Registering File Name Extensions for Side-By-Side Deployments

For VSPackages deployed in a side-by-side environment, you must register file name extensions to associate the files with the correct version of Visual Studio. Unless you use a version-specific file name extension, registration enables users to open your project and project item files in the appropriate version of Visual Studio.

In This Section

• About File Name Extensions
  Discusses how file name extensions are registered.

• Specifying File Handlers for File Name Extensions
  Provides information about how to register the applications that can open, edit, and so on, a particular file name extension.

• Registering Verbs for File Name Extensions
  Discusses how to register verbs.

• Managing Side-by-Side File Associations
  Discusses how to handle side-by-side installations in which a particular version of Visual Studio should be invoked to open a file.

Related Sections

• VSPackage Side-By-Side Compatibility
  Discusses how you can maintain multiple versions of a VSPackage on the same computer.

• Supporting Multiple Versions of Visual Studio
  Describes issues related to multiple versions of Visual Studio and your VSPackage during development and deployment to end users.