How do you delete items from 'Open with' list?

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The Old Fart

When you right click on an application you often have the 'Open With'
options to either use or add to the list. How do I delete the programs
from this list that no longer apply?
 
Why do you need to? They may apply again at some future time. What you
contemplating seems a complete waste of time and effort.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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The Old Fart wrote:
> When you right click on an application you often have the 'Open With'
> options to either use or add to the list. How do I delete the
> programs from this list that no longer apply?
 
Gerry wrote:
> Why do you need to? They may apply again at some future time. What you
> contemplating seems a complete waste of time and effort.
>
It's not a waste of time if some were entered incorrectly to start with
or if you no longer have that program on your machine.
 
See if any of this helps:

Registering a program with the "Open With" dialog:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm

Working with Context Menus, Open-with and Send To menu
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context.htm

Excluding an Application from the Open With Dialog Box
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969346.aspx

....Alan
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:17:16 +0900, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, The Old Fart
<theoldfart2@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>When you right click on an application you often have the 'Open With'
>options to either use or add to the list. How do I delete the programs
> from this list that no longer apply?
 
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