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[jimmyjohnsismylife]

How do I get rid of programs in the open with... cascaded option in the context menu.

[W-L]

How do I get rid of programs in the open with... cascaded option in the context menu.

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Form my knowledge you can't since that's a fairly high priority option that you need especially if you need to change what program that it defaults to or select a program for it.

[KemoKa]

Choose a default program and it won't bother you anymore. Unless you're planning on opening it in multiple programs.

[jimmyjohnsismylife]

Choose a default program and it won't bother you anymore. Unless you're planning on opening it in multiple programs.

I do want to do that, plus the photos app doesn't work because I removed the files for it. And i'll never use paint so it's just in the way. Any way to do this through the registry? I can't find anything online that works.

[jimmyjohnsismylife]

Welcome to the Forums!

 

Form my knowledge you can't since that's a fairly high priority option that you need especially if you need to change what program that it defaults to or select a program for it.

I only want to remove photos and paint. Not the whole thing.

[W-L]

I only want to remove photos and paint. Not the whole thing.

 

Oh ok I was assuming you want to take out the whole thing, check this it seems to have a pretty good guide on it but requires editing the registry:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/18119/remove-programs-from-open-with-menu-in-explorer/

[jimmyjohnsismylife]

Oh ok I was assuming you want to take out the whole thing, check this it seems to have a pretty good guide on it but requires editing the registry:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/18119/remove-programs-from-open-with-menu-in-explorer/

didn't work, sadly.

[jimmyjohnsismylife]

This is what i'm looking for, https://superuser.com/questions/620974/how-do-i-remove-default-windows-items-from-the-open-with-context-menu

Referencing that post.

[W-L]

This is what i'm looking for, https://superuser.com/questions/620974/how-do-i-remove-default-windows-items-from-the-open-with-context-menu

Referencing that post.

 

Hmm I'm sure there is a way to remove it but I've never tried.

[Blake]

This is what i'm looking for, https://superuser.com/questions/620974/how-do-i-remove-default-windows-items-from-the-open-with-context-menu

Referencing that post.

Did you do the registry entry with:

1. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\...\...

-OR-

2. HKU\SID\Software\Microsoft\Windows\...\...

 

I find a lot of the time, the current user registry is missing a lot of things, however if you go through the SID you will find what your after and the fix will stick. You can also apply the fix to other users this way.

 

Also note that you have to logout of the user you are modifying before the change sticks (or the local system if it is a local computer registry change).

 

When you goto:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.<Fileextension>\OpenWithList

you should have a bunch of sub-keys (a,b,c,d, etc) which refer to the entries in the open with context menu, deleting all of these (leave the (default) key) should change it the menu item so it will not open a new sub-menu, but prompt for an application to open the file.

[jimmyjohnsismylife]

Did you do the registry entry with:

1. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\...\...

-OR-

2. HKU\SID\Software\Microsoft\Windows\...\...

 

I find a lot of the time, the current user registry is missing a lot of things, however if you go through the SID you will find what your after and the fix will stick. You can also apply the fix to other users this way.

 

Also note that you have to logout of the user you are modifying before the change sticks (or the local system if it is a local computer registry change).

 

When you goto:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.<Fileextension>\OpenWithList

you should have a bunch of sub-keys (a,b,c,d, etc) which refer to the entries in the open with context menu, deleting all of these (leave the (default) key) should change it the menu item so it will not open a new sub-menu, but prompt for an application to open the file.

How do I go about accessing SID?

[Blake]

SID is Security ID, while you and me might be able to tell what user is what by username, windows uses a SID, so even if you have two JaneD users it knows that Jane Doe the CEO should have full access to the Executive file share, while Jane Doe should have access to order janitorial supplies only.

 

In Regedit, you will find the SIDs under Computer Node -> HKEY_USERS, Each of these numbers is a sid. find the one for your user, and then follow the rest of the path from the referenced in that link you posted.