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**newbie** · 02-19-2008

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Quote: Originally Posted by Rojo Habe

The only way to do it without the aid of 3rd-party software is to open
regedit, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and delete the .001 key (or whatever
extension you want to unassociate). It then requires a reboot to lose the
icon. Not for the faint-hearted. It's what I've done before finding this
thread but I think I'll be checking out the software option in future

Doing that didin't remove the icon. I had to use the XdN Tweaker.

Thanks for all the replies.

02-19-2008	#8 (permalink)
newbie Vista Ultimate x64 44 posts	Re: How can I remove ALL the programs a filetype opens with?, Make a filetype not to [quote=newbie;617436] Quote: Originally Posted by Rojo Habe The only way to do it without the aid of 3rd-party software is to open regedit, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and delete the .001 key (or whatever extension you want to unassociate). It then requires a reboot to lose the icon. Not for the faint-hearted. It's what I've done before finding this thread but I think I'll be checking out the software option in future Doing that didin't remove the icon. I had to use the XdN Tweaker. Thanks for all the replies.
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