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How can I change what applications are listed in the Recommended Programs list below? I checked the various options in Control Panel > Default Programs, but none appear to allow me to affect this specific list.

I'm asking because the recommended programs appear in the Open With... context menu in Windows Explorer and it's getting pretty long (and in this case, contains completely random items like Steam. Why would I want to open a .png file in Steam?!)

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Read this post about how to do it

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/11/05/how-to-unassociate-remove-or-delete-programs-from-open-with-or-recommended-programs-list/

It should help with what you need to be done.

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Oof, registry editing? In 6 different places? I guess technically it solves my problem, but surely someone's made a program or something that GUIs this up for me? – Rahul Sep 4 '10 at 13:30
I'll add this to the list of software to develop :) But atm just take your time on the registry, it's not soo bad – Sandeep Bansal Sep 5 '10 at 2:16
I took all the steps and all programs were removed from this list except for Java(TM) Web Start Launcher which was the application I wanted to remove. Is there any possibility to also remove this one? When I just reassign javaws.exe it seems that the old (non-working) entry is used. – gentlesea Apr 24 at 12:43
I solved it, uninstalling Java and rebooting removes also this entry. – gentlesea Apr 24 at 13:02
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The steps described in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258860 are enough.

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You can use Default Programs Editor to customize the 'Open with...' list.

Open the app, and go to File Type Settings, then click this link:

Change Open With Programs

Select the file extension you're trying to change, .png in this case, then click next:

Add or remove Open With programs

From that screen you can add/remove what shows up on that file type's 'Open with...' list.

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This looks like Windows 7, not Windows Vista? – Rahul Apr 24 at 15:21
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