How to pass argument through custom url to an application

Question

I am using windows 7 I want to pass filename as argument which I want to open through custom url. I followed link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767

Answer 1

Your registry code and screenprint are not the same: 'cultest.exe' and 'curlargu.exe'.

And you have used the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE instead of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. They point to the same, but it might make a difference. If cultest.exe is your program in the mentioned folder, then this registry code should work. Your browser URL call is correct.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cultest]
@="URL:cultest Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cultest\DefaultIcon]
@="D:\\Test\\argument\\dist\\cultest.exe,0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cultest\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cultest\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cultest\shell\open\command]
@="D:\\Test\\argument\\dist\\cultest.exe \"%1\""

I used the same REG-file today for my own program and it is working. I noticed some minor differences in the slashes...