Open with allways opens notepad !

[MoiMeme]

Hi,

I have a bizarre behaviour of explorer : when I try to select the "open
with" submenu, the click on that option allways tries to opens the
highlighted file with notepad ( of course when it is a big file it is very
time consuming and i have to "taskmanager-close" it !)

How recover normal access to "open with" ?

TIA

 

[John]

Hi,

I have a bizarre behaviour of explorer : when I try to select the "open
with" submenu, the click on that option

"Open with" menu gives us a couple of suggested programs. For example, a
..DOC file "open with" gives me the following 3 options:

- Microsoft Office Word
- WordPad
- Choose Program

What are the selections you get when you right click a file then highlight
"open with"? Which suggested program exactly did you click?

 

[Kelly]

Restore Open With on the Right Click (Line 220)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

OpenExpert - Open With submenu for Explorer's Menu (Line 379)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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

Clear Dynamic "Open With" Lists
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/OpenWithClear.zip

Check your settings here:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications
Select the associated sub-key, if 'NoOpenWith' is listed, delete it.

Also here:

This setting allows you to control whether the checkbox to save the "Open
With" program is available when an unknown file type is opened.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command

and

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\openas\command

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[MoiMeme]

Hi Kelly

what should there be in the command lines of your registry entries listed :

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command

and

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\openas\command

TIA