re: How do I add programs to the ''Open With'' list?'
Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at 9:21 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by md
(7 messages posted)
I don't suppose you could walk me through this a little more slowly, could you? I
am back in my office and looking at things, your information is just slightly too
advanced for me. The program I want to add is windows explorer (not internet explorer,
even though I understand they are both basically the same, because when I try to
open the particular files with internet explorer, it gives me a threatening message;
when I try the windows explorer, it works fine. The problem, obviously, is that I
want to avoid browsing and choosing it each time.) If you could tell me what I type
in for windows explorer, and what you mean by "update MRUlist" and, additionally,
what you mean by alphabetically (do you mean that literally, or...?), I could probably
do this. Thanks for your tolerance.
On Friday, July 4, 2003 at 7:14 am, Rat wrote:
>regedit,
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>Search hkey_users for OpenWithList ,
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>If, for example, you wish to update a .doc extension to open with gvim then:
>
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>find openwithlist key under hkey_users\....\FileExts\.doc ,
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>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
>
>
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