Removing “Use the web service to find the correct program” Dialog

Mark — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:17:43 +0000

Did you noticed that every time you open file with unknown extension or file type, it opens this dialog box:

Chances are, if the software is not installed then that dialog box wouldn’t make any difference. It would even improve you productivity if you could skip that single step every day.

Yes, you heard it right, you can skip that dialog box forever. There are 2 ways to do it, by importing registry entries or by manually modifying the registry.

Below are the steps by importing registry entries:
1. Download the disable-open-file.reg to disable the dialog
2. Download the enable-open-file.reg to enable the dialog

Below are the steps by manually modifying the registry
1. Go to the following path using Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
2. Add a new DWORD 32bit with a value name “NoInternetOpenWith” and set the value to 1 to disable the dialog box or 0 to enable the dialog box.

I hope this makes windows less annoying for every day use.

Windows 7 RC1 Build 7100

George — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:48:28 +0000

The long wait is over for you guys who have waited long for the RC1 version on the new Windows 7 from Microsoft. The RC1 has now been made public for download. You can get it at this link.

http://windows7center.com/news/download-windows-7-rc-from-microsoft-now

Just be patient it takes sometime to download depending on your connection speed. I got it, I installed it and I love it. Happy downloading.

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Removing “Use the web service to find the correct program” Dialog

Windows 7 RC1 Build 7100