"open with" menu problem - THE CURE

  • Thread starter Thread starter Uncle Grumpy
  • Start date Start date
U

Uncle Grumpy

A month or so ago, I mentioned that I was having a problem with the
right-click "open with" menu only listing 3 items and no more -
regardless of the type of file I was trying to open - just white space
where the additional choices should have been listed. No fix could be
found, tho' a couple of MVPs tried valiantly to help.

Well, quite by accident I found the fix.

I recently went into the registry and deleted all the crap Winzip and
a host of other programs had added to that menu - VOILA!!!

That menu now works as it should.
 
Good for you Grumpy. You know that's one you'll never forget. Come to
think of it, I had that same problem a few years ago--and I just lived with
it. <g>

--
HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
www.aumha.org
Practically Nerded,...
http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

"Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:jkfq93hus6vv3bibho8hi87h5rhb7gl0qg@4ax.com...
|A month or so ago, I mentioned that I was having a problem with the
| right-click "open with" menu only listing 3 items and no more -
| regardless of the type of file I was trying to open - just white space
| where the additional choices should have been listed. No fix could be
| found, tho' a couple of MVPs tried valiantly to help.
|
| Well, quite by accident I found the fix.
|
| I recently went into the registry and deleted all the crap Winzip and
| a host of other programs had added to that menu - VOILA!!!
|
| That menu now works as it should.
 
Uncle,

It's not that difficult to go into the registry and find the correct keys to
delete

Nice to know you actually managed to help someone hahaha


"Curt Christianson" wrote:

> Good for you Grumpy. You know that's one you'll never forget. Come to
> think of it, I had that same problem a few years ago--and I just lived with
> it. <g>
>
> --
> HTH,
> Curt
>
> Windows Support Center
> www.aumha.org
> Practically Nerded,...
> http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm
>
> "Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message
> news:jkfq93hus6vv3bibho8hi87h5rhb7gl0qg@4ax.com...
> |A month or so ago, I mentioned that I was having a problem with the
> | right-click "open with" menu only listing 3 items and no more -
> | regardless of the type of file I was trying to open - just white space
> | where the additional choices should have been listed. No fix could be
> | found, tho' a couple of MVPs tried valiantly to help.
> |
> | Well, quite by accident I found the fix.
> |
> | I recently went into the registry and deleted all the crap Winzip and
> | a host of other programs had added to that menu - VOILA!!!
> |
> | That menu now works as it should.
>
>
>
 
Uncle Curt <Uncle Curt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Uncle,
>
>It's not that difficult to go into the registry and find the correct keys to
>delete

Been there, done that, know that.

But I was merely cleaning up the menu and luckily that resulted in my
"problem" being fixed as well.
 
Back
Top