controlling "open with" options

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Dave

When you right click on a Desktop item in either
Windows XP or ME, you get a pop up box with mutlitple
choices including "Open With". Is there anyway to control
the options in the first box as well as the "Open With"
options? I have way too many in both. I need an answer for
both ME and XP. Thanks.
 
Dave,

Clear OpenWith List
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/OpenWithClear.exe

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Ramesh
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When you right click on a Desktop item in either
Windows XP or ME, you get a pop up box with mutlitple
choices including "Open With". Is there anyway to control
the options in the first box as well as the "Open With"
options? I have way too many in both. I need an answer for
both ME and XP. Thanks.
 
More useful may be for you to download OpenExpert at
http://www.baxbex.com/openexpert.html , which is a free
(for home use) shell extension that has never given me a
glitch.

Here is an example of how it works: Say you have
an .html document and have IE set as default. If you
click on it, it will naturally open in IE. But with
OpenExpert, you right-click over the document, and have
an "Open With" menu that you select programs from to open
the document. In this example, the menu might include an
alternate browser, NotePad, a high-end HTML editor,
WINWORD, and whatver else you set that would be useful to
you.
 
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