convert HashTable to Dictionary in C#

Question

how to convert a HashTable to Dictionary in C#? is it possible? for example if I have collection of objects in HashTable and if I want to convert it to a dictionary of objec

Answer 1

    Hashtable openWith = new Hashtable();
    Dictionary dictionary = new Dictionary();

    // Add some elements to the hash table. There are no 
    // duplicate keys, but some of the values are duplicates.
    openWith.Add("txt", "notepad.exe");
    openWith.Add("bmp", "paint.exe");
    openWith.Add("dib", "paint.exe");
    openWith.Add("rtf", "wordpad.exe");

    foreach (string key in openWith.Keys)
    {
        dictionary.Add(key, openWith[key].ToString());
    }