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

Posted by on Apr 22, 2008 | 6 Comments

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 NoInternetOpenWith and press Enter.
  6. Double click the DWORD value and type in a value of 1.
  7. Close the Registry Editor.
  • Chris Wooff

    I think you mean “NoInternetOpenWith”

  • Dale

    Missing a T in step 5.

    NoInernetOpenWith should be: NoInternetOpenWith

  • Whiskeyman

    You forgot a letter.

    NoInternetOpenWith

  • Whiskeyman

    You should use the following path.

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System

  • Mike

    In step 5 is the DWORD value mispelled? Shouldn’t it be NoInternetOpenWith? It appears to be missing the ‘t’ in internet.

  • LF

    Thanks for your post, I found it via Google. I think, however, the key is ‘NoInternetOpenWith’ – you seem to be missing a T .