview-pane-in-windows-vista/ Troubleshooting Windows 7/XP/Vista, Fixes & Tweaks | General Productivity Tips Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marko http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/previewconfig-tool-registers-file-types-for-the-preview-pane-in-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-15938 Marko Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:31:32 +0000 http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=296#comment-15938 Is it possible we get a source code for your app? Thanks Is it possible we get a source code for your app?

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]]> By: Steve D. http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/previewconfig-tool-registers-file-types-for-the-preview-pane-in-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-12544 Steve D. Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:17:42 +0000 http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=296#comment-12544 Does the job fine but found a potential issue. Haven't done much troubleshooting analysis though. Here is the general scenario. I had a file type (.config) that had an association with Visual Studio. PreviewConfig reported that it had no preview type and let me assign a preview type of Plain-text of which it persisted The registry key {1531d583-8375-4d3f-b5fb-d23bbd169f22} that gets assigned for this type got assigned to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.config.10.0\shellex\{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f} and not under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.config as I might have expected. Bottom line preview will not work for .config file types. I was however successful in changing preview types for other file types with no prior associations. Does the job fine but found a potential issue. Haven’t done much troubleshooting analysis though.

Here is the general scenario. I had a file type (.config) that had an association with Visual Studio. PreviewConfig reported that it had no preview type and let me assign a preview type of Plain-text of which it persisted

The registry key {1531d583-8375-4d3f-b5fb-d23bbd169f22} that gets assigned for this type got assigned to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VisualStudio.config.10.0\shellex\{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f} and not under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.config as I might have expected.

Bottom line preview will not work for .config file types. I was however successful in changing preview types for other file types with no prior associations.

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