desktop7:ProgId

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A programmatic identifier (ProgID) that can be associated with a CLSID. The ProgID identifies a class but with less precision than a CLSID because it is not guaranteed to be globally unique.

Element hierarchy

<Package>

    <Applications>

         <Application>

              <Extensions>

                   <uap:Extension>

                        <uap:FileTypeAssociation>

                             <desktop7:ProgId>

                        <uap:FileTypeAssociation>

                             <desktop7:ProgId>

Syntax

<desktop7:ProgId>
  An alphanumeric string separated by a period with a value between 1 and 255 characters in length (for example: token1.token2 or token1.token2.token3)
</desktop7:ProgId>

Attributes and elements

Attributes

None.

Child elements

None.

Parent elements

Parent element Description
uap:FileTypeAssociation Declares an app extensibility point of type windows.fileTypeAssociation. A file type association indicates that the app is registered to handle files of the specified types.

Remarks

Requirements

Item Value
Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/desktop/windows10/7
Minimum OS Version Windows 10 (Build 19645)