Thursday, September 18, 2008

Remove From The List Of 'Open With'

It's easy to add a program to the list of applications in the 'Open With...' menu.Just right click and select 'Open With...' and choose from the list of available programs.But how easy is it to delete a program form the list.This requires modification of the Registry.

* Initially Backup registry

* Click Start ==> Run ==> Regedit

* Select HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
FileExts

If necessary also go through the submenus (Click '+' beside the key representing the extension for menu you want to edit.

* Open-With List key under extension key

* In right pane, select icon that corresponds to menu item you would like
to remove from the context menu ==> Right Click ==> Delete


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