To prevent the otherwise excellent SQL Developer from incessantly nagging about file associations under Windows, add the following to …\sqldeveloper\bin:
AddVMOption -Dno.shell.integration=true
This works around the bug nicely.
The OTN thread is here.
BTW: in case you didn’t know, Oracle’s codename for SQL Developer is ‘raptor’…”Because Raptors eat Toads.”
