Manifest file for registration of event handler in SP 2007 - sharepoint

I'm trying to create a feature to register my event handler to a specific list. I'm building it like I would a normal feature. However, I'm not sure how to define my Elements file. The file for my feature is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
<Receivers ListTemplateId="101">
<Receiver>
<Name>AddedEventHandler</Name>
<Type>ItemAdded</Type>
<SequenceNumber>10000</SequenceNumber>
<Assembly>ChangeContentTypeEventHandler, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7bfc7c17f98031d7</Assembly>
<Class>ChangeContentTypeEventHandler.ChangeContentTypeEventHandler</Class>
<Data></Data>
<Filter></Filter>
</Receiver>
</Receivers>
</Elements>
Based on this, how would I set up the file for registration of this event handler?
Also, here is my Feature.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Feature Scope="Web" Title="Change Content Type Event Handler"
Id="{27C2FDFF-ADA0-4984-955C-6448E182FA88}"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
<ElementManifests>
<ElementManifest Location="ListTemplates\ListManifest.xml"/>
<ElementFile Location="Messages\schema.xml"/>
</ElementManifests>
</Feature>
Also, can this be part my solution package WSP for the feature itself so that it gets deployed with the feature?
Thanks in advance

You have two options here. Either you create a custom list template so that you can specify the id of your custom list template in your elements file, or you have to attach your event receiver through code (feature receiver).
The problem with registering an event receiver declaratively is that you can only specify the list template id (effecting all lists based on the specified template), but not a single list name or id.
You can find an example of such a feature receiver in this article: http://www.sharepointdev.net/sharepoint--development-programming/whether-there-is-a-way-to-register-a-custom-event-handler-at-a-special-list-63446.shtml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Feature Id="9A3C5D02-A2EB-4725-97F7-CDA6DE319F1B"
Title="My Custom Types"
Scope="Site"
DefaultResourceFile="core"
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xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
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<ElementManifest Location="Elements.xml" />
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
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<Folder TargetName="Forms/Document" />
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<Folder TargetName="Forms/Document" />
</ContentTypeRef>
<ContentTypeRef ID="0x0120" />
</ContentTypes>
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Rich, I'm not exactly sure what's going on because I created a feature using your feature and elements files as you specified and it works correctly for me.
There is one difference though.
When I create a new document in the library from the content type, the template url is
http://myserver/sites/testsite/Shared%20Documents/Forms/Meeting Minutes/MeetingMinutes.docx
Not
http://myserver/sites/testsite/Shared%20Documents/Forms/Document/MeetingMinutes.docx
Somehow your content type seems to be looking in the wrong folder for the template. I hope that gives you some clues.
I had the same exact problem with document template for List Content Type.
What I did is just what SharePoint do when you create your library from web site : duplicate the document template inside the “Forms” folder of the library in a subfolder that have the same name than the content type.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
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</Module>
</Elements>
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I have this feature
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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Title="MyCompany Content Types"
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
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SharePoint Site Columns and Content Types via a Feature
What does Format="TRUE" mean?
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I have written a feature(Site scoped) that adds custom menu items to the New Menu and EditControlBlock of a SharePoint 2007 document library. These menu items should show up only when the user has add and edit permissions for that document library. This works great except for one particular case where the user has only read permission for the parent site but has full control over the document library. In this case the menu items under EditControlBlock show up correctly but the menu items under New menu do not show up. I have set the same rights for all the menu items. Below are the sample entries in Feature and Element manifest file
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using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
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