Hopefully this will save a few of you some time: I have created a registry entry that will create file associations and commands for your NAnt .build files. It will associate .build files as “NAnt Build Files” and create two commands for right-clicking a .build file in Explorer: “Edit” will open the file in Notepad; “Run” will execute the file in NAnt using a persistent command window (the window won’t disappear when the script is finished).

NAnt Build File Associations

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.build]
@=”build_auto_file”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file]
@=”NAnt Build File”
“EditFlags”=dword:00000000
“BrowserFlags”=dword:00000008

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file\shell]
@=”Edit”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file\shell\&Run]
@=”Run”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file\shell\&Run\command]
@=”C:\WINDOWS\system32\CMD.EXE /k “C:\Program Files\NAnt\bin\NAnt.exe” -buildfile:%1″

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file\shell\&Run\ddeexec]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file\shell\&Run\ddeexec\Application]
@=”NAnt”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file\shell\&Run\ddeexec\Topic]
@=”System”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file\shell\edit]
@=”&Edit”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file\shell\edit\command]
@=”C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1″

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file\shell\edit\ddeexec]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file\shell\edit\ddeexec\Application]
@=”NOTEPAD”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\build_auto_file\shell\edit\ddeexec\Topic]
@=”System”

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