open with context item gone

[cherold]

For some reason I hae no "open with" menu choice in my context menu
when right clicking on a file. I googled around a bit and found that
presumably I could fix the problem by creating this key:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\openas\command]
@="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\rundll32.exe
%SystemRoot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1"

But adding this simply created an item in the context menu that said
"open" and when chosen gave an error message. For example, if I right
click on memento.exe and choose that second "open" I get an error
message saying:

********
C:\Program Files\Memento\Menento.exe
Access is denied
********

I found a similar problem here:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...openas+"open+with"+xp&rnum=8#eedf80fd11946c90

But it doesn't look like it was ever resolved. I did change the openas
default to "Open With" so that's what displays in the context menu, but
it still generates an error.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Open With
Value Name: (Default)
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: {09799AFB-AD67-11d1-ABCD-00C04FC30936}

{09799AFB-AD67-11d1-ABCD-00C04FC30936} is the Open With Context Menu
Handler.

Removing the (Default) Value Data {09799AFB-AD67-11d1-ABCD-00C04FC30936}
will remove the Open With option from the context menu.

Apparently that has happened to you.

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

openwithrestore.reg is the file that you want.

See this about
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\openas\command
and removing it
Open With sub-menu which contains the drop-down list of programs, is missing
for all the file types
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithsub.htm

Clicking the "Open With" or "Choose Program..." option always opens the file
with Notepad
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openas.htm

Similarly, there may be any other context- menu handler which causes this
problem. See this page
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm
for more instructions on how to identify and eliminate the context-menu
handler which is causing the problem.

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[cherold]

Thank you so much, it's all working now.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Keep having fun.

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