I run both Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org on my computer, and often save files from OpenOffice.org in the .rtf format.

Previous versions of OpenOffice.org appeared on the "Open With..." menu for .rtf and .doc files, but since I upgraded to the latest version, it no longer appears there. I would very much like to add it to the menu, but nothng I try appears to work.

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Hav you tried this?

HOW TO: 
Specify the Program Used to Open Certain Types of Files in Windows XP

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Yeah, I know how to set OOo as the default program for these file types. What I want to do is keep Word as the default program, but allow OOo to be one of the other programs on the "open with..." menu.

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I, too have tried to solve this to no avail. It would be nice if someone knew the answer.


On Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 4:14 pm, Ed wrote:
>Yeah, I know how to set OOo as the default program for these file types. What I want
>to do is keep Word as the default program, but allow OOo to be one of the other programs
>on the "open with..." menu.

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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


On Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at 7:22 pm, MDavis wrote:
>I, too have tried to solve this to no avail. It would be nice if someone knew the
>answer.
>
>

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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
>
>

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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,
>
>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
>
>

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Hello,

there are at least two ways to do this.

The easier way 

Right click on a text file and select 'Open With' for example. You will see two applications, 
Notepad and Wordpad to open your file with. Click on 'Choose Program...'. Now you 
can select any additional program, for example 'Microsoft Word'. You have not to 
select 'Always use the selected program to open ..'. Click Ok. 

Again, right click on a text file and select 'Open With' for example. You will see 
Microsoft Word added to the context menu.

The long way

Open regedit and search for 'OpenWithList' in HKEY_CURRENT_USER. You will find some 
entries below 

	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts 

. Search further to 

	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.txt\OpenWithList

In there are these keys and values (registry export) 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.txt\OpenWithList]
"MRUList"="a"
"a"="NOTEPAD.EXE"

add a string value with name 'b' (not necessarily the next alphabetically 'free' 
character) and set its data to 'winword.exe' for example. Update value 'MRUList' 
to 'ab'. This value must contain all entries (not necessarily alphabetically contiguous) 
you wish to have in 'Open With'. 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.txt\OpenWithList]
"MRUList"="ab"
"a"="NOTEPAD.EXE"
"b"="winword.exe"

Again, right click on a text file and select 'Open With' for example. You will see 
Microsoft Word added to the programs.

Now add string value 'd' and set its data to 'edit.com' and value 'MRUList' to 'dab'.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.txt\OpenWithList]
"MRUList"="dab"
"a"="NOTEPAD.EXE"
"b"="winword.exe"
"d"="edit.com"

This will enable you to use good old ms-dos edit program :-)) 

One thing I did not come across is the way to affect the sequence of each entry in 
the context menu. It is possible for each entry except Wordpad, which I assume is 
included by registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.txt\OpenWithProgids. 
Play with the sequence of characters in value 'MRUList' 

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My suggestion is simple: use OpenExpert.
http://www.baxbex.com/ox2.html
That way you don't have to edit registry.
It is easy to use. Enjoy.

// Joni





On Monday, May 26, 2003 at 2:38 pm, Ed wrote:
>I run both Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org on my computer, and often save files 
>from OpenOffice.org in the .rtf format.
>

>Previous versions of OpenOffice.org appeared on the "Open With..." menu for .rtf 
>and .doc files, but since I upgraded to the latest version, it no longer appears 
>there. I would very much like to add it to the menu, but nothng I try appears to 
>work.

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Thanks very much for that, Markus. I don't know if it helped others, but it certainly helped me. Best exposition of the subject I've seen anywhere! jmc


On Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 3:40 am, markus wrote: [...]

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Thanks muchly for that, Joni! Brilliant little utility! Also discovered BaxBex's bxNewFolder for adding a 'New Folder' icon to the Explorer toolbar, solving what has always seemed to me to be Windows biggest annoyance (www.baxbex.com/products.html) jmc


On Friday, January 30, 2004 at 7:21 am, Joni wrote:
>
>My suggestion is simple: use OpenExpert.
>http://www.baxbex.com/ox2.html
>That way you don't have to edit registry.
>It is easy to use. Enjoy.
>
>// Joni
>

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The modifying registry option didn't work for me... :(
I ran thru the registry instructions markus gave, but as soon as I double-click the 
doc file, OpenOffice starts up and the registry settings I changed was modified.

What I think is happening is, when OpenOffice was first installed, it asked whether 
you want it to be the default program to open Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint files. 
Some of us chose 'Yes', and that's why this is happening.

After reading the OpenOffice Help files, it recommended to run OpenOffice Setup > 
Modify, to disable such file associations. For details of the steps, see OpenOffice 
> Help > Content > File Association > For Microsoft Office.

The Setup file should be sitting in Program Files > OpenOffice > ... It is different 
from the one you used to install OpenOffice ~ weird...

Hope this works for you!






On Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 2:18 pm, John Miller Crawford wrote:

>Thanks muchly for that, Joni! Brilliant little utility!

>

>Also discovered BaxBex's bxNewFolder for adding a 'New Folder' icon to the Explorer 

>toolbar, solving what has always seemed to me to be Windows biggest annoyance (www.baxbex.com/products.html)

>

>jmc

>

> 

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And how to do this on a Citrix Terminal Server so that it applies to all users ??


On Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 2:00 pm, John Miller Crawford wrote:
>Thanks very much for that, Markus. I don't know if it helped others, but it certainly
>helped me. Best exposition of the subject I've seen anywhere!
>
>jmc
>
>

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thanks for this tip. it worked like a charm.


On Friday, January 30, 2004 at 7:21 am, Joni wrote:
>
>
>My suggestion is simple: use OpenExpert.
>http://www.baxbex.com/ox2.html
>That way you don't have to edit registry.
>It is easy to use. Enjoy.
>
>// Joni
>

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Sir Please let me have the answer to the query mentioned below:


On Monday, May 26, 2003 at 2:38 pm, Ed wrote:
>I run both Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org on my computer, and often save files
>from OpenOffice.org in the .rtf format.
>

>Previous versions of OpenOffice.org appeared on the "Open With..." menu for .rtf
>and .doc files, but since I upgraded to the latest version, it no longer appears
>there. I would very much like to add it to the menu, but nothng I try appears to
>work.

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