How do you create your own moniker (URL Protocol) on Windows systems?

Question

How do you create your own custom moniker (or URL Protocol) on Windows systems?

Examples:

• http:
• mailto:
• service:

Answer 1

Inside OLE from Craig Brockschmidt probably has the best coverage on monikers. If you want to dig a little deeper into this topic, I'd recommend getting this book. It is also contained on the MSDN disk that came along with VS 6.0, in case you still have that.