On my XP Pro SP2 system when I right-click on a file, then "Open With,"
although a number of shortcuts appear, when I click on "Choose Program," I
get an error message. Yet I am able to open the respective file with the
appropriate applicaton, but can not do so with "Choose Program." All my file
associations are OK -- followed the fix on Doug Knox's page.

Any ideas?

Leongee

And the error message is........???

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Leongee <cashcrop1010@[127.0.0.1]> hunted and pecked:
> On my XP Pro SP2 system when I right-click on a file, then "Open
> With," although a number of shortcuts appear, when I click on "Choose
> Program," I get an error message. Yet I am able to open the
> respective file with the appropriate applicaton, but can not do so
> with "Choose Program." All my file associations are OK -- followed
> the fix on Doug Knox's page.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Leongee

"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> And the error message is........???
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
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Sorry about that -- the error message is: "This file does not have a program
associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the
Folder Options control panel."

As I said in my previous posting, all my file associations are OK. I only
get this message when I click on "Choose Program."

LeonGee

Have a look at this...

Open With
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_o.htm#openwith



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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Leongee <cashcrop1010@[127.0.0.1]> hunted and pecked:
> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> And the error message is........???
>>
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>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>> Wes
> -------------
> Sorry about that -- the error message is: "This file does not have a
> program associated with it for performing this action. Create an
> association in the Folder Options control panel."
>
> As I said in my previous posting, all my file associations are OK. I
> only get this message when I click on "Choose Program."
>
> LeonGee

Adding to Wesley's advice:

Open Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command

In the right-pane, double-click (default) and set it's value to:

%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Leongee" <cashcrop1010@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...

"Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> And the error message is........???
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
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Sorry about that -- the error message is: "This file does not have a program
associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the
Folder Options control panel."

As I said in my previous posting, all my file associations are OK. I only
get this message when I click on "Choose Program."

LeonGee

"Ramesh [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> wrote in message
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Adding to Wesley's advice:

Open Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command

In the right-pane, double-click (default) and set it's value to:

%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe
%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

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Thank you both Wesley and Ramesh. Eventually I was able to get the "Open
With" window to appear after selecting "Choose Program" from Open With ...
For the purposes of future reference, here is what was done to the registry.

First, when I navigated to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command"
the Default's value was already set to: "%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe
%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1" as suggested by Ramesh.

However, under "shell", in addition to "openas", there was another "key"
called "open" but its string "(Default)" was blank. I therefore entered the
(Default) value to read "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1". After
returning to the desktop, pressing F5, I then checked a graphic file, and
the "Open With" window with all associated applications appeared.

Thanks for your help. You steered me in the right registry settings, to
enter the appropriate values.

LeonGee

You're welcome LeonGee!

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Leongee" <cashcrop1010@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...

"Ramesh [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Adding to Wesley's advice:

Open Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command

In the right-pane, double-click (default) and set it's value to:

%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe
%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

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Thank you both Wesley and Ramesh. Eventually I was able to get the "Open
With" window to appear after selecting "Choose Program" from Open With ....
For the purposes of future reference, here is what was done to the registry.

First, when I navigated to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command"
the Default's value was already set to: "%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe
%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1" as suggested by Ramesh.

However, under "shell", in addition to "openas", there was another "key"
called "open" but its string "(Default)" was blank. I therefore entered the
(Default) value to read "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1". After
returning to the desktop, pressing F5, I then checked a graphic file, and
the "Open With" window with all associated applications appeared.

Thanks for your help. You steered me in the right registry settings, to
enter the appropriate values.

LeonGee