Open a saved file by clicking on the saved file not opening it thru the program

jon

I am trying to find out how to open a file by double clicking on the saved file instead of opening it thru the program.
example:

You can double click on a .txt file and it will open up notepad and load the file that you clicked on instead of having to open notepad first and go to open file.

I have all ready made it so .sav files open my program but i don't know how to automatically open them in the program.

Actually if anyone knows how to find out the file you clicked on when your program opens i could do the rest!!!!

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jon18y ago
ok I changed the programs location and now it works perfectly. it was in the appData folder and for some reason wouldn't work there but when i moved it to my documents folder it works perfectly thanks.
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jon18y ago
It works if I use command prompt and write the saved file location in after the program location, but when I click on the saved file The length of args is still zero and it just opens the program without loading the file.
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Alan18y ago
The path to the file that was clicked on should be passed by Windows as a command line argument to your program i.e.

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
           string filePath = null;
           if (args.Length > 0)
           {
              filePath = args[0];
           }
           else
           {
              // something wrong
              return;
           }
           // rest of code
        }
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