No the Control Panel absolutely does add the PersistentHandler into the
registry. In the Indexing Options Control Panel on the File Types tab, type
your extension, click Add New Extension and then select "Index File
Properties and Contents". Then check your registry. I just tried to be sure.
<mjones@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Yes you can add a file type there but you can't create the
> PersistentHandler key there - you have to edit the registry to do so.
>
> On another note - I have no clue how you can make this work for files
> with no extensions (no file type at all) because you can't create a
> class entry that is null. You can add the file type with just a
> period and no extension but it doesn't apply to files with no
> extension unles you name them like "something. " not just
> "something "
>
> So I can't help with that. But, you can use findstr in a command
> prompt to search through files with no period and no extension. I
> have never had to do that before until I just tested it now.
>
> Marc
>