How to delete item from "Open With" list?

[Melhisedek]

Utorrent that you see here in particular

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3138/untitled1mk.jpg

It is driving me crazy when I miss BSplayer and hit that one :(

[snafumaster]

There are a bunch of third party tools that can simplify this for you. You may want to "google" using "context menu" as your query. However, you may also find what you need here... http://www.jfitz.com/tips/rclick_custom.html and at Kelly's Korner here... http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm (serach the page for "Context Menu")

That should put you on the right track.

[redduc900]

In addition to snafumaster's suggestion... the programs on the Open With list for each file type are independent of that file's registered program(s). To remove items from this list... Start | Run | Type regedit, and click OK | Expand the following branch...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Explorer | FileExts | .extension | OpenWithList

... where .extension is the file extension for the file type whose Open With list you want to modify. Delete the value in this key that represents the program to be removed from the Open With list. You could also try this...

Clear Dynamic "Open With" Lists
When you right click on a file in Windows XP, one of your options is Open With. This listing of programs contains some that are predefined and some that are added because you chose a program that wasn't on the list. Over time this list can build up to quite a number of programs.

Clear Open With Lists will allow you to selectively remove the "dynamic" portion of this list for a file extension that you choose (from a list). Or, if you prefer, you can remove all "dynamic" entries for all file extensions
Download Clear Open With Lists here...

http://www.dougknox.com ... click on the "Win XP Utilities" link, then the "Clear Open With Lists" link. Download the OpenWithClear.zip file, extract the executable and then run it.

[Melhisedek]

I did the regedit fix worked wonderfully! Thanks guys!

[snafumaster]

I did the regedit fix worked wonderfully! Thanks guys!
Great!!

Now that you are familliar with it, keep in mind that you can add useful context menu options this way as well.