"Choose Program.." opens Notepead always

[Steve W.]

When I right-click to get the context menu in Windows
Explorer, I can navigate to the Open With.. item fine. If
my app is not displayed that I want to use I click on the
Choose Program... option and notepad.exe always starts.
This happens for ALL files and not just select ones. How
can i get my Choose Program... option to give me a list
back?

Baffled,
steve w.

[Kelly]

Hi Steve,

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

To enable the checkbox set the (Default) value to "rundll32.exe
shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1". Return to the desktop and press F5 for the
change to take effect.

Notepad will be used to open the files by default if no association
already exists. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open. "(Default)" will read
"Open With Notepad"

Check your settings here:

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

HOW TO: Specify the Program Used to Open Certain File Types
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q306/5/51.asp

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Kelly

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"Steve W." > wrote in message
...
> When I right-click to get the context menu in Windows
> Explorer, I can navigate to the Open With.. item fine. If
> my app is not displayed that I want to use I click on the
> Choose Program... option and notepad.exe always starts.
> This happens for ALL files and not just select ones. How
> can i get my Choose Program... option to give me a list
> back?
>
> Baffled,
> steve w.