clearing "open with" recommended program list

[Guest clovelly]

If I choose an document (e.g. foobar.pdf) which is associated with acrobat.

I want to open it with an editor (e.g. verypdf.exe). If verypdf.exe is not

in the recommended programs, I can choose other programs. If it is not in

other programs I can choose to browse to Program Files and add that program

to the list, then associated it within the recommended program list.

However, if I later find that verypdf.exe is not the right program, how do I

remove it from the recommended program list when I select "open with" from a

right click.

[Guest Newbie Coder]

Re: clearing "open with" recommended program list

 

Clovelly,

 

START | RUN | Type 'regedit' (without quotes) & press ENTER

 

Press CTRL + F (FIND) & type in 'verypdf.exe' (without quotes) & press ENTER to find it in

the registry. You are looking for the entry under Shell\Open. Press F3 to 'Find Next'...

 

Close the registry editor

 

Always remember to backup your registry before making any changes

 

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Another way if you have Spybot installed is this:

 

Open Spybot | MODE menu | ADVANCED | SETTINGS tab | SETTINGS & tick the 'TRACKS.UTI' at

the bottom of the list

 

Run a scan & you will see the entries appear in green. One of those green entries will be

the open with list for Acrobat Reader.

 

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To put the program back to the default application:

 

Open a folder | Tools menu | Folder Options | File Types tab | Scroll to the pdf entry |

click Change & locate the Acrobat application or click the Advanced button, edit the OPEN

verb & type this exactly as shown (with quotes):

 

"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" "%1"

 

The above shows Acrobat 7 Professional (Writer) not the reader, but you will need to

change yours to the reader version instead

 

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"clovelly" <clovelly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> If I choose an document (e.g. foobar.pdf) which is associated with acrobat.

> I want to open it with an editor (e.g. verypdf.exe). If verypdf.exe is not

> in the recommended programs, I can choose other programs. If it is not in

> other programs I can choose to browse to Program Files and add that program

> to the list, then associated it within the recommended program list.

> However, if I later find that verypdf.exe is not the right program, how do I

> remove it from the recommended program list when I select "open with" from a

> right click.