

You can name entries all the way down to the letter z but after that, I’m not sure. Each option will appear in the Open With list in alphabetical order according to the entry name that the application is attached to in the registry.įor example, if I want Firefox to be on the top of the list, I would rename it’s entry to A and name all other entries after it b, c, d, etc.

But what we want to look at is the Data line. Each entry contains a generic letter for its name. In the OpenWithList key look at the entries in the right window pane. txt location would be FileExts.txtOpenWithList. The data we’re looking for is in the OpenWithList key of the file type. This process is going to take a little bit of manual labor as you’ll have to do each file type that you want to modify individually.ģ. This view displays the path where all of your file types are listed. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion ExplorerFileExts Browse through the Registry Editor to the following key: Click the Windows Start Menu Orb and then Type in regedit.Ģ. How To Remove “Open With” Context Menu Options From Windows 7ġ. I suggest that you make a backup of the registry before you begin modifying it, just in case something goes haywire. Note that this How-To will involve extensive changes to the Windows registry. Let’s go in and see if we can remove some of these crummy application choices from the list of options.

The problem is that some of the recommendations would make absolutely terrible choices for opening up the file!įor instance take the example below I’m sure I will NEVER use visual studio or the VAIO Control Center to open up a simple txt file, but that is what Windows suggests. The “open with” menu in Windows 7 displays an auto-generated list of recommended applications for opening files some of them are good.
