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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ REM License: GNU General Public License v2.0 REM Author: Miguel REM Website: www.techlogist.net REM Post: https://techlogist.net/scripts-terminal/batch/how-to-set-7zip-as-the-default-application-to-open-certain-compressed-files-type-via-script/ REM Description: This script makes 7Zip the default app for the following extensions: REM .7z, .zip, .rar, .gz, .tgz, .tar REM OS/Language/Region: Windows/EN-US -
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Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ REM License: GNU General Public License v2.0 REM Author: Miguel REM Website: www.techlogist.net REM Post: https://techlogist.net/batch/ REM Description: This script makes 7Zip the default app for the following extensions: REM .7z, .zip, .rar, .gz, .tgz, .tar REM OS/Language/Region: Windows/EN-US REM Notes: REM 1) Does not require administrator rights to make changes for current logged in user but displays "Access Denied" REM 2) If ran as administrator will change for all users. :_start REM Start of script @echo off cls title 7zFM Default v.1 color f0 mode con:cols=70 lines=15 goto _set_folders :_set_folders REM Set the folders to be verified cls set _7zFMFolder=C:\Program Files\7-Zip\ goto _7zFM :_7zFM REM Check if 7zFM is available IF EXIST "%_7zFMFolder%\7zFM.exe" (goto _change_registry) else (goto _7zip_unavailable) goto _7zFM :_7zip_unavailable REM This routine will advise the user to install 7-Zip because its missing and log it. REM The error screen for 7-Zip is missing color 47 cls echo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- echo. echo. echo. echo. echo. echo 7-Zip is unavailable. Please install echo. echo. echo. echo. echo. echo ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- pause color f0 goto EOF :_change_registry REM The error screen for 7-Zip is missing color f0 cls echo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- echo. echo. echo. echo. echo. echo Changing registry.... echo. echo. echo. echo. echo. echo ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- REM Update registry for different types of compressed files: REM .7z, .zip, .rar, .gz, .tgz, .tar REM Create the entry 7-Zip.zip in the registry REG ADD HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.zip /d "zip Archive" /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.zip\DefaultIcon /d "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.dll,4" /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.zip\shell /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.zip\shell\open /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.zip\shell\open\command /d "\"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe\" \"%%1\"" /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\7-Zip.zip /d "zip Archive" /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\7-Zip.zip\DefaultIcon /d "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.dll,4" /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\7-Zip.zip\shell /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\7-Zip.zip\shell\open /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\7-Zip.zip\shell\open\command /d "\"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe\" \"%%1\"" /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.zip /d "zip Archive" /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.zip\DefaultIcon /d "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.dll,4" /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.zip\shell /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.zip\shell\open /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\7-Zip.zip\shell\open\command /d "\"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe\" \"%%1\"" /f > nul REM The change in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is implemented to all users REM the change in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\ is the the curretly logged in user REM Update for .7z REG ADD HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.7z /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.7z /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.7z /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REM Update for .zip REG ADD HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.zip /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.zip /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REM Update for .rar REG ADD HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rar /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.rar /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.rar /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REM Update for .gz REG ADD HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gz /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.gz /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.gz /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REM Update for .tgz REG ADD HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tgz /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.tgz /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.tgz /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REM Update for .tar REG ADD HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tar /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.tar /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.tar /d 7-Zip.zip /f > nul :_Done REM The error screen for 7-Zip is missing color f0 cls echo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- echo. echo. echo. echo. echo. echo All Done! echo. echo. echo. echo. echo. echo ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- pause goto EOF :EOF REM End of the file cls exit