Choose the program by default, open with context menu right-click on a program does not!

When I right click on an application such as a text document and try to change its default program (right click, open with, choose the program by default) I get an error says: "this file has no program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if such is already installed, create an association in the default programs control panel. »
There is no problem to open the application, but the problem is the button ONLY!
Fix association .exe, .txt, etc. did nothing!
You can see my thread on SevenForums here: http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/221020-choose-default-program-button-right-click-not-working.html
and this problem as my problem: http://superuser.com/questions/69193/choose-default-program-does-not-work-is-broken-on-windows

Thank you!

Problem solved by a person post in the Forums of Vista, that what he said in this thread (Thread link: http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/202928-open-choose-default-program-error-vista-2.html#post939031 ):

"PROBLEM SOLVED!"
HOO HOO!

I want to thank you once again BRINK for ideas on how to solve this problem.
The next step below, this is how I solved this annoying problem:

First of all, I came across this article on the Microsoft Web site by changing my google search to solve the problem. I started the google search with the following:

'open with' lack of context menu

Who brought results with the first being a microsoft link:

Command 'Open with' missing from the context Menu

Now the article didn't tell me exactly how to solve this problem, but it gave me an idea.
He said look at the following reg key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command

And he said to watch the following default value:

C:\%windir%\rundll32.exe shell32.dll, OpenAs_RunDLL %1

After that, I noticed that the value was different, but then I noticed in watching the article says that this applies to Windows 95 and 98.
I then looked at the same key on my laptop that is running Vista Ultimate 32 bit also and I noticed there are subfolders on my laptop that my office did not have.
It should look like the following:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown
\DefaultIcon
\+Shell
\+openas
\COMMAND
\+opendlg
\COMMAND

My office was only the DefaultIcon folder.
Well I just copied the key from my laptop and voila... it worked.
I thank the gods of the computer. This has really been bugging me. I know that some people would have just reconfigured or installed a new but I knew it was an easy fix. I thought it was a reg key or windows dll file, but I just need to find the location where he resided in. Luckily I came across this article which pointed me in the right direction. Now I feel like I accomplished something.

Sorry if this is a bit long but I HATE it when I'm looking for answers in the forums and I see someone say they have solved their problem, but they either don't say anything about how they fixed or that they are so vague that they could didn't say anything.
I hope this helps others if they have this problem.

Thank you once again on BOARD! "

That's all!

Tags: Windows

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