open with window

When one holds down shift key and right clicks a file, the "open With" window is presented. How is this developed? Seems it would be helpful when replying to posts to know what applications the poster has. If he could be told how to "send" the "open with" to us, we could better help him.

 

Hi, Morse ~

These are actually held in the registry. They could simply import them from

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command\

into Notepad, then copy & paste them here if need be, but that would be a lengthy list in most cases.

 

Bruce: yes I saw that but---
I gess I failed to properly explain what I am looking for. People sometimes ask questions about their system. To answer them, we need to know what applications they have available. But this is going to be done by beginners. And they need a simple way of conveying to others what apps they have available. The shift-right click is one way to get them. But they cannot "SEND" that to others. There needs to be a simple way to send a list of system apps to others. I saw it once but don't remember how I did it. A way similar to the way that MSCONFIG lists the startup files.

 

Hi, Morse ~

I believe you still haven't explained what meaning you are intending to convey. Shift+right clicking does nothing more than show what executables are available with which to open files, whether cached for the context menu or via 'Browse...', nothing more.

This would not help any beginner. MSCONFIG is not that good either as many items are either listed but dead or are hidden.

I think what you may mean is something like StartupList which is used here in the course of diagnosing issues as well as other forums in determining what apps are running at startup or in the background - is this correct?

Download it and run it - you may be surprised!

 

I think you mean you want a copy of the Add/Remove list like the below of my own computer:

RegCleaner 4.3 by Jouni Vuorio
Software in Windows' Uninstall Menu. You can uninstall them or just remove them from this list
[syntax: Software ]

7-Zip 2.30 Beta 28
Active Ports
Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4
Ad-aware 6 Personal
Adobe Acrobat 5.0
Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0
Advanced Hide Folders (uninstall only)
Agnitum Tauscan 1.6
AIDA32 v3.20
AtomTime98 v2.1b
Belarc Advisor 5.1
BigFix
Bookmark Wizard (Remove Only)
Browser Extension Manager
Cacheman 5
CacheSentry
Command On Demand for Command Software
Copernic 2001 Plus
CopyURL 2.3.0
Dependency
Disk Cleaner (remove only)
Dll Orphans
Download Accelerator Plus Beta
Easy CD Creator 5 Basic
EasyCleaner
eTrust EZ Antivirus
File Maven 95
FireLite 2.7
Fix-It Utilities 2000
FreeZip
HP PrecisionScan LTX
HTML Builder XP v5.2 LITE
IBM NetObjects TopPage
IE Restrictions
Image for Windows 1.05
Internet Explorer Q813489
iolo technologies' System Mechanic
iPost v1.0 (build 22)
IrfanView (remove only)
Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.0
Java Web Start
jv16 PowerTools 1.3
Karen's Registry Pruner
Karen's Registry Ripper
KaZaA Lite 2.0.2
Kill Popup
LiveReg (Symantec Corporation)
LiveUpdate 1.6 (Symantec Corporation)
LookDisk
Macromedia Flash 4
MailWasher
Microsoft FrontPage 2000
Microsoft Image Composer 1.5
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1
Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 Disc 2
Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 Small Business
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 97
Microsoft Tool Web Package:WntIpcfg.exe
More Properties 2.03
MP3 CD Maker
NBG Clean Registryâ„¢ 1.7.2 Standard English 2012
Nero - Burning Rom (Web installer)
NotePadXP Version 1.5.1.134
NVIDIA Windows 2000/XP Display Drivers
O&O Defrag Professional Edition
Outlook Express Update Q330994
PARS
PathCopyEx
pserv.cpl (remove only)
QuickRecord
QuickTime
RaccoonWorks SpeedTest
RegScrubXP 3.25
RegVac - Trial Version
ScripTrap 1.03
SiteGenWiz 0.97
SpyBot - Search & Destroy 1.1
Startup Control Panel
Symantec pcAnywhere
TaxCut 2002
TClockEx
Terminal Services Client
The Cleaner 3.5
The Proxomitron Ver. Naoko-4.4
TopStyle Lite (Version 2.5)
Ulead PhotoImpact 4.2
VNC Admin Console V1.5
Web Weaver 2002
Windows 2000 Application Compatibility Update
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See Q320206 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See Q322842 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See Q322913 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See q323172 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See Q324096 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See Q324380 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See Q326830 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See Q326886 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See Q328145 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See Q328523 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See Q329115 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) [See Q329834 for more information]
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) Q328310
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) Q329170
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) Q331953
Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) Q810833
Windows 2000 Hotfix (SP4) Q329553
Windows 2000 Hotfix (SP4) Q811493
Windows 2000 Hotfix (SP4) Q814033
Windows 2000 Hotfix (SP4) Q815021
Windows Media Player system update (9 Series)
Windows Registry Guide
WinDriversBackup
WinWay Resume Deluxe
xp-AntiSpy (nur entfernen)
Xteq Systems X-Setup 6.1
ZoneAlarm

This is the best way I have found to get a brief listing.

You get this by running RegCleaner :

RegCleaner http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/regcleaner.shtml

In RegCleaner click Uninstall menu then while on screen do a Ctrl S to save to a text file. Then from the text file you can copy/paste as I did above. Similar to StartUpList.

Or for even more get AiDa:

http://www.windowspc.com/start.pl?page=/system/AIDA32_-_Personal_Edition.htm

Mike

 

I have RegCleaner but never thought of that. Thanks for replying.