"Choose Program.." opens Notepead always

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.

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 he

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.../q306/5/51.asp

Troubleshooting Open With
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_o.htm#openwith
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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.