Guest clovelly Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 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 Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 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 ------------------------- 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. ------------------------ 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 -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "clovelly" <clovelly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B03DF918-535A-414B-B3F6-DF8A7A9292DE@microsoft.com... > 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.
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