Open With Programs not working!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 12:31 am
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Posted by RayJay
(8 messages posted)
Hi all,
I have a file with a non-windows extension (.LUP to be precise) which doesn't have
an associated Windows-specific program. I have got a program called HexEdit (simple
Hex and ASCII editor) which I didn't install (since it came from a colleague in a
folder with just the .exe and files needed to run the program) and so Windows didn't
populate the "Open With" programs menu with the program.
When I try to add it (by Browsing for the .exe in the "Open With" menu) I click on
the .exe, and click "OK" yet it doesn't get added to the list.
I then tried to add the shortcut to the program to this list, but then I get the
error message "[This program] is not a valid Win32 application".
I've added the shortcut to the Programs folder in the Start Menu, yet still to no
avail.
So my 2 questions are:
1) How can I get rid of the shortcut which has now appeared in the "Open With" programs
menu?
and 2) Is there a way to get this .exe file to appear in this list (possibly by some
Registry hack) without installing any 3rd-party programs (since IT at the company
I work at gets really shirty about that sort of thing)?
Thanks in advance,
RayJay.
(P.S.) I'm running Windows XP Pro, SP2.
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