How To Disable Use the Web service to find the correct program Displayed in Windows Vista
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When opening a file with unknown extension, normally you will see an additional window popping up that give you options of whether to use the web service to find the correct program or select a program from a list of installed programs.
Some times it is quite annoying as you probably already know which program should be used to open the file. To bypass this additional window, you can use a simple registry hack to skip the right program searching option but only pop up “open with” window instead.
Follow below steps if you would like to bypass the additional window:
1. Go to Start, type regedit at the search text box.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer. If Explorer key is not found, then proceed to step 3, else go to step 5.
3. Right click Policies, then choose New -> Key, name the key as Explorer.
4. Right click on Explorer key, choose New -> 32-bit DWORD32-bit DWORD, then name it as NoInternetOpenWith.
5. Double click NoInternetOpenWith, enter a value as 1.
6. Reboot your computer in order for the registry key changes to be effective.
