Microsoft DOS assoc command

Overview

About assoc
Availability
Attrib syntax
Examples

About assoc

The assoc command displays the file association for each of the different file extensions on the computer.
Additional information and help with computer file extensions can also be found on our file extensions page.

Availability

The assoc command is an internal commandthat is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.
Windows 2000Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7

Syntax

Displays or modifies file extension associations
ASSOC [.ext[=[fileType]]]

.ext	Specifies the file extension to associate the file type with
fileType	Specifies the file type to associate with the file extension

Type ASSOC without parameters to display the current file associations.
If ASSOC is invoked with just a file extension, it displays the current file association for that file extension. Specify nothing for the file type and the command will delete the association for the file extension.

Examples

assoc

Displays a file association of each of the file extensions on the computer.

assoc .txt

Displays the file extension for a .txt file as shown below.
.txt=txtfile

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