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+# register-cygwin-filetypes
+
+![](https://img.shields.io/badge/written%20in-batch-blue)
+
+batch script to set up file associations on Windows
+
+- Automatically prefers `mintty` over bash in cmd
+- Windows 8: May have to select 'Terminal' from the Open With menu if other applications have expressed interest in the file extension
+- No more .bat files ever again
+
+## Changelog
+
+2016-01-24: v2
+- Add cygwin64 search paths
+- [⬇️ register-cygwin-filetypes-v2.zip](dist-archive/register-cygwin-filetypes-v2.zip) *(989B)*
+
+
+2014-12-28: v1
+- Initial public release
+- [⬇️ register-cygwin-filetypes-v1.zip](dist-archive/register-cygwin-filetypes-v1.zip) *(1.25 KiB)*
+
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