At 11:46 AM 10/4/01 -0400, Harold B. wrote the following: >I know about that highlight and again tried it with no results. I have >everything >on the resulting menu *except* the Open With option. It's no big deal as I >never >use it, but I'm sure curious to know what happened to it (I know what >happened to >it; it disappeared). Question is, why and can it be retrieved without a full >restore, which I'm not about to do.
Open and Open with commands To restore "Open" and "Open with..." command to all the right-click file context menus, you need to have this Registry key. WARNING -- WARNING -- WARNING - Always make a backup of your registry first. Start Regedit and go to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command In the right-hand pane, you should see the "(Default)" string and it should have this command line as the value: C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1 I'm guessing that you don't have it or that some part is missing. To add keys (folders) you right-click on a folder in the left-hand pane and select "New" then "key". Keep doing this until you have: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command NOTE: Capitalize where appropriate. Double-click on "(Default)" in the right-hand pane to edit the line. Or click on key (folder) in left-pane and select "Edit" then "New" then "key" from menu bar. You should now have this key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\openas\command with the Default value C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1 An additional thing you can do is to remove the permanent check mark from the "Open With" menu. That is, "Always use this program to open this type of file". I dislike that so I permanently disabled it. You do this by adding %2 to the command. You should now have this key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\openas\command with the Default value C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1 %2 Close the Registry editor. From now on a new "Open" or "Open with..." context menu selection will appear whenever you right-click on any highlighted file. In addition, the "Always use..." will be unchecked. -- Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
