How to add a program to the list of default programs in the control panel

Can’t find one or more of your programs in the list of default programs in the control panel?

 For that you can't run your favorite file types with the program?

The image below contains all the programs those can be made default but there is not your program listed?

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Don’t worry … you have to do some easy tricks for this….
As an example let's assume you want to add "Maxthon Cloud Browser" to this list.

Copy the texts below to make a new text file through Notepad/ WordPad/ Office.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Infamous capabilities:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Maxthon\Capabilities]

"ApplicationDescription"="Maxthon Cloud Browser"

"ApplicationIcon"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Maxthon\\Bin\\Maxthon.exe,0"

"ApplicationName"="Maxthon"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Maxthon\Capabilities\FileAssociations]

".htm"="MaxthonURL"

".html"="MaxthonURL"

".mht"="MaxthonURL"

".partial"="MaxthonURL"

".svg"="MaxthonURL"

".shtml"="MaxthonURL"

".xht"="MaxthonURL"

".xhtml"="MaxthonURL"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Maxthon\Capabilities\URLAssociations]

"ftp"="MaxthonURL"

"http"="MaxthonURL"

"https"="MaxthonURL"

"mk"="MaxthonURL"

"res="MaxthonURL"

; Register to Default Programs

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications]

"Maxthon"="Software\\Maxthon\\Capabilities"

; MaxthonURL HANDLER:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\MaxthonURL]

@="Maxthon Document"

"FriendlyTypeName"="Maxthon Document"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\MaxthonURL\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\MaxthonURL\shell\open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\MaxthonURL\shell\open\command]

@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Maxthon\\Bin\\Maxthon.exe\" -- \"%1\""

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It’s a sample format of adding Maxthon browser to the list of default programs in the control panel.

And you have to edit here the name and location of the program you want to add to the registry.

You also need to change the extensions as per your demands.

You can add more file extensions as many as you want. Just follow the writing formats.

You know I have made it from the format of Google Chrome below ..hahaha….

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Infamous capabilities:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Chromium\Capabilities]

"ApplicationDescription"="Chromium - Beta Google Chrome"

"ApplicationIcon"="C:\\Program Copies\\Chromium\\chrome.exe,0"

"ApplicationName"="Chromium"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Chromium\Capabilities\FileAssociations]

".htm"="ChromiumURL"

".html"="ChromiumURL"

".shtml"="ChromiumURL"

".xht"="ChromiumURL"

".xhtml"="ChromiumURL"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Chromium\Capabilities\URLAssociations]

"ftp"="ChromiumURL"

"http"="ChromiumURL"

"https"="ChromiumURL"

; Register to Default Programs

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications]

"Chromium"="Software\\Chromium\\Capabilities"

; ChromiumURL HANDLER:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\ChromiumURL]

@="Chromium Document"

"FriendlyTypeName"="Chromium Document"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\ChromiumURL\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\ChromiumURL\shell\open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\ChromiumURL\shell\open\command]

@="\"C:\\Program Copies\\Chromium\\chrome.exe\" -- \"%1\""

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Yeah …this is really easy if you follow the formats of writing ….