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Use ADSI Edit to Associate File Extensions

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  .vsd: 0

Note that you must include the space between the colon (:) and the value of 0. Click Add. You can enter multiple extensions, following the procedure I just described.

That’s it! Now, whenever users double-click .vsd files, Visio 2007 Viewer will automatically get installed. Interestingly, if you add more extensions after the initial deployment of the package, you don’t have to wait for Group Policy to be refreshed for the change to take effect. It works instantly!

—Apostolos Fotakelis,
Systems Administrator,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
and freelance IT consultant

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Reader Comments
Nice article, but it not worked for me.

I tried to distribuite Acrobat Reader´s MSI. but it no worked. I add the .pdf extensions usind adsiedit but when I double click over a PDF file ,,, nothing happend ...!!!

Can you help me...

m3gatr0m April 07, 2009 (Article Rating: )


I checked with Apostolos Fotakelis about your experience in not being able to use ADSI Edit to associate the .pdf file extension. He noted that not all applications are built with GPO deployment in mind, as is the case with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Although the procedure he presents can help in some cases, it doesn't work in every instance.

However, he mentioned that Adobe provides a way to deploy the reader in the enterprise. See http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/deploying_reader9.pdf and http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=915

Apostolos hasn't tested this solution, but he says that it looks like it supports GPO-based deployment.

Hope that helps!

Karen Bemowski, senior editor, Windows IT Pro

KBemowski April 29, 2009 (Article Rating: )


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