2 "open" in the context menu, no "open with"

[Guest]

I am on xp sp1.

So when I right click, I get something like this:
Play
Open
Open
etc. . .
The first open works as it should.

The second open used to give me an error, I fixed that by adding a registry
at HKCR\*, I had to add the Shell entry there, none previously existed, and
then added openas, then command and the default key which I have set to
"rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1"

The second open takes a while to load (5-10 seconds) and then an "Open With"
window appears, but it is the wrong one. It lists the "Recommended Programs"
and "Other Programs". I would like the one that when you go over "open with"
a list of programs pop up w/o going to this other window.

I also downloaded ShellExView, and just to see disabled all of the shell
menus, and nothing changed, it worked as it did above.

Thanks

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

ShellExView deals only with shell extensions, so that does not help in this
case.

For which filetype this problem is seen?

 

[Guest]

All that I have been able to test, including audio, video, .doc, .xls,
shortcuts, compression, executables, etc.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

The 2nd "open" might be the "openas" command that you added. Try removing
the openas from here:

HKCR\*\openas

 

[Guest]

Yes that removes the open, but I still have no "open with" just a singe open.
How can I add the "open with"

Thanks for the help by the way.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

HKCR\*\openas
Set the (default) to "Open with.."

 

[Guest]

That did not do anything, unless I did it incorectly. What I did was that I
created the directory so it is as you wrote "HKCR\*\openas" and now "openas"
is highlighted in the left hand side. I then went over to the right hand
side (while openas was highlighted in the left side) and modifed the default
key to have data of "Open with..", did I miss something?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Works fine here. (The 2nd "Open" verb now reads as "Open with..." when I
right-click a file)