{"id":1613,"date":"2016-02-11T17:25:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T11:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2022-02-02T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T08:54:40","slug":"open-with-choose-another-app-error-not-associated-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/open-with-choose-another-app-error-not-associated-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Open with &#8220;Choose another app&#8221; Error Program Not Associated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you right-click a file, and select <b>Open with&#8230;<\/b> in a Windows 10\/11 computer, the following error may appear:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel.<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/w10\/w10-open-with-error-1.png\" width=\"301\" height=\"378\" border=\"0\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Or if the Open with&#8230; menu expands and you click the <b>Choose another app<\/b> option in the submenu, the same error may be seen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/w10\/w10-open-with-error-2.png\" width=\"561\" height=\"534\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/w10\/w10-open-with-error-3.png\" width=\"583\" height=\"173\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This happens if the following registry key, its subkeys, or some of its values are missing:<\/p>\n<pre>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown<\/pre>\n<p>To fix the problem, download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/openwith-fix.zip\">openwith-fix.zip<\/a>, unzip and run the enclosed REG file <code>openwith-fix.reg<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Note:<\/b> This REG file is to be used in Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems only. For Windows XP, Vista, and 7 versions of this fix, check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/xp\/openas.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Here are the contents of the REG file:<\/p>\n<pre><code>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown]\r\n\"AlwaysShowExt\"=\"\"\r\n\"TypeOverlay\"=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown\\DefaultIcon]\r\n@=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,\\\r\n00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\\\r\n65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,30,00,00,00\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown\\shell]\r\n@=\"openas\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown\\shell\\InvokeDefaultVerbInOtherProcess]\r\n\"ProgrammaticAccessOnly\"=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown\\shell\\InvokeDefaultVerbInOtherProcess\\command]\r\n\"DelegateExecute\"=\"{e44e9428-bdbc-4987-a099-40dc8fd255e7}\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown\\shell\\Open]\r\n\"MultiSelectModel\"=\"Single\"\r\n\"ProgrammaticAccessOnly\"=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown\\shell\\Open\\command]\r\n@=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,\\\r\n00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4f,00,70,00,\\\r\n65,00,6e,00,57,00,69,00,74,00,68,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,\\\r\n00,31,00,22,00,00,00\r\n\"DelegateExecute\"=\"{e44e9428-bdbc-4987-a099-40dc8fd255e7}\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown\\shell\\openas]\r\n\"MultiSelectModel\"=\"Single\"\r\n@=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\\\r\n00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,\\\r\n68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,35,\\\r\n00,33,00,37,00,36,00,00,00\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown\\shell\\openas\\command]\r\n@=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,\\\r\n00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4f,00,70,00,\\\r\n65,00,6e,00,57,00,69,00,74,00,68,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,\\\r\n00,31,00,22,00,00,00\r\n\"DelegateExecute\"=\"{e44e9428-bdbc-4987-a099-40dc8fd255e7}\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown\\shell\\OpenWithSetDefaultOn]\r\n\"MultiSelectModel\"=\"Single\"\r\n\"ProgrammaticAccessOnly\"=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Unknown\\shell\\OpenWithSetDefaultOn\\command]\r\n@=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,\\\r\n00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4f,00,70,00,\\\r\n65,00,6e,00,57,00,69,00,74,00,68,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,6f,\\\r\n00,76,00,65,00,72,00,72,00,69,00,64,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,\\\r\n00,00\r\n\"DelegateExecute\"=\"{e44e9428-bdbc-4987-a099-40dc8fd255e7}\"\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/open-with-choose-another-app-does-not-work-fix\/\">Open With &#8220;Choose another app&#8221; Crashes Explorer<\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>(Last tested on Windows 10 v21H2 and Windows 11 v21H2.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you right-click a file, and select Open with&#8230; in a Windows 10\/11 computer, the following error may appear: This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[191,441],"class_list":["post-1613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-error-messages","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1078,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/fix-file-association-error-explorer-in-windows\/","url_meta":{"origin":1613,"position":0},"title":"[Fix] Explorer.exe Error &#8220;This file does not have an app associated&#8221;","author":"Ramesh","date":"September 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"When you click the Windows Explorer or File Explorer shortcut Pinned to the Taskbar, or when running explorer.exe directly, the following error message may be displayed: This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action. 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