Want to remove unwanted "Open with" program options

[Rajesh4mLA]

Hi, I want to remove the unwanted programs shown by windows explorer when i right click on a file & select "Open with" option. Its quite annoying to see a list of programs which i never use & windows offers me those programs to open a perticular file. is there any way that we can edit that "Open With" programs list & select the programs we want?

[AFFAN]

Open With list presents only those programs that you'll want to use. But if the list contains programs that you never want to use, you can remove them with a simple registry edit.

Just these steps:

1. Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts.
3. Double-click the key associated with the file extension of the file type whose Open With list you want to modify.
4. When that key opens, double-click the OpenWithList key.
5. Delete the value associated with the program that you want to remove from the list.

Note: Editing the registry is risky, so be sure you have a verified backup before making any changes.

Source: techrepublic.com

[Rajesh4mLA]

Thanks for the reply Affan!
I will definately follow this.