Non advertised filetypes

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When I create an msi using VS2010, the shortcut and filetypes are all getting created as advertised. I am able to disable advertise property for shortcuts by setting DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS. However, the filetype is still advertised. How can i disable advertise for file types?

Thanks, SAN

Christopher Painter · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-26 13:28:38Z

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This is one of the many reasons that Microsoft has announced that VDPROJ is being retired.

The only way to get what you want here is to write a bunch of postbuild processing of the resultant MSI to tweak it into what you want. However I suggest you instead look at InstallShield or WiX instead.

answered Sep 26, 2010 at 13:28

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SAN Over a year ago

What kind of postbuild processing can I do on the MSI to achieve this?

Christopher Painter Over a year ago

Execute SQL commands against the raw table data to massage the file extensions to behave the way you want.

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