Unable To Remove From Open With List

[Steve]

To All:

After a limited response from my posts to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support and
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, I am posting here.

I am running WinXP SP1 with all of the latest updates from MS Windows
Updates.

I am unable to remove applications from my Open With Lists by editing the
Registry in the standard manner because:

1) the applications appear in the Open With List, but do NOT appear in the
standard Registry key or
2) the application reappears on it's own in the Open With List after I
remove it from the standard Registry key.

I am using the standard method that I have used for 3 years on my PC at work
running Win2000. The method is described in:

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 258860
How to Remove Programs from the "Open With" List

which requires editing the following key(s)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExt
s\.extension\OpenWithList

where extension will vary according to the extension that you want to edit.

Please note that certain MS apps can be found in the Open With List for a
given file extension but can NOT be found in the standard Registry keys:

For example, The Open With List for .html files is:

Mozilla
Internet Explore
Notepad
Wordpad

The resulting exported .reg files (as in-line text) are:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html]
"PerceivedType"="text"
@="MozillaHTML"
"Content Type"="text/html"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\PersistentHandler]
@="{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}"

and

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html\OpenWithList]
"a"="MOZILLA.EXE"
"MRUList"="a"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html\OpenWithProgids]
"htmlfile"=hex(0):
"MozillaHTML"=hex(0):

respectively.

Because I have an excellent programming editor with syntax highlighting
(UltraEdit32), I do not need Notepad or Wordpad cluttering up my Open With
List for html files. The same problem applies for other file extensions
too.

In another example of .txt files, I can remove the string value for Notepad
or Wordpad from:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.txt\OpenWithList]

ONLY to have both of them REAPPEAR again in both the Open With List on the
right click menu and in the above Registy key.

If I remove a NON-MS application string value from this key, then it remains
removed.

It is apparent to me, that somewhere else in the Registry, there is a
setting to ALWAYS FORCE the MS applications to be in the Open With List,
even if I do not want it there.

How to I fix this so that it does not happen again?

Thank you,

Steve

 

[Kelly]

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList

/xp_tweaks.htm

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

To All:

After a limited response from my posts to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support and
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, I am posting here.

I am running WinXP SP1 with all of the latest updates from MS Windows
Updates.

I am unable to remove applications from my Open With Lists by editing the
Registry in the standard manner because:

1) the applications appear in the Open With List, but do NOT appear in the
standard Registry key or
2) the application reappears on it's own in the Open With List after I
remove it from the standard Registry key.

I am using the standard method that I have used for 3 years on my PC at
work
running Win2000. The method is described in:

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 258860
How to Remove Programs from the "Open With" List

which requires editing the following key(s)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExt
s\.extension\OpenWithList

where extension will vary according to the extension that you want to
edit.

Please note that certain MS apps can be found in the Open With List for a
given file extension but can NOT be found in the standard Registry keys:

For example, The Open With List for .html files is:

Mozilla
Internet Explore
Notepad
Wordpad

The resulting exported .reg files (as in-line text) are:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html]
"PerceivedType"="text"
@="MozillaHTML"
"Content Type"="text/html"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\PersistentHandler]
@="{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}"

and

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html\OpenWithList]
"a"="MOZILLA.EXE"
"MRUList"="a"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html\OpenWithProgids]
"htmlfile"=hex(0):
"MozillaHTML"=hex(0):

respectively.

Because I have an excellent programming editor with syntax highlighting
(UltraEdit32), I do not need Notepad or Wordpad cluttering up my Open With
List for html files. The same problem applies for other file extensions
too.

In another example of .txt files, I can remove the string value for
Notepad
or Wordpad from:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.txt\OpenWithList]

ONLY to have both of them REAPPEAR again in both the Open With List on the
right click menu and in the above Registy key.

If I remove a NON-MS application string value from this key, then it
remains
removed.

It is apparent to me, that somewhere else in the Registry, there is a
setting to ALWAYS FORCE the MS applications to be in the Open With List,
even if I do not want it there.

How to I fix this so that it does not happen again?

Thank you,

Steve

 

[Steve]

Kelly:

Thank you once again for your RE:

The Registry edit that you suggested DEFINITELY did NOT work. It should
have worked though! Sorry about my SHOUTING!

Since this problem did not exist, before I used Doug Knox's Clear Open With
Lists utility, which adds the MS apps to the right click Open With list (but
apparently does not add them to the standard location(s) in the Registry),
the mystery to solving this problem probably lies in the underlying
programming code of Doug Knox's Clear Open With Lists utility.

I used the Clear Open With Lists utility feedback button to send Doug a
message but I have not heard back from him yet. Hopefully I will hear from
him.

Steve

As I said in an earlier post, these

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList

/xp_tweaks.htm

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

To All:

After a limited response from my posts to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support and
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, I am posting here.

I am running WinXP SP1 with all of the latest updates from MS Windows
Updates.

I am unable to remove applications from my Open With Lists by editing the
Registry in the standard manner because:

1) the applications appear in the Open With List, but do NOT appear in the
standard Registry key or
2) the application reappears on it's own in the Open With List after I
remove it from the standard Registry key.

I am using the standard method that I have used for 3 years on my PC at
work
running Win2000. The method is described in:

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 258860
How to Remove Programs from the "Open With" List

which requires editing the following key(s)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExt
s\.extension\OpenWithList

where extension will vary according to the extension that you want to
edit.

Please note that certain MS apps can be found in the Open With List for a
given file extension but can NOT be found in the standard Registry keys:

For example, The Open With List for .html files is:

Mozilla
Internet Explore
Notepad
Wordpad

The resulting exported .reg files (as in-line text) are:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html]
"PerceivedType"="text"
@="MozillaHTML"
"Content Type"="text/html"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\PersistentHandler]
@="{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}"

and

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html\OpenWithList]
"a"="MOZILLA.EXE"
"MRUList"="a"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html\OpenWithProgids]
"htmlfile"=hex(0):
"MozillaHTML"=hex(0):

respectively.

Because I have an excellent programming editor with syntax highlighting
(UltraEdit32), I do not need Notepad or Wordpad cluttering up my Open With
List for html files. The same problem applies for other file extensions
too.

In another example of .txt files, I can remove the string value for
Notepad
or Wordpad from:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.txt\OpenWithList]

ONLY to have both of them REAPPEAR again in both the Open With List on the
right click menu and in the above Registy key.

If I remove a NON-MS application string value from this key, then it
remains
removed.

It is apparent to me, that somewhere else in the Registry, there is a
setting to ALWAYS FORCE the MS applications to be in the Open With List,
even if I do not want it there.

How to I fix this so that it does not happen again?

Thank you,

Steve

 

[Kelly]

Doug has a reply for you and tried to send but, there was no address to send
it to. Consider yourself fortunate for this reply via third hand.

Steve,

Most likely, you didn't get a reply because you munge your e-mail address.
I have better things to do than to try to determine how to get your reply to
you. If you want help, don't make it difficult to provide it.

<[email protected]>:
Sorry, I couldn't find a mail exchanger or IP address. (#5.4.4)

And.......

Steve,

My utility works by deleting the OpenWithList subkey for each listed file
type, if you choose Clear All, or just the one you selected if you use the
Clear button.

Examples:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.bmp\OpenWithList

My utility only removes the ones that are User specific, as in the User
choose an application not on the default list.

The default list of apps is stored in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.<file ext>

For example: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\OpenWithList

My application does not touch these entries, since they are machine wide,
and some users may have different preferences.

Regards,
Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com

/xp_tweaks.htm

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

Kelly:

Thank you once again for your RE:

The Registry edit that you suggested DEFINITELY did NOT work. It should
have worked though! Sorry about my SHOUTING!

Since this problem did not exist, before I used Doug Knox's Clear Open
With
Lists utility, which adds the MS apps to the right click Open With list
(but
apparently does not add them to the standard location(s) in the Registry),
the mystery to solving this problem probably lies in the underlying
programming code of Doug Knox's Clear Open With Lists utility.

I used the Clear Open With Lists utility feedback button to send Doug a
message but I have not heard back from him yet. Hopefully I will hear
from
him.

Steve

As I said in an earlier post, these

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList

/xp_tweaks.htm

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

To All:

After a limited response from my posts to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support and
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, I am posting here.

I am running WinXP SP1 with all of the latest updates from MS Windows
Updates.

I am unable to remove applications from my Open With Lists by editing the
Registry in the standard manner because:

1) the applications appear in the Open With List, but do NOT appear in the
standard Registry key or
2) the application reappears on it's own in the Open With List after I
remove it from the standard Registry key.

I am using the standard method that I have used for 3 years on my PC at
work
running Win2000. The method is described in:

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 258860
How to Remove Programs from the "Open With" List

which requires editing the following key(s)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExt
s\.extension\OpenWithList

where extension will vary according to the extension that you want to
edit.

Please note that certain MS apps can be found in the Open With List
for a
given file extension but can NOT be found in the standard Registry
keys:

For example, The Open With List for .html files is:

Mozilla
Internet Explore
Notepad
Wordpad

The resulting exported .reg files (as in-line text) are:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html]
"PerceivedType"="text"
@="MozillaHTML"
"Content Type"="text/html"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\PersistentHandler]
@="{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}"

and

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html\OpenWithList]
"a"="MOZILLA.EXE"
"MRUList"="a"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.html\OpenWithProgids]
"htmlfile"=hex(0):
"MozillaHTML"=hex(0):

respectively.

Because I have an excellent programming editor with syntax highlighting
(UltraEdit32), I do not need Notepad or Wordpad cluttering up my Open With
List for html files. The same problem applies for other file
extensions
too.

In another example of .txt files, I can remove the string value for
Notepad
or Wordpad from:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx
ts\.txt\OpenWithList]

ONLY to have both of them REAPPEAR again in both the Open With List on the
right click menu and in the above Registy key.

If I remove a NON-MS application string value from this key, then it
remains
removed.

It is apparent to me, that somewhere else in the Registry, there is a
setting to ALWAYS FORCE the MS applications to be in the Open With
List,
even if I do not want it there.

How to I fix this so that it does not happen again?

Thank you,

Steve