[Bug 44555] New: Native windows file associations (not Linux's) are automatically replaced with winebrowser

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44555

Bug ID: 44555
           Summary: Native windows file associations (not Linux's) are
                    automatically replaced with winebrowser
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Hi there.

So I want to open image files with a Windows application, e.g. Microsoft Photo
Editor, provided by Office 97.

After installation, the file association is created in the registry. Thus, a
key is written in the entry 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell\open\command' with
the value 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\PhotoEd\PhotoEd.exe
"%1"'.

With this registry configuration, the wine-extension-png.desktop file which
runs 'wine start /ProgIDOpen pngfile %f' properly opens files with Microsoft
Photo Editor from the Linux file manager.

In certain conditions, such as after a wine update, a 'The configuration in
($WINEPREFIX) is being updated, please wait...' dialog box appears and, from
then on, the value of the key I mentioned above is changed back to '"C:\Program
Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome'.

Therefore, 'wine start /ProgIDOpen pngfile %f' does no longer open Microsoft
Photo Editor, but winebrowser.

I would like not to have my file associations replaced anytime wine wants to.

[Bug 44555] Native windows file associations (not Linux's) are automatically replaced with winebrowser

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44555

--- Comment #1 from magiblot  ---
I should add that other Windows applications will try to open image files, so
it would actually be convenient to keep the internal Windows file association
with Microsoft Photo Editor. Creating a .desktop file which runs this
application independently of ProgIDOpen: pngfile would work as a workaround for
opening image files from Linux but would not be a complete solution to the
problem.