FileAssociation Class
Represents a file name extension to be associated with the application.
MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Assembly: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll)
| Name | Description | |
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![]() | FileAssociation() | Initializes a new instance of the FileAssociation class. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | DefaultIcon | Gets or sets the icon to use for files that use a particular Extension. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
![]() | Description | Gets or sets the description of the file type for use by the shell. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
![]() | Extension | Gets or sets the file name extension to be associated with the application. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
![]() | ProgId | Gets or sets the name that uniquely identifies the file association's file type. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
| Name | Description | |
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![]() | Equals(Object^) | (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType() | (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ToString() | (Inherited from Object.) |
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

