[Wineroz]

Originally Posted by TheGuyinShades

I had this problem in the past as well, the issue is Winamp doesn't create separate registry entries for all filetypes. It will associate numerous filetypes with the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File" key, rather than creating seperate "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File.(EXT)" keys. Also, Winamp locks the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.(EXT)\UserChoice" key, so you'll have to change the permissions on those keys manually, since it overrides the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.(EXT)" key.

That is correct: the culprit is the >>Winamp.File<< string

I figured out that yesterday by myself after dwelling into Registry, as I was cleaning up my shell menu in various ways. I simply compared malfunctioning APE with FLAC and spotted that correlation. And then tested it on APE and MPC. And also applied it to TTA. The result was always the same: the file format was released from that chain [even FileTypesMan no longer displays that info for them]

Originally Posted by TheGuyinShades

I can walk you through how to fix it if you want.

Thank you, but I already did it

But I would like to you to vet my solution. I wrote a REG; this version is for APE

code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



; Winamp some of the file formats writes in the Registry as >>Winamp.File<< instead of >>Winamp.File.XYZ<< [where that XYZ means a particular file fomat].

; And so there are multiple entries all evoking the same settings- thus the problem of one icon appearing for different file formats.

; To break a file format from such chain these changes, at least 4* strings must be changed

;

;

;

; Assuming the there really is a file at

;

; C:\Program Files Expanded\ICONS\file APE.ico

;

; this REG file will fix the icon appearance for the file format of APE







; #1



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ape]

@="Winamp.File.APE"







; #2

;

; The additional >>NCH.Switchape<< string is preserved for the Switch Sound File Converter by NCH Software



[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ape\OpenWithProgids]

"NCH.Switchape"=hex(0):

"Winamp.File"=hex(0):



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ape\OpenWithProgids]

"Winamp.File.APE"=hex(0):

"NCH.Switchape"=hex(0):







; #3

;

;



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File.APE\DefaultIcon]

@="C:\\ICONS\\file APE.ico,0"







; #4



[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ape\UserChoice]

"ProgId"="Winamp.File"

"Hash"="ei8rl/wRiy0="



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ape\UserChoice]

"ProgId"="Winamp.File.APE"

";Hash"="ei8rl/wRiy0="







; #5...

;

; *Ferreting in Registry was ended at

;

; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts

;

; So they might be also some other places below it, where such changes might be needed, if something goes wrong with that icon in the future.

; In order to find them a search for >>.XYZ<< must be performed [where that XYZ means a particular file fomat]







; Some more info:

; http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=454880

This of course has to be applied on top of [normally working for file types like FLAC]:

code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Winamp.File.APE\DefaultIcon]

@="C:\\ICONS\\file APE.ico,0"

But a question arises: why would Winamp creators choose to chain together so many file formats together? Why FLAC and MP3 got their individual strings, while APE and TTA did not?