Рисунок A. Открывать PDF-файлы в Блокноте (Notepad) не имеет смысла — можно удалить эту опцию.
Удаление связанных приложений из списка
Для начала запустите Редактор реестра. Чтобы это сделать, введите «regedit» (без кавычек) в строке поиска меню «Пуск» (Start), нажмите ссылку «regedit.exe» в списке результатов и подтвердите выполнение операции в диалоговом окне контроля учетных записей пользователей.
В Редакторе реестра откройте раздел «HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\» и найдите в списке интересующее вас файловое расширение. В нашем случае это «.pdf» (рис. B).
Рисунок B. Отредактируйте раздел «.pdf».
Выделите папку «OpenWithList», чтобы увидеть список связанных с данным расширением приложений (рис. C).
Рисунок C. Список приложений, связанных с расширением «.pdf».
Нажмите правой кнопкой на параметре с именем приложения, которое хотите убрать из списка, и выберите опцию «Удалить» (Delete). В нашем случае это «NOTEPAD.EXE» (рис. D).
Рисунок D. Нажмите правой кнопкой на параметре со значением «NOTEPAD.EXE» и выберите опцию «Удалить».
Появится пугающее предупреждение о том, как опасно удалять что-либо из реестра (рис. E). Но вы ведь наверняка создали резервную копию реестра, а значит, можно не бояться. Так что смело нажимайте «Да» (Yes).
Рисунок E. Нажмите «Да», чтобы подтвердить удаление.
После этого закройте Редактор реестра. Теперь в следующий раз, когда вы заглянете в меню «Открыть с помощью» для файла PDF, Блокнота в списке уже не будет (рис. F).
Рисунок F. Блокнот больше не появляется в списке «Открыть с помощью» для файлов PDF.
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When you right-click a file, you see the Open With command. Whenever you use any program to open such a file, it gets added to this list, as Windows remembers that you had used it once. If you were UNABLE to use it for opening that particular file type and if you find too many such unwanted programs in that list, you can remove them with some registry editing.
Normally, when you right-click a file, you will see an Open with context menu item, that will offer you several related programs that can open that file.
If you do not find a suitable app, you would click Choose another app. This will open the following panel – How do you want to open this file?
If you do not see a suitable app, you can click on the Browse apps in the Microsoft Store or Choose an app on your PC, if the app is already installed. Now if you have added an app wrongly and want to remove it, you can do so.
To remove unwanted Programs from Recommended Programs List in the Open With box in Windows 11/10, follow these steps:
- Open Run box
- Type regedit and hit Enter to open Registry Editor
- Navigate to the \FileExts\(.ext)\OpenWithList key
- Delete the value in this key, whose program you want to be removed
- Close Registry Editor
- The Program will no longer appear under the Recommended Programs List.
Let us say, there is a file, and you are not aware of which program you should be using to open this particular file extension. Let us say by mistake or unknowingly, to try and open it with some unrelated program. It obviously won’t! Then you realize it’s a .pdf file, and you need a PDF reader like Adobe or Foxit to open it. So you use it, check Always use this program and all is fine!
But in the Recommended Programs List in the Open With dialog box, the unrelated program will continue to be displayed under this list!
You can remove the unwanted program using Registry or a freeware.
Edit Windows Registry
Lets say you added Microsoft Word wrongly and now want to remove it from this list. Then open regedit and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\(.ext)\OpenWithList
Here (.ext) is the file extension for the file type whose Open With List you wish to edit. Now, just delete the value in this key, that represents the program to be removed, from the ‘Open With’ list.
In this case, you can safely delete WINWORD.exe from .pdf. Close regedit.
You will see that this program will no longer appear under the Recommended Programs List.
Related: Undo or reset Always use this app to open files option.
Use free software
Alternatively, you can also use OpenWithView utility to do so easily.
OpenWithView from Nirsoft is a small utility that displays the list of all available applications in the ‘Open With’ dialog box of Windows and allows you to easily disable/enable the applications in the list.
Go here if you are unable to Change the Default Program Extension on Windows.
Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a 10-year Microsoft MVP (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP (2016-2022). Please read the entire post & the comments first, create a System Restore Point before making any changes to your system & be careful about any 3rd-party offers while installing freeware.
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Discus and support Edit options list «Open Folder with» in Windows Explorer in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hi,
Do someone know how to access or edit the «Open Folder with» list of options ? In registry or elsewhere.
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Edit options list «Open Folder with» in Windows Explorer
Hi,
Do someone know how to access or edit the «Open Folder with» list of options ? In registry or elsewhere.
To edit the «Open with» for a specific file type, I know the registry path is the following:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts
But I did not find the one for «Open Folder with». Unless folders have a specific hidden type ?
Many thanks in advance,
Best regards,
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Windows 10 Tweaks
Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.
Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:
- Open a new Explorer window.
- Click View in the ribbon.
- Click Options.
- Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
- Click OK
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Whenever I open a folder, it opens in new window (Windows 10)
Hi Pratyaksh,
To assist you further, let me ask.
- What changes have you make in the folder options?
- Is the error specific to a folder?
I would suggest you to follow the steps and check if it help.
- Open file explorer, click on view and select options.
- Double-click on options, in the general tab click on Open each folder in the same Window.
- Click apply and ok.
I hope the information is helpful and if you need any other assistance on Windows, we’ll be glad to assists you.
Thank you.
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As an example, below screenshot shows that there are multiple types of files and folder inside the folder ITsiti. You have requirement to copy only 100 files and it will be a hectic works because ITsiti contains more than 5000 files and folder. It will take times to filter and copy those 100 files / folder.
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