In the Microsoft® Visual Studio® Installer Associations editor, you can establish how the target machine operating system will handle your installed document types, MIME types, COM objects, and type libraries. See the following sections for detailed information.
| To | See |
| Add and delete document types and associated file extensions to establish the document types and file extensions your installed product will recognize | Adding and Deleting Document Types and Associated File Extensions |
| Add and delete verbs (which are actions listed on the context menu for a file type in Microsoft® Windows® Explorer) and establish associations between verbs and file extensions | Adding and Deleting Verbs |
| Add and delete MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Exchange) types and associate them with file extensions to make it possible for the target machine to handle your installed MIME types correctly | Adding, Associating, and Deleting MIME Types |
| Add and delete COM objects to the installer project and associate them with document types and type libraries | Adding, Associating, and Deleting COM Objects |
| Add and delete type libraries to the installer project and associate them with COM objects | Adding, Associating, and Deleting Type Libraries |