Skip the file association Web service dialog while opening a unknown file type
Published: Sept 28, 2004Send your feedback
Introduction
The
file association Web service in Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1
(SP1) extends the scope of information stored locally by the operating system
about file name extensions, file types, and the applications or components to
use when opening a particular file type.
Assuming that .BAK filetype is unregistered in your system, and when you double-click a BAK file, you'll be presented with the Web Service dialog as shown in the figure. When you choose the first option, Windows launches this website:
http://shell.windows.com/fileassoc/0409/xml/redir.asp?Ext=BAK
To skip this dialog.....
To prevent the dialog from being shown, and to proceed directly to the Choose Programs dialog, follow these steps:
- Open Registry Editor and navigate to the following location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer
Or the following location: (to apply changes to all user accounts)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer
- In the right-pane, double-click InternetOpenWith value and set its data value to 0.
If InternetOpenWith value does not already exist, you need to create one (REG_DWORD) and set its data value accordingly.
Another method
- Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System
- Create a REG_DWORD value named NoInternetOpenWith
- Double-click NoInternetOpenWith and set its data value to 1.
- Close Registry Editor.
