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How to Remove Items from the &quo= t;Open With" Menu

When you right click certain files, you'll see a selection to "open with," and when you click it, you'll see a list of programs to choose from. You can remove some= of the applications from this list if you will never use them to open this typ= e of file, or you can clear the list completely, by editing the registry.

  1. Open your favorite registry editor.
  2. Go to the following key: HKEY CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex= plorer\FileExts
  3. Scroll down the list of file extensions to the one for which you want to edit or clear the list.
  4. Click the + to expand OpenWi= thList
  5. In the right pane, you should see a list of progr= ams (for example, Word.exe, notepad.exe, etc.).
  6. Click the one(s) you want to remove. Press the De= lete key.

I= f this doesn't remove the program(s) you want to remove, go to: HKEY CLASSES ROOT,= scroll to the desired file extension, click OpenWithList, and remove the program there (the setti= ngs under HKEY CURRENT USER apply only when your user account is logged on. The ones under HKEY CLASSES ROOT apply to all users).