Vista - remove programs from the "Open With" list

I would like to remove certain program entries from the "Open With" list
in the right-click context menu.

Any help with a registry fix is greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
Marty

"marty" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to remove certain program entries from the "Open With" list in
>the right-click context menu.
>
> Any help with a registry fix is greatly appreciated!
>
> Cheers,
> Marty


You can delete the entries from the 'OpenWithList' key

for the particular extension under

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

--
Jon

Jon wrote:
> "marty" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:eJAWlPybHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I would like to remove certain program entries from the "Open With"
>> list in the right-click context menu.
>>
>> Any help with a registry fix is greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Marty
>
>
> You can delete the entries from the 'OpenWithList' key
>
> for the particular extension under
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts

Thanks for your reply.

I went to that key, there are no entries under OpenWithList only
(Default) REG_SZ. There are no programs listed there, though in the
right-click menu there are 5 or 6 listed under "Open With".

My machine is Vista, the registry edit for "Open With" menu is the same
method used on XP?

Cheers,
Marty

Jon wrote:
> "marty" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> Jon wrote:
>>> "marty" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eJAWlPybHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> I would like to remove certain program entries from the "Open With"
>>>> list in the right-click context menu.
>>>>
>>>> Any help with a registry fix is greatly appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Marty
>>>
>>>
>>> You can delete the entries from the 'OpenWithList' key
>>>
>>> for the particular extension under
>>>
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> I went to that key, there are no entries under OpenWithList only
>> (Default) REG_SZ. There are no programs listed there, though in the
>> right-click menu there are 5 or 6 listed under "Open With".
>>
>> My machine is Vista, the registry edit for "Open With" menu is the
>> same method used on XP?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Marty
>
>
> A couple of other places to check
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.<<particular_extension>>\OpenWithList
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.<<particular_extension>>\\OpenWithList
>
>
> Pretty similar to XP, by the looks of it, yes.

Thank you!

"marty" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Jon wrote:
>> "marty" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:eJAWlPybHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> I would like to remove certain program entries from the "Open With" list
>>> in the right-click context menu.
>>>
>>> Any help with a registry fix is greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Marty
>>
>>
>> You can delete the entries from the 'OpenWithList' key
>>
>> for the particular extension under
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I went to that key, there are no entries under OpenWithList only (Default)
> REG_SZ. There are no programs listed there, though in the right-click menu
> there are 5 or 6 listed under "Open With".
>
> My machine is Vista, the registry edit for "Open With" menu is the same
> method used on XP?
>
> Cheers,
> Marty


A couple of other places to check

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.<<particular_extension>>\OpenWithList
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.<<particular_extension>>\\OpenWithList

Pretty similar to XP, by the looks of it, yes.

--
Jon