open with problem

Question

When i right click on any file the "open with" option does not show. I tried to restore my system but it didn't work. Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks

Answer 1

Hello McHammer1998, welcome.

What is the file you are trying to open? What extension?

Let us know,

Thanks!

Answer 2

Daniel,

Hi!

My problem is somewhat similar with uditsaikia. I followed your instruction. Hopefully, the "Open With..." function is already available. However, when I clicked the "Open With..." function, a popup menu error message appeared as follows:

“This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel”.

What's the next step?

Answer 3

uditsaikia:

By design, the Open With menu option is not available when you right-click executable files (.cmd, .bat, .pif, .scf, .exe, .com, or .scr).

If you've lost the Open With menu option for ALL file types, including non-executable files, follow this steps:

1. Click Start, All Programs, Accesories, Notepad.
2. Copy and paste this text:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Open With]

@="{09799AFB-AD67-11d1-ABCD-00C04FC30936}"

3. Click File, Save As, name the file "OpenWith.reg" (WITH THE QUOTATION MARKS) and click OK.
4. Now double-click OpenWith.reg, click Continue, Yes, OK, and see if the problem is solved.

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Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience

Answer 4

Hi Uditsaikia,

We have not heard back from you in some time.  Are you still having trouble with the Open With command?  If this issue is not resolved please post back and let us know and we can try and assist you further.  If it has been resolved if you could post back and let us know the steps you took to fix the problem.  This would be helpful to others with similar issues.

Looking forward to hearing back from you.

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JohnD

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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Answer 5

Hello uditsaikia, welcome.

My suggestion would be to try a fix that was originally made for XP, but that could also be compatible with vista.

Try this:

1. Go to:
2. Click run
3. When it asks you to import into the registry, click 'Yes'
4. Restart your computer

Let us know if this works,

Thanks!