Disable The ‘Use Web Service To Find The Correct Program’ Prompt In XP

When you try to open a file in XP that has an unknown extension, a dialog box appears asking if you want to use a Web service to find a program to open the file.

You can edit the registry to disable the dialog box from appearing in which case, you will receive a list of application to use to open the file instead.

1. Click Start and click Run.
2. Type regedit.exe and click OK.
3. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer.
4. From the Edit menu, point to New, and click DWORD.
5. Type NoInernetOpenWith and press Enter.
6. Double click the DWORD value and type in a value of 1.
7. Close the Registry Editor.

Tags: find correct program, use web service, Windows, xp