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Need "open with" in right click context menu
Many centuries ago I once knew (due to the graciousness of a poster in a
forum such as this), a way to add the "open with" so it appears any time you right click on a file. It's been so long since I've need that info I've forgotten how to do it. Can anyone provide that procedure - I'm thinking it was a registry edit but I just can't remember. TIA! |
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Hi jackson,
Here is an example based on something simple, Notepad. Go to c:\windows folder, right click on Notepad, then Copy, then under the Windows Tree you will find a folder called 'Send To'. Paste Notepad in there and voila, its now on your right click menu. regards Jane "jackson" wrote in message ... Many centuries ago I once knew (due to the graciousness of a poster in a forum such as this), a way to add the "open with" so it appears any time you right click on a file. It's been so long since I've need that info I've forgotten how to do it. Can anyone provide that procedure - I'm thinking it was a registry edit but I just can't remember. TIA! |
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That's not what he's talking about, Jane. (Note: This doesn't apply to
WinXP, which already has an almost permanent Open With menu.) When a file has a defined association (filetype), the right-click Context Menu doesn't show the Open With menu. You can add things to the Context menu--say, three types of text editors for TXT files--or use your Send To trick, but if you want to use an application for a pre-associated file that isn't permanently listed in the Context Menu (or Send To sub-menu), you have to hold down the Shift key while right-clicking to force the Open With menu. What the OP wants is to always have the Open With menu available. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "jane" wrote in message ... Hi jackson, Here is an example based on something simple, Notepad. Go to c:\windows folder, right click on Notepad, then Copy, then under the Windows Tree you will find a folder called 'Send To'. Paste Notepad in there and voila, its now on your right click menu. regards Jane "jackson" wrote in message ... Many centuries ago I once knew (due to the graciousness of a poster in a forum such as this), a way to add the "open with" so it appears any time you right click on a file. It's been so long since I've need that info I've forgotten how to do it. Can anyone provide that procedure - I'm thinking it was a registry edit but I just can't remember. TIA! |
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Ahhhhhhhh, now I see.
Bugger, I actually thought I'd helped someone, oh well. regards Jane "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... That's not what he's talking about, Jane. (Note: This doesn't apply to WinXP, which already has an almost permanent Open With menu.) When a file has a defined association (filetype), the right-click Context Menu doesn't show the Open With menu. You can add things to the Context menu--say, three types of text editors for TXT files--or use your Send To trick, but if you want to use an application for a pre-associated file that isn't permanently listed in the Context Menu (or Send To sub-menu), you have to hold down the Shift key while right-clicking to force the Open With menu. What the OP wants is to always have the Open With menu available. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "jane" wrote in message ... Hi jackson, Here is an example based on something simple, Notepad. Go to c:\windows folder, right click on Notepad, then Copy, then under the Windows Tree you will find a folder called 'Send To'. Paste Notepad in there and voila, its now on your right click menu. regards Jane "jackson" wrote in message ... Many centuries ago I once knew (due to the graciousness of a poster in a forum such as this), a way to add the "open with" so it appears any time you right click on a file. It's been so long since I've need that info I've forgotten how to do it. Can anyone provide that procedure - I'm thinking it was a registry edit but I just can't remember. TIA! |
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I forget, for the moment, how to do that, but here's a little app I'd
try, if I was in the market. If you do try it, please give us a report, OK? http://www.baxbex.com/openexpert.html -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "jackson" wrote in message ... Many centuries ago I once knew (due to the graciousness of a poster in a forum such as this), a way to add the "open with" so it appears any time you right click on a file. It's been so long since I've need that info I've forgotten how to do it. Can anyone provide that procedure - I'm thinking it was a registry edit but I just can't remember. TIA! |
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Gary S. Terhune wrote:
I forget, for the moment, how to do that, but here's a little app I'd try, if I was in the market. If you do try it, please give us a report, OK? http://www.baxbex.com/openexpert.html Seems no takers, so I tried it. It does what it says I suppose, but you would have to configure the list of applications that you want to use to open a file with. I can't imagine it being easier than highlighting the file by clicking it once, then holding the shift key and right-clicking, unless you have an extraordinary amount of files you need that for everyday. The registry edit that Luke posted (http://www.activewin.com/tips/reg/menus_2.shtml) does work, the drawback being that it only shows up on "unknown" files, so for a file that you already have associated with a program, you would still need to use the hold shift & right-click method. Perhaps there is a way to add it to the registry so that it always shows up, if anybody wants to play around with it. Here is the registry entry created: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\shell\openas\command with this as the value: C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1 MM |
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 06:59:21 -0600, "Mostly Me (MM)"
wrote: [snip] The registry edit that Luke posted (http://www.activewin.com/tips/reg/menus_2.shtml) does work, the drawback being that it only shows up on "unknown" files, so for a file that you already have associated with a program, you would still need to use the hold shift & right-click method. [snip] I found some time to play with this. For the little it's worth, for me the reg edit I found a-googling _does_ give an Open With command on the right click context menu on files with associations. That edit in HKCR and dadiOH's identical edit in HKLM both put the new keys and value in both branches. I suppose anyone who understands the registry would know this :-). Changing the value of "%1" to "%0" did not work, for me, to default "Always use this program to open this type of file" to unchecked. Drats! I'll stick with Shift | Right Click. -- Luke |
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On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:42:25 -0500, "jackson"
wrote: Many centuries ago I once knew (due to the graciousness of a poster in a forum such as this), a way to add the "open with" so it appears any time you right click on a file. It's been so long since I've need that info I've forgotten how to do it. Can anyone provide that procedure - I'm thinking it was a registry edit but I just can't remember. Shift | Right Click will give you Open With in the context menu on a case by case basis. This site I found it with a Google search on "add open with right click context menu" has a registry edit it says will add Open With permanently. I haven't tried the hack so offer it as-is: http://www.activewin.com/tips/reg/menus_2.shtml -- Luke |
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"Luke" blathered something like this: Many centuries ago I once knew (due to the graciousness of a poster in a forum such as this), a way to add the "open with" so it appears any time you right click on a file. It's been so long since I've need that info I've forgotten how to do it. Can anyone provide that procedure - I'm thinking it was a registry edit but I just can't remember. Shift | Right Click will give you Open With in the context menu on a case by case basis. This site I found it with a Google search on "add open with right click context menu" has a registry edit it says will add Open With permanently. I haven't tried the hack so offer it as-is: http://www.activewin.com/tips/reg/menus_2.shtml -- Luke YES! That is exactly what I'm looking for! Thanx! I'm sure that data in my brain was overwritten with something to do with XP! Thanx again. |
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Luke wrote:
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:42:25 -0500, "jackson" wrote: Many centuries ago I once knew (due to the graciousness of a poster in a forum such as this), a way to add the "open with" so it appears any time you right click on a file. It's been so long since I've need that info I've forgotten how to do it. Can anyone provide that procedure - I'm thinking it was a registry edit but I just can't remember. Shift | Right Click will give you Open With in the context menu on a case by case basis. This site I found it with a Google search on "add open with right click context menu" has a registry edit it says will add Open With permanently. I haven't tried the hack so offer it as-is: http://www.activewin.com/tips/reg/menus_2.shtml Didn't work for me, and the instructions couldn't be literally followed regarding copying the value, although you can still do it. Note: there is this statement in the registry tips contents page ( http://www.activewin.com/tips/reg/ ): "Note: All the tips are labeled properly so that nothing will go wrong." What a relief. |
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