Suddenly "Open With" menu doesn't work in Explorer

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Michael,

See if explains your problem.

Open-with list is collapsed; No items listed in the open-with menu:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithissue.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Michael" <nospam@email.com> wrote in message
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> the casacading effect with "Open With" doesn't work any more when
> right-clicking a file. Before it broke, it showed a list of programs to
> open
> with, now it doesnt show anything. Is there a fix?
>
>

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I installed ShellExView and I found out WinZip destroyed the context menus.
I installed WinZip and everything is back to normal. thanks

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Excellent! Thanks for the feedback.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Michael" <nospam@email.com> wrote in message
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>I installed ShellExView and I found out WinZip destroyed the context menus.
> I installed WinZip and everything is back to normal. thanks
>
>

I'm also having same issue. and also i can't extract to with winrar. or play all music. or preview graphics. and i opened shellexview and everything in the list is disabled.

Nevermind i got it. thanks for the help. i had to re-read and open the program and retry it