Windows 10: How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps?

Discus and support How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps? in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Say, for example, that I want to exclude 7-zip Console and 7-zip File Manager from the list in this screenshot: what would I need to do?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by psfloris, Dec 7, 2022.

  1. psfloris Win User

    How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps?


    Say, for example, that I want to exclude 7-zip Console and 7-zip File Manager from the list in this screenshot: what would I need to do?

    :)
     
    psfloris, Dec 7, 2022
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  2. dalchina Win User

    Can I customize the list of suggest apps in the "Open with" menu?

    Hi, FWIW, I found that Atlantis Word was already added to the Open With list for .pdf's - although it is incapable of opening them.
    (Is that so with Word?)

    How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps? [​IMG]


    It did show in the Open With list, and when clicked stated it could not open the pdf except as a text file (or similar). I.e. it gave a sensible warning message.

    I therefore chose to delete it from the Open With options for pdf. Why it was added I don't know.

    In your case it seemed Word had been successfully added - you add an item, click to Save it, and then should see this confirmation:

    How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps? [​IMG]


    Perhaps if a program not registered to handle an extension is added to the Open With list for that extension, it doesn't appear in the menu- would have to test that.

    ** Well, I tried adding Wordpad to the OW list for png, and it appeared in it, and attempted to open the file- garbage of course.

    I wonder if Word might have appeared in the Choose another app list..

    Example of a lot of options being presented (png)

    How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps? [​IMG]
     
    dalchina, Dec 7, 2022
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  3. Callender Win User
    Can I customize the list of suggest apps in the "Open with" menu?

    You can't use it to add additional programs, only to set default programs.

    Interestingly for me it shows nothing for text files:


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    How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps? [​IMG]

    Then if I want to add a portable app like Jarte Plus to open with context menu windows doesn't like it.



    How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps? [​IMG]

    It's not present and is near impossible to add even via "look for an app on this PC"

    OpenWithAdd to the rescue:


    How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps? [​IMG]

    Result:



    How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps? [​IMG]
     
    Callender, Dec 7, 2022
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  4. dalchina Win User

    How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps?

    Can I customize the list of suggest apps in the "Open with" menu?

    Yep, I see the same.

    I tried adding Paint to Open With for txt. That also appeared in the More Options list.

    I suspect it's to do with what the programs are registered to handle. The Open With list is constructed form a number of sources e.g. at least these:

    How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps? [​IMG]

    The first of those corresponds to Snip & Sketch (simply search and find refs to the Appx string)


    How to customize "Choose another app" list of apps? [​IMG]

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    dalchina, Dec 7, 2022
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