Vista Tutorial - How can I remove ALL the programs a filetype opens with?, Make a filetype not to open

I associated the wrong application to a certain filetype (I've put *.001 files to open with WinRAR). Now I want to remove this association, so that the filetype 001 opens with nothing.

Anyone knows how to remove this association? I can only change the association to other filetypes... but I don't want any application to open it...

Thanks.

You can try this........
http://xenomorph.net/?page_id=492

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All the best,
SG


"newbie" <newbie.34z3lz@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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Wow. Nice program. That should do it.
But how can I do it without having to install 3rd party software?

http://xenomorph.net/?page_id=336

Download XdN Tweaker from the link above. It has the program you want in it
along with several other things you can do. Make sure and get the ZIP file
and you don't have to install anything, just unzip and run the EXE.

Look down a little where it says:
Don't want to install it? Here is the Zip File

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All the best,
SG


"newbie" <newbie.34z6e2@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>> but I don't want any application to open it...

Unfortunately, you need to edit the registry for removing file type associations. Or, use a tool such as:

[Unassoc] An utility to unassociate file types in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"newbie" <newbie.34z3lz@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:newbie.34z3lz@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...

I associated the wrong application to a certain filetype (I've put *.001
files to open with WinRAR). Now I want to remove this association, so
that the filetype 001 opens with nothing.

Anyone knows how to remove this association? I can only change the
association to other filetypes... but I don't want any application to
open it...

Thanks.


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newbie

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.


"newbie" <newbie.34z6e2@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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That doesn't seem very hard to do. Should I delete the whole entry inside .001?

[quote=newbie;617436]Doing that didin't remove the icon. I had to use the XdN Tweaker.

Thanks for all the replies.