title: Change Shell Open RegKeys description: Detection of file association changes. Detection by registry is noisy due to problem filtering on registry root, so install/uninstall apps create noise. author: keyboardcrunch date: 10/10/2020 modified: null mitre: tactic: Persistence technique: T1546 subtechnique: 008 operating_system: windows query: '--- File assoc change by registry RegistryKeyPath In Contains Anycase ( "\shell\open\command" , "\shell\print\command" , "\shell\printto\command" ) AND EventType In ( "Registry Value Create" , "Registry Value Modified" )' false_positives: null tags: null