File association on Windows for Java application?

Sorry for the Windows-related question, but I thought maybe some fellow Java hackers had run into the same problem...
We have a Java application targeted for multiple platforms, including Windows. We also have a certain file extension for our data files, call it .abc. Our customers would like the following functionality in Windows Explorer when the app is installed on Windows:
1 - custom description for .abc files
2 - custom icon for .abc files
3 - double-click an .abc file to open it in our application
It's easy enough to get this functionality by setting appropriate registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\.abc: @ = OurApplication.abc
1 - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\OurApplication.abc: @ = An abc file for OurApplication
2 - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\OurApplication.abc\DefaultIcon: @ = <path>\OurApplication.ico
3 - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\OurApplication.abc\shell\open\command: @ = "<path>\OurApplication.exe" "%1"
This works great, except you have to restart Windows to get the changes to take effect. Does anyone know how to get the Windows shell to update itself to reflect these new Registry keys without restarting Windows? I've seen the SHChangeNotify function, but I can't call Windows API functions easily from the installer.

rundll32.exe may be of use...
Here are some samples of how to use it: http://dev.remotenetworktechnology.com/cmd/rundll32.htm
Google for more.
- K

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