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Installer for Windows doesn't write registry Supported Types

NSIS Installer for Windows writes a somewhat random number in registry HKLM\Software\Classes\Applications\vlc.exe\SupportedTypes There should be a list of file extensions supported.

This is not a major issue. Similar information exists elsewhere in registry and file association in windows is complex thing, with a lot of changes over the years. This was previously touched 9ish years ago, but wasn't fixed, or some other change broke it.

I looked at installer code and found relevant lines in file: vlc/extras/package/win32/NSIS/helpers/extensions.nsh On the line 36, I think $0 should be $R0, but whoever knows NSIS inner workings needs to take a look. WriteRegStr HKCR "Applications\vlc.exe\SupportedTypes" $0 ""

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