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title: ADD TYPE
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# ADD TYPE


Adds the specified file type association.

`SFTMIME ADD TYPE:file-extension /APP application [/ICON icon-pathname]                 [/DESCRIPTION type-desc] [/CONTENT-TYPE content-type] [/GLOBAL]                 [/PERCEIVED-TYPE perceived-type] [/PROGID progid]                 [/CONFIRMOPEN {YES|NO}] [/SHOWEXT {YES|NO}]                 [/NEWMENU {YES|NO}]  [/LOG log-pathname | /CONSOLE | /GUI]`

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<th align="left">Description</th>
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<td align="left"><p>TYPE:&lt;file-extension&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The file name extension that will be associated with the application specified.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/APP &lt;application&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The name and version (optional) of the application.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/ICON &lt;icon-pathname&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The path or URL for the icon file.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/DESCRIPTION &lt;type-desc&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The user-friendly name for the file type. Defaults to &quot;EXTENSION File.&quot;</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/CONTENT-TYPE &lt;content-type&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The content type of the file. Defaults to &quot;application/softricity-extension.&quot;</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/GLOBAL</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>If present, the package will be available for all users on this computer.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/PERCEIVED-TYPE &lt;perceived-type&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The perceived type of the file. Defaults to nothing.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/PROGID &lt;progid&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The programmatic identifier for the file type. Defaults to App Virt.extension.File.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/CONFIRMOPEN</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Indicates whether users downloading a file of this type should be asked whether to open or save the file. Defaults to YES.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/SHOWEXT</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Indicates whether the file's extension should always be shown, even if the user has requested that all extensions be hidden. Defaults to NO.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/NEWMENU</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Indicates whether an entry should be added to the shell's <strong>New</strong> menu. Defaults to NO.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/LOG</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>If specified, output is logged to the specified path name.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/CONSOLE</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>If specified, output is presented in the active console window (default).</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/GUI</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>If specified, output is presented in a Windows dialog box.</p></td>
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For version 4.6, the following option has been added.

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<td align="left"><p>/LOGU</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>If specified, output is logged to the specified path name in UNICODE format.</p></td>
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## Related topics


[SFTMIME Command Reference](sftmime--command-reference.md)