re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' Friday, July 4, 2003 at 12:38 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by md (7 messages posted) Hey, thanks very much. I am out of the country right now and far away from my computer but as soon as I return from the land of internet points to the US of A I will try your suggestion and see what happens. Thanks again. On Friday, July 4, 2003 at 7:14 am, Rat wrote: >regedit, > >Search hkey_users for OpenWithList , > >If, for example, you wish to update a .doc extension to open with gvim then: > > >find openwithlist key under hkey_users\....\FileExts\.doc , > >inside this folder you add a string key with the next alphabetical sequence, update >MRUlist with the sequence and exit. As long as 'gvim' is in the 'path' variable for >your system you should see the inclusion in the open with list when you right click >on a .doc file and selecting 'gvim' should open it for you > >Regards > >Paul C > > Written in response to: re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (Rat: Friday, July 4, 2003 at 7:14 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (Ed: Mon, May 26, 2003, 2:38 pm) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Mon, May 26, 2003, 3:08 pm) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (Ed: Tue, May 27, 2003, 4:14 pm) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (md: Wed, Jun 4, 2003, 7:22 pm) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (Rat: Fri, Jul 4, 2003, 7:14 am) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (md: Fri, Jul 4, 2003, 12:38 pm) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (md: Tue, Jul 8, 2003, 9:21 am) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (markus: Tue, Jul 29, 2003, 3:40 am) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (John Miller Crawford: Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 2:00 pm) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (Thomas Hansen: Thu, Oct 26, 2006, 2:15 am) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (Joni: Fri, Jan 30, 2004, 7:21 am) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (John Miller Crawford: Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 2:18 pm) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (Frederick Tang: Thu, Aug 18, 2005, 6:29 pm) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (magda: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 8:26 am) re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?' (chssastry: Mon, Jun 16, 2008, 4:24 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum