Open with dialog box

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Dennis Strong

I seem to have duplicate entries in the dialog box that
appears when I right-click a file and select the Open
with... Choose program option. I am assuming that somehow
something in the Registry has duplicate entries, but I am
unable to find where to look. The books I have about
Windows 2000 Registry make no mention of such a thing or
how this list of programs is generated. Is there a way to
keep this list from containing duplicate entries for the
same program?
 
What happens if you logon as a new user?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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| I seem to have duplicate entries in the dialog box that
| appears when I right-click a file and select the Open
| with... Choose program option. I am assuming that somehow
| something in the Registry has duplicate entries, but I am
| unable to find where to look. The books I have about
| Windows 2000 Registry make no mention of such a thing or
| how this list of programs is generated. Is there a way to
| keep this list from containing duplicate entries for the
| same program?
 
I am the only user on this computer. I am wondering if
somehow this program got added to some list multiple time
while upgrading itselt. The program is Musicmatch Jukebox.
 
In said:
I am the only user on this computer. I am wondering if
somehow this program got added to some list multiple time
while upgrading itselt. The program is Musicmatch Jukebox.
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He asked you to try another account (a New/Other Profile) as a
diagnostic measure...


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

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| I seem to have duplicate entries in the dialog box that
| appears when I right-click a file and select the Open
| with... Choose program option. I am assuming that somehow
| something in the Registry has duplicate entries, but I am
| unable to find where to look. The books I have about
| Windows 2000 Registry make no mention of such a thing or
| how this list of programs is generated. Is there a way to
| keep this list from containing duplicate entries for the
| same program?


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I wouldnt worry about, you can do more harm then good trying to fix
something such as this.

here is some info thoiugh:

320033 HOW TO: Change File Associations in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320033

133217 How to Create Multiple Associations for One File Extension
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=133217

258860 How to Remove Programs from the "Open With" List
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258860

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