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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input
a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. |
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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:54:53 -0400, Big Steel
wrote: On 6/13/2012 9:50 AM, wrote: While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. Control Panel/Default Programs is where you would make the change. That's one way to do it. But a faster easier way for most people is to right-click any zip file, click Open With, click Choose Default Program, browse to WinZip, check the box Always use ... and click OK. |
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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:52:16 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:54:53 -0400, Big Steel wrote: On 6/13/2012 9:50 AM, wrote: While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. Control Panel/Default Programs is where you would make the change. That's one way to do it. But a faster easier way for most people is to right-click any zip file, click Open With, click Choose Default Program, browse to WinZip, check the box Always use ... and click OK. Both your methods work. Thank you. The only problem is that when I right click on "Open With", the "wzwipe32.exe" is still there as a recommended program. Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my original post. What I'd like to do is remove "wzwipe32.exe" from the context menu. |
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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:52:16 -0700, Ken wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:54:53 -0400, Big Steel wrote: On 6/13/2012 9:50 AM, wrote: While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. Control Panel/Default Programs is where you would make the change. That's one way to do it. But a faster easier way for most people is to right-click any zip file, click Open With, click Choose Default Program, browse to WinZip, check the box Always use ... and click OK. Both your methods work. Thank you. The only problem is that when I right click on "Open With", the "wzwipe32.exe" is still there as a recommended program. Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my original post. What I'd like to do is remove "wzwipe32.exe" from the context menu. If you've uninstalled wzwipe32.exe and it's still in the context menu, then it's been left there erroneously; and we can guide you further into editing it out. But if it's still installed, then you should leave it there; not as the default, but as one that's available should you ever want to use it. Ed |
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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
On 13/06/2012 14:50, wrote:
While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. You might be able to remove the association with Nir Sofer's FileTypes Manager: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html There is a 32 and 64 bit version available -- Jeff |
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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
Jeff Layman wrote:
On 13/06/2012 14:50, wrote: While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. You might be able to remove the association with Nir Sofer's FileTypes Manager: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html There is a 32 and 64 bit version available I thought about that when studying this problem. I don't have the OP's program installed, but I do have 7-Zip installed. It is on the .zip "Open with" submenu and is listed as an option for default program selection, but "Open with" is not shown for .zip in File Types Manager, and I can't find it in the registry. -- Crash Committed to the search for intraterrestrial intelligence. |
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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
On 13/06/2012 19:27, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote: On 13/06/2012 14:50, wrote: While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. You might be able to remove the association with Nir Sofer's FileTypes Manager: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html There is a 32 and 64 bit version available I thought about that when studying this problem. I don't have the OP's program installed, but I do have 7-Zip installed. It is on the .zip "Open with" submenu and is listed as an option for default program selection, but "Open with" is not shown for .zip in File Types Manager, and I can't find it in the registry. I also have 7-Zip, but haven't set it up to open *.zip - I still use Explorer.exe for that (it says that in FTM. The command line entry is %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /idlist,%I,%L. Is yours the same?). I do use the *.zip right-click menu entries for 7-Zip to open the archive to see what is in it, read any "readme" file, and sometimes to "Extract here" (which is the Desktop, but only if the *.zip archive has 4 files or less in it). -- Jeff |
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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
Jeff Layman wrote:
On 13/06/2012 19:27, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote: Jeff Layman wrote: On 13/06/2012 14:50, wrote: While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. You might be able to remove the association with Nir Sofer's FileTypes Manager: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html There is a 32 and 64 bit version available I thought about that when studying this problem. I don't have the OP's program installed, but I do have 7-Zip installed. It is on the .zip "Open with" submenu and is listed as an option for default program selection, but "Open with" is not shown for .zip in File Types Manager, and I can't find it in the registry. I also have 7-Zip, but haven't set it up to open *.zip - I still use Explorer.exe for that (it says that in FTM. The command line entry is %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /idlist,%I,%L. Is yours the same?). I also use Explorer, and yes, my code is the same. I do use the *.zip right-click menu entries for 7-Zip to open the archive to see what is in it, read any "readme" file, and sometimes to "Extract here" (which is the Desktop, but only if the *.zip archive has 4 files or less in it). I usually just use Explorer, but I can and have used 7-Zip on occasion. As I mentioned, it is in the "Open with" submenu. But getting back to the original question, I don't know how to remove it. -- Crash One man's weed is another man's wildflower. |
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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
On 13/06/2012 21:10, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote: On 13/06/2012 19:27, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote: Jeff Layman wrote: On 13/06/2012 14:50, wrote: While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. You might be able to remove the association with Nir Sofer's FileTypes Manager: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html There is a 32 and 64 bit version available I thought about that when studying this problem. I don't have the OP's program installed, but I do have 7-Zip installed. It is on the .zip "Open with" submenu and is listed as an option for default program selection, but "Open with" is not shown for .zip in File Types Manager, and I can't find it in the registry. I also have 7-Zip, but haven't set it up to open *.zip - I still use Explorer.exe for that (it says that in FTM. The command line entry is %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /idlist,%I,%L. Is yours the same?). I also use Explorer, and yes, my code is the same. I do use the *.zip right-click menu entries for 7-Zip to open the archive to see what is in it, read any "readme" file, and sometimes to "Extract here" (which is the Desktop, but only if the *.zip archive has 4 files or less in it). I usually just use Explorer, but I can and have used 7-Zip on occasion. As I mentioned, it is in the "Open with" submenu. But getting back to the original question, I don't know how to remove it. I don't know if this is of any use, but it's from "Windows 7 Inside Out": "You want to remove a program from the Recommended Programs section of the Open With dialog box: The contents of the Recommended Programs list are determined in part by the registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp lorer\FileExts\filetype \OpenWithList (where filetype is the extension of the file type in question) . So, for example, in the case shown in Figure 5-16*, the …\ .bmp\OpenWithList key includes several values, one of which is Notepad .exe . Deleting the unwanted item in the OpenWithList key removes it from the Recommended Programs list . (Some items in the Recommended Programs and Open With lists appear as the result of values within the HCR\ filetype key and its subkeys . However, accidental additions to the lists, as described in the preceding section, are always made in the HKCU hive)." *This is the box which appears with the "Open with" program list in it and the "Other programs" beneath it. HTH. -- Jeff |
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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:50:27 +0800, wrote:
While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. In general: SHIFT-right-click on a item of that type, select "Open With"*» "Choose default program". In this particular case: Run Winzip, choose Options*» Configuration*» System. (My Winzip may be older than yours, so the menu may not be exactly the same, but I'll bet dollars to donuts there's still an option to let you reassociate Winzip with archives.) -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 06:35:13 -0400, Stan Brown
wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:50:27 +0800, wrote: While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. In general: SHIFT-right-click on a item of that type, select "Open With"*» "Choose default program". Didn't I say this yesterday? g Except I didn't say SHIFT right-click. That's because holding down the Shift key, which was necessary in older versions of Windows, is not necessary in Windows 7. |
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How to remove wrong entry in "open with" context menu?
On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:17:00 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 06:35:13 -0400, Stan Brown wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:50:27 +0800, wrote: While configuring the context menu "Open With" for a zip file, I input a wrong application for opening the zip file by default. Instead of clicking on "winzip64.exe" I clicked on "wzwipe32.exe". Now, how do I get rid of the wrong input? Please help if you know how. Thank you. In general: SHIFT-right-click on a item of that type, select "Open With"*» "Choose default program". Didn't I say this yesterday? g You may have done, but I didn't see it. Did you also suggest just running Winzip to let it repair the associations? Except I didn't say SHIFT right-click. That's because holding down the Shift key, which was necessary in older versions of Windows, is not necessary in Windows 7. By Jove, you're right! So many useful things in Win 7 require Shift- right-click that I've got out of the habit of doing a plain right- click. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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