Method of virtualizing file extensions in a computer system by determining an association between applications in virtual environment and a file extension
US8387047B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/45533
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for virtualizing file extensions. The system includes a system environment, one or more virtual environments, and a shell extension. The shell extension detects a request to perform an action on a file in the system environment. The file has an associated file extension. The system environment includes applications for opening files. In response to detecting the request, the shell extension determines that the action is to open the file in the system environment and the file extension is not associated with any of the applications in the system environment. The shell extension queries the virtual environments to find an association between the file extension and an application, identifies at least one of the virtual environments in which the extension is associated with an application, and opens the file in a selected virtual environment.
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