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First of all I would like to thank this site for it has solved most of my problems 
in the past. I have been getting information here all along when problems occured 
to me, but it seems that this time I can find no topics that would help me in my 
present problem.

Ok, here's the thing..
When I right click a certain mp3 file, or video file, and go to the open with, there 
comes a list of programs which are as follows:

RealPlayer
Windows Media Player
Quicktime Player
RealPlayer

...wait, whoa, there are two entries for RealPlayer. Now that isn't right. I decide 
to check them and see if the file does open with RealPlayer on both entries, and 
yes, it does. But why are there two anyway? Is there anyway to delete the other entry 
and just make one entry for the player?

Ok, so I decided to further my checking by going to the open with > choose program.. 
This is what I got:

Recommended Programs:
(The ones I have mentioned above)

Other Programs:
(Notepad, Wordpad, Paint, RealPlayer, Windows, Picture and Fax Viewer, Etc.)

..Wait, again something isn't right. Another RealPlayer entry below, and this time 
it isn't with a proper icon (the above entries have their proper thumb icons).. I 
chose to open the file with this program to check if it opens properly on RealPlayer 
too only to find a message that says C:\Music\file.mp3 is not a valid win32 application.

I have tried to find solutions to these but unfortunately they didn't change a thing.
I have tried uninstalling RealPlayer. The two entries on the recommended programs 
did not appear, however the entry on the other programs group was still there.
I reinstalled the player and found that everything was also back there again (specifically 
the double entries).

I guess my question is, how can I delete duplicate entries on the open with list? 
And how do I delete entries which I don't which I don't want to appear in the open 
with list?

Hope you guys would be able to help me out.
Thanks in advance..

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