Windows 3.0 WIN.INI [extensions] Section

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

SUMMARY

The following information is contained in the Microsoft Windows 3.0 WININI.TXT readme file. The Windows Setup program copies this file to the Windows directory.

[EXTENSIONS] SECTION

The [extensions] section contains settings that link groups of document files with an application so that opening the document file automatically starts the application.

The [extensions] section can contain settings of the following type:

<extension>=<executable-filename input-filename>

Purpose: Contains a list of filename extensions and corresponding

         applications that are called when the user chooses a file
         that has one of the given extensions.

         The <extension> keyname is a one- to three-character
         extension. The <executable-filename> value is the filename
         (with the .EXE extension) of the corresponding application.
         The <input-filename> value is the filename that will be
         passed to the application when called. This value can be any
         filename, or it can consist of a special wildcard character
         -- the caret (^) -- followed by a filename extension. The
         caret (^) represents all files with the specified extension.

         For example, the following setting links document files with
         the .CAL extension to the Windows Calendar application:

            cal=calendar.exe ^.cal