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Remove double Notepad.exe in "Open with..." menu
Have no idea how but all of a sudden I've noticed there are 2 Notepads in "Open with…" sub-menu:
How can I remove one and where in the registry should I look for?
Have no idea how but all of a sudden I've noticed there are 2 Notepads in "Open with…" sub-menu:
How can I remove one and where in the registry should I look for?
Hello hexaae,
The tutorial below can help show you how to remove the extra Notepad from the Open with context menu for that file extension.
Remove Programs from Open with Context Menu in Windows
This is normal for that dialog.
The top part is just for the current default app, and the bottom "Other Options" section is to select a supported app to open it with instead.
Does it still show twice in the context menu in your first post?
Yes, still twice.
-2 mins later-
Edited txtfile class:
Code:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open\Command] @="C:\\WINDOWS\\NOTEPAD.EXE %1"
to
and this apprently solved the strange issue! Have no idea why txtfile class was set to the other path and if it's "correct" now though....Code:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open\Command] @="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\NOTEPAD.EXE %1"
EDIT:
To be exact original registry key (REG_EXPAND_SZ, using relative path %SystemRoot%) was:
Code:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,\ 6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,\ 00,4e,00,4f,00,54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,\ 25,00,31,00,00,00
Last edited by hexaae; 25 Mar 2023 at 06:12. Reason: added HEX conversion to text