Open With doesn't list a browsed program.

Hi all. I was wondering if I could get help on this certain problem.

When I right click on a file, Open withChoose Program, a list comes up of
available programs to use. When I click on Browse and find the program that
I want to use, and click Open, that particular program doesn't appear on the
Open With screen. In the past the program that I browsed, used to appear
under Other Programs, and I would be able to open my file with that program.
Has something got corrupted in my registry? Why am I unable to get any
program appear on the screen so I can choose it and open the file with that
program?

Please help out. Thanks in advance.
Gino

HTF would anyone know? Did you list the steps you took, NO.

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Hi all. I was wondering if I could get help on this certain problem.
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When I right click on a file, Open withChoose Program, a list comes =
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available programs to use. When I click on Browse and find the program =
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I want to use, and click Open, that particular program doesn't appear =
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Open With screen. In the past the program that I browsed, used to =
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under Other Programs, and I would be able to open my file with that =
program.
Has something got corrupted in my registry? Why am I unable to get any =

program appear on the screen so I can choose it and open the file with =
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program?
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Please help out. Thanks in advance.
Gino
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- 781 wrote:
Hi all. I was wondering if I could get help on this certain problem.

When I right click on a file, Open withChoose Program, a list comes
up of available programs to use. When I click on Browse and find the
program that I want to use, and click Open, that particular program
doesn't appear on the Open With screen. In the past the program that
I browsed, used to appear under Other Programs, and I would be able
to open my file with that program. Has something got corrupted in my
registry? Why am I unable to get any program appear on the screen so
I can choose it and open the file with that program?

Please help out. Thanks in advance.
Gino

Before you opened that file with your desired program did you first put a
checkmark in the square for "always use this program for this type file"?
If you didn't, that program wouldn't appear as one of your choices in the
future. It would be a one-time open with that program and default back the
next time to the original program.

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B-58 Hustler History: http://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
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How specific can I be?
I listed the steps that have always worked for me before and what I've done,
but here it goes again.

1. I want to open an .avi file with BSPlayer Pro and not Media Player as
it's the default program to play movies.
2. I Right click, Choose Open With, Clicked Browse(because it's not listed
in the Open With Screen) and choose the program from Program Files/BSPlayer
Pro.

Now in the past, when I chose the program, the browse screen would close and
the program would appear in the Other Programs section of Open With screen.
Now it doesn't appear in that section.

I am thinking it's a registry problem.
Gino


"David Candy" . wrote in message
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That's not true for Win ME or Win XP

If someone ever posts a proper question on this topic I might answer as I
suspect I know the cause.But not one person has ever posted a proper problem
description.
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"Alan Edwards" wrote in message
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Programs don't appear unless they have an association with a valid
Open action.
Try using Explorer-Tools-Folder Options-File Types to create an
association for the file type you are concerned with.

...Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html


On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:28:19 -0700, " - 781"
wrote:

Hi all. I was wondering if I could get help on this certain problem.

When I right click on a file, Open withChoose Program, a list comes up of
available programs to use. When I click on Browse and find the program
that
I want to use, and click Open, that particular program doesn't appear on
the
Open With screen. In the past the program that I browsed, used to appear
under Other Programs, and I would be able to open my file with that
program.
Has something got corrupted in my registry? Why am I unable to get any
program appear on the screen so I can choose it and open the file with
that
program?

Please help out. Thanks in advance.
Gino

Putting a checkmark doesn't help the issue, since the desired program is not
listed in Open With screen, and the desired program doesn't appear in the
Open With screen even when I browse it and choose it. It used to appear
after browsing for it in the past.
Gino


"Darrell S" wrote in message
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- 781 wrote:
Hi all. I was wondering if I could get help on this certain problem.

When I right click on a file, Open withChoose Program, a list comes
up of available programs to use. When I click on Browse and find the
program that I want to use, and click Open, that particular program
doesn't appear on the Open With screen. In the past the program that
I browsed, used to appear under Other Programs, and I would be able
to open my file with that program. Has something got corrupted in my
registry? Why am I unable to get any program appear on the screen so
I can choose it and open the file with that program?

Please help out. Thanks in advance.
Gino

Before you opened that file with your desired program did you first put a
checkmark in the square for "always use this program for this type file"?
If you didn't, that program wouldn't appear as one of your choices in the
future. It would be a one-time open with that program and default back
the next time to the original program.

--

Darrell R. Schmidt
B-58 Hustler History: http://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
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Now we are getting somewhere. It's an AVI file. I'm not familar with =
BSPlayer but I suspect I know why (esp for multimedia files which is why =
I kept asking for full details).

I'm familar with MPlayer so you have to test this hypothsis against the =
specifics of your program.

If one wanted to change a file from WMPlayer to MPlayer2 (2 of the 3 =
media players in XP) then in XP there is an additional registry key that =
lists what formats a program supports. If not listed (as most programs =
don't - but MS multimedia programs are) then you can open any file with =
the program. But if listed only those files listed can be assigned to =
the program.

For WMPlayer (Windows Media Player) the key is at
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wmplayer.exe\Suppor tedTypes

Only those extensions listed here can have WMPlayer on the Open With =
menu. I would imagine BSPlayer is similar and would be something like =
this
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\BSPlayer.exe\Suppor tedTypes


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" - 781" wrote in message =
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How specific can I be?
I listed the steps that have always worked for me before and what I've =
done,=20
but here it goes again.
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1. I want to open an .avi file with BSPlayer Pro and not Media Player =
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it's the default program to play movies.
2. I Right click, Choose Open With, Clicked Browse(because it's not =
listed=20
in the Open With Screen) and choose the program from Program =
Files/BSPlayer=20
Pro.
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Now in the past, when I chose the program, the browse screen would =
close and=20
the program would appear in the Other Programs section of Open With =
screen.
Now it doesn't appear in that section.
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I am thinking it's a registry problem.
Gino
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"David Candy" . wrote in message=20
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That's not true for Win ME or Win XP
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If someone ever posts a proper question on this topic I might answer =
as I=20
suspect I know the cause.But not one person has ever posted a proper =
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description.
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"Alan Edwards" wrote in message=20
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Programs don't appear unless they have an association with a valid
Open action.
Try using Explorer-Tools-Folder Options-File Types to create an
association for the file type you are concerned with.

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html


On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:28:19 -0700, " - 781"
wrote:

Hi all. I was wondering if I could get help on this certain problem.

When I right click on a file, Open withChoose Program, a list comes =
up of
available programs to use. When I click on Browse and find the =
program=20
that
I want to use, and click Open, that particular program doesn't appear =
on=20
the
Open With screen. In the past the program that I browsed, used to =
appear
under Other Programs, and I would be able to open my file with that=20
program.
Has something got corrupted in my registry? Why am I unable to get =
any
program appear on the screen so I can choose it and open the file =
with=20
that
program?

Please help out. Thanks in advance.
Gino

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You may try to test this on your pc and it should be the same as it was on
mine.
If you try to open a JPG file by doing these steps: 1. Select file: Right
ClickOpen WithChoose Program: Click on Browse, and find Notepad.exe. Now
Notepad.exe, if it wasn't listed in the OPEN WITH screen when you clicked on
Choose Program, should be listed in the Other Programs section. Even though
Notepad would not open JPG file, it would just show garbage, it would still
attempt to open it. My issue is that I am unable to select any kind of
program, besides BSPlayer to appear in the OPEN WITH screen even after I
browse for it.
Here is another example.
I have installed GSPOT which shows the information of video files.
It is not listed in Open With, so I click on Choose Program. A screen pops
up(OPEN WITH) and shows available programs. GSPOT isn't listed there, so I
click on Browse and search for the executable file. I click on and choose
OPEN. Now in the past, when I chose OPEN, GSPOT would be listed in the Other
Programs section together with all my installed programs. It doesn't get
listed in there anymore. Thus I am unable to choose this particular program.
I have been thinking that maybe there are specific number of programs that
can be listed in the OPEN WITH screen(Not in the right click menu, but when
the OPEN WITH screen pops up.) And when I reach that number, no other
programs would show up on the OPEN WITH screen. If this is the case, how can
I eliminate some programs that are listed in the OPEN WITH screen so I can
have the ones that I want.
Hope this cleared some things out.
Gino


"David Candy" . wrote in message
...
Now we are getting somewhere. It's an AVI file. I'm not familar with
BSPlayer but I suspect I know why (esp for multimedia files which is why I
kept asking for full details).

I'm familar with MPlayer so you have to test this hypothsis against the
specifics of your program.

If one wanted to change a file from WMPlayer to MPlayer2 (2 of the 3 media
players in XP) then in XP there is an additional registry key that lists
what formats a program supports. If not listed (as most programs don't - but
MS multimedia programs are) then you can open any file with the program. But
if listed only those files listed can be assigned to the program.

For WMPlayer (Windows Media Player) the key is at
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wmplayer.exe\Suppor tedTypes

Only those extensions listed here can have WMPlayer on the Open With menu. I
would imagine BSPlayer is similar and would be something like this
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\BSPlayer.exe\Suppor tedTypes


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" - 781" wrote in message
...
How specific can I be?
I listed the steps that have always worked for me before and what I've
done,
but here it goes again.

1. I want to open an .avi file with BSPlayer Pro and not Media Player as
it's the default program to play movies.
2. I Right click, Choose Open With, Clicked Browse(because it's not listed
in the Open With Screen) and choose the program from Program
Files/BSPlayer
Pro.

Now in the past, when I chose the program, the browse screen would close
and
the program would appear in the Other Programs section of Open With
screen.
Now it doesn't appear in that section.

I am thinking it's a registry problem.
Gino


"David Candy" . wrote in message
...
That's not true for Win ME or Win XP

If someone ever posts a proper question on this topic I might answer as I
suspect I know the cause.But not one person has ever posted a proper
problem
description.
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http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/...nt/001075.html
=================================================
"Alan Edwards" wrote in message
...
Programs don't appear unless they have an association with a valid
Open action.
Try using Explorer-Tools-Folder Options-File Types to create an
association for the file type you are concerned with.

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html


On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:28:19 -0700, " - 781"
wrote:

Hi all. I was wondering if I could get help on this certain problem.

When I right click on a file, Open withChoose Program, a list comes up
of
available programs to use. When I click on Browse and find the program
that
I want to use, and click Open, that particular program doesn't appear on
the
Open With screen. In the past the program that I browsed, used to appear
under Other Programs, and I would be able to open my file with that
program.
Has something got corrupted in my registry? Why am I unable to get any
program appear on the screen so I can choose it and open the file with
that
program?

Please help out. Thanks in advance.
Gino