Program problem

thedagem · Nov 14, 2006

Hey, I have a small problem with my programs list. You know how you can right click on a file to choose open with? Well there is a program name in there that doesn't work. I have Sonar 6, and there are two Sonar 6's in that list, one with an icon, and one without. The one without the icon, doesn't work, so I want it out of that list, How do you remove something from this list?

theefool · Nov 14, 2006

Give this a go.

Clean Up the Open With Option

When you right-click a file, one of the menu options is Open With, which provides a list of programs for you to open the file with. This list changes according to the type of file you're clicking. Depending on the file type, the list can get long because programs frequently add themselves to this list when you install them. Making things worse, there are times when the listed programs aren't applicable. For example, do you really want to open a .bmp bitmap graphics file with Microsoft Word? I think not.
You can clean up the Open With list by using a Registry hack. Run the Registry Editor and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts. Look for the file extension whose Open With list you want to edit and find its OpenWithList subkey—HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.bmp\OpenWithList, for example. The subkey will have an alphabetical list of String values. Open each value and examine the value data. It will be the name of one of the programs on the Open With list (Winword.exe, for example). Delete any entry you don't want to appear. Don't delete the value data; delete the String value listing. In other words, if the value data for the aString value is Winword.exe, delete the entire string rather than just the value data. Exit the Registry.
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Another link:

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=415193&seqNum=6&rl=1

thedagem · Nov 14, 2006

I don't see what you mean, I was able to locate the folder you requested, however I don't see any of the programs in the list in that folder at all.
Can you be more specific?

TimW · Nov 14, 2006

Navigate to the key below and expand the extension key that you wish to modify, .txt for example.

Next click on the key named "OpenWithList" and simply delete the letter of the programs that you do not want listed, notepad.exe, winword.exe, etc.

Key:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\XXX\OpenWithList]
Value Name: a, b, c...
Data Type: REG_SZ
Dataexecutable name)

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