Can a mime type be forced to use a particular application?

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In particular, I was wondering if there was a .vnd mime type for Microsoft's
Windows Picture and Fax viewer?

I would like to force tiff files clicked on from my Web Site to be opened
with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, since many users have quick time
installed and they call with support questions because they can't get the
quicktime tiff viewer to work.
 
MIME is server side. What it opens on is client side. If you want to force a
particular application, directly from the server, you will have to serve it
up in a way you are not security sandboxed on the client, which can be nasty.

I will probably think of something else after posting.

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Gregory A. Beamer
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Is there a mime definition that will cause the file to open in the windows
picture and fax viewer directly? like "application/vnd.ms-wpfv" ?
 
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