What I’m trying to achieve: Change the file type description that is shown in the explorer file type column, when creating a new file etc.
What I tried to do but failed: Until now, I have been doing this for other files (it worked for .xlsx
, .docx
, .pptx
and .cmd
) like this:
- Navigate to
HKCR.theFileExtensionHere
in regedit - Check the value of
(Default)
(let’s call it valueOfDefault) - Go to
HKCRvalueOfDefault
- If it has a
FriendlyTypeName
value, change it to the description I want, and if it doesn’t, change the(Default)
value to the description I want
The problem: When I tried to do this for .png
, it didn’t change anything. I also tried to change .jpg
, .jpeg
, .ico
and neither worked.
Other notes: I think that an app (probably Windows photos, since the file icon is the Win photos one) is somehow overwriting the settings. When I add a new key to HKCR
, for example HKCR.png2
and give it all the same subkeys and values that are in HKCR.png
, then create a file called image.png2
, in file explorer, the file type shows up as what is set in HKCRpngfileFriendlyTypeName
and the icon also changes to the one specified in HKCRpngfileDefaultIcon
.
Can someone please explain to me what is happening and how can I get around it. Thanks in advance