"Open With" dialog

[Guest]

How can I remove a program name in the Recommended Programs list in the
"Open With" dialog? It'a a duplicate of one just below it in the list and
results in a failure of the program to open and the Microsoft message,
"WordPerfect® 9 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry
for the inconvenience." The duplicated name below the one causing failure,
opens the document properly.

I tried removing the application and associated file type extension in the
Folder Options dialog, but it had no effect,

I would really like that bad duplicate listing out of there.

 

[S.Sengupta]

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

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[Guest]

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

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

How can I remove a program name in the Recommended Programs list in the
"Open With" dialog? It'a a duplicate of one just below it in the list and
results in a failure of the program to open and the Microsoft message,
"WordPerfect® 9 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry
for the inconvenience." The duplicated name below the one causing failure,
opens the document properly.

I tried removing the application and associated file type extension in the
Folder Options dialog, but it had no effect,

I would really like that bad duplicate listing out of there.

 

[Guest]

I clicked on openwithclear.zip, saved it to disk. I then clicked on it and
it's .exe file appeared. I was unable to open the .exe file though.

Instead I got a "Clear Open With Lists" dialog with a list of extensions to
clear.

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

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

How can I remove a program name in the Recommended Programs list in the
"Open With" dialog? It'a a duplicate of one just below it in the list and
results in a failure of the program to open and the Microsoft message,
"WordPerfect® 9 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry
for the inconvenience." The duplicated name below the one causing failure,
opens the document properly.

I tried removing the application and associated file type extension in the
Folder Options dialog, but it had no effect,

I would really like that bad duplicate listing out of there.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Ok.Can't you find the file extn. which you want to delete?
More information here:-
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/excerpt/winxphacks_chap1/index1.html

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

I clicked on openwithclear.zip, saved it to disk. I then clicked on it and
it's .exe file appeared. I was unable to open the .exe file though.

Instead I got a "Clear Open With Lists" dialog with a list of extensions to
clear.

:

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

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

te lindow wrote:

How can I remove a program name in the Recommended Programs list in the
"Open With" dialog? It'a a duplicate of one just below it in the list and
results in a failure of the program to open and the Microsoft message,
"WordPerfect® 9 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry
for the inconvenience." The duplicated name below the one causing failure,
opens the document properly.

I tried removing the application and associated file type extension in the
Folder Options dialog, but it had no effect,

I would really like that bad duplicate listing out of there.

 

[Guest]

I tried everything I could think of in regedit:
In OpenWithList under the .wpd file extension, I deleted the "default" name
whose data value was "value not set." I also deleted the name "a" whose data
value was Wpwin9.exe. The file type for these is "REG_SZ," for whatever it's
worth. I also tried deleting the entire OpenWithList folder.

But I still have 2 iterations of Wpwin9.exe in the Recommended Programs in
the Open With dialog. The first one remains corrupted, and the second one
works properly.

I'm starting to think it's there to stay. Very frustrating.

If you have any additional ideas, I'm all ears. Thank you very much for
your help so far.

Ok.Can't you find the file extn. which you want to delete?
More information here:-
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/excerpt/winxphacks_chap1/index1.html

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

I clicked on openwithclear.zip, saved it to disk. I then clicked on it and
it's .exe file appeared. I was unable to open the .exe file though.

Instead I got a "Clear Open With Lists" dialog with a list of extensions to
clear.

:

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

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

te lindow wrote:


How can I remove a program name in the Recommended Programs list in the
"Open With" dialog? It'a a duplicate of one just below it in the list and
results in a failure of the program to open and the Microsoft message,
"WordPerfect® 9 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry
for the inconvenience." The duplicated name below the one causing failure,
opens the document properly.

I tried removing the application and associated file type extension in the
Folder Options dialog, but it had no effect,

I would really like that bad duplicate listing out of there.

 

[S.Sengupta]

I think best option will be uninstall the exsisting WordPerfet and go
for a fresh clean installation.This will help to remove the invalid
entries.But before doing that back up your important files.
If that doesn't help then post in WordPerfect newsgroup.In the following
link you will get list of WordPerfect newsgroups.

:-http://control.news.telefonica.de/groups/corel-groups.html

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

I tried everything I could think of in regedit:
In OpenWithList under the .wpd file extension, I deleted the "default" name
whose data value was "value not set." I also deleted the name "a" whose data
value was Wpwin9.exe. The file type for these is "REG_SZ," for whatever it's
worth. I also tried deleting the entire OpenWithList folder.

But I still have 2 iterations of Wpwin9.exe in the Recommended Programs in
the Open With dialog. The first one remains corrupted, and the second one
works properly.

I'm starting to think it's there to stay. Very frustrating.

If you have any additional ideas, I'm all ears. Thank you very much for
your help so far.

:

Ok.Can't you find the file extn. which you want to delete?
More information here:-
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/excerpt/winxphacks_chap1/index1.html

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]


te lindow wrote:

I clicked on openwithclear.zip, saved it to disk. I then clicked on it and
it's .exe file appeared. I was unable to open the .exe file though.

Instead I got a "Clear Open With Lists" dialog with a list of extensions to
clear.

:



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

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

te lindow wrote:



How can I remove a program name in the Recommended Programs list in the
"Open With" dialog? It'a a duplicate of one just below it in the list and
results in a failure of the program to open and the Microsoft message,
"WordPerfect® 9 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry
for the inconvenience." The duplicated name below the one causing failure,
opens the document properly.

I tried removing the application and associated file type extension in the
Folder Options dialog, but it had no effect,

I would really like that bad duplicate listing out of there.

 

[Kelly]

Depends and in your case, it should be easily recognized. Check your File
Types via Folder Options and the registry.

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers




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

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Hi

Earlier in the thread the OP used the word "open" with regard to an exe
file! Normally you would double click ( left button ) the file to run
the application.

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Regards.

Gerry

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[Guest]

I went through each one of those in the registry, but I didn't see any
WPwin9.exe

tel

 

[Keith Miller]

Do you possibly have 2 entries that refer to Word Perfect under this reg key?

"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications"

If so, one may be faulty.

Keith