Is it possible to associate a program to a specific file name so that double clicking the file will open it in the associated program?
I would like to be able to open "DOCKERFILE" in Visual Studio Code when double clicked. Since this file has no extension I don't see any way to associate it to VS Code.
Is there a method to associate the filename "DOCKERFILE" to VS Code?
If it's a file whose content is such that it can be meaningfully opened by Visual Studio (is it?) then simply give it an appropriate extension.
If a file is closed by using Save as it should show an extension that is associated with the program used to create that file, for example Word has .doc or the newer .docx, WordPerfect using .wpd, Excel uses .xls or the newer .xlsx, Adobe Acrobat uses .pdf, etc.
This particular file, "dockerfile", is used by Docker and it should not have any extension.
Thank you for your reply.
Are you only trying to open it exceptionally? Then make a copy of it and see my post above.
I could find no solution to this request. It would make a great addition to the OS to be able to associate a specific data file to a specific executable.
Last edited by Calab; 02 Jul 2022 at 12:23.
Perhaps a suitable workaround would be to stop opening it by double-clicking on the file and, instead, opening it by double-clicking on a shortcut to the file. The shortcut's Target field would be something along the lines of
"C:\Program files\VisualStudio\VisualStudio.exe" "D:\Wherever\DockerFile"
Denis
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