Re: Unable To Remove From Open With List

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From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 02:50:21 -0500

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.

<srhaymesslays@netcast.com>:
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 

-- 
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Kelly
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"Steve" <srhaymesslaysspam@netcast.com> wrote in message 
news:O$4DDnHcEHA.2388@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> 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
> "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23W69AvdbEHA.996@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList
>>
>> -- 
>> All the Best,
>> Kelly
>>
>> Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP
>> 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award
>>
>> Troubleshooting Windows XP
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>>
>> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>>
>>
>> "Steve" <srhaymesslaysspam@netcast.com> wrote in message
>> news:ea5k4mabEHA.2544@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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