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Open With - Add Program

How to Add a Program to Open With in Vista
Published by Brink
02-01-2008

How to Add a Program to Open With in Vista

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  When you right click on a file and click Open With, a list of registered programs are displayed in the Open With window to choose from. This will show you how to register a program so that it will be added to the Open With list.
RELATED LINKS: EXAMPLE: Open With Context Menu
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EXAMPLE: Open With window
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METHOD ONE:
Add to Open With Manually
NOTE
  This will not always register the program and add it the Open With window for next time.
1. See METHOD ONE here: How to Associate a Individual File Extension Type With a Program in Vista

METHOD TWO:
Add to Open With Using a Program
NOTE
  The program OpenWithAdd can be helpful in circumstances when you manually add a program and it does not get added to the Open With window. OpenWithAdd will register the program and add it to Open With a lot easier.
WRITTEN BY: Ramesh Srinivasan
1. Go to: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm

2. Click on the OpenWithAdd.zip download link at the link above to download the file.

3. Save it to your Desktop and extract the two files OpenWithAdd.exe and readme.txt.
NOTE: OpenWithAdd.exe is stand-alone exe file and does not need to be installed. You can move this file to where you want and create a shortcut for it.

4. Click on OpenWithAdd.exe to open the program.

5. Type in the full path of the exe file of the program you want to add to Open With, or click the browse (...) button. (See screenshot below)
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6. If you clicked browse (...), then navigate to the exe file of the program you want to add to Open With. (See screenshot below)
A) Click on Select.
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7. Click on Register. (See screenshot below)
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8. It is now added. (See screenshot below)
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That's it,
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All Vista Versions
64 Bit & 32 Bit

Old 08-04-2009  
Wildflower
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Re: Open With - Add Program

You rock. I've been looking for a fix for this for weeks and yours is the easiest way. Others had me playing with the registry. thanks

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Old 08-04-2009  
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Re: Open With - Add Program

You're welcome Wildflower, and welcome to Vista Forums.

All credit belongs to Ramesh though for writing the program.
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Old 08-05-2009  
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Smile Re: Open With - Add Program

Thanks for the heads up, but I would have never found it if it wasn't for you.
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Old 08-05-2009  
whs
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Re: Open With - Add Program

I use a similar facility from Free programs to open any file extension! - that works very well too. But it never hurts to have options. The nice feature I found with that one is that it will propose downloads for a suitable program in case you have none fitting on your system.
Update: This is an example of the window shown after I right click on a word file and go to "open with":

Click the image to open in full size.

Last edited by whs; 08-05-2009 at 02:54 PM.. Reason: typo
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Old 08-05-2009  
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Talking Re: Open With - Add Program

This "OpenWith" program looks pretty simple to use......right up my alley! Thanks! And I really appreciate the people who attach pictures to explain how to use programs. Really helps me.
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