Fix error when opening wrong with 'Open With', restore 'Open With' to its original state

Sometimes you get an error that you open an image file through the Microsoft Office application or open some files but do not open with the default program. It is an error that we use Open With improperly and that will cause other files of the same format to automatically open with the program you chose in the future.

Here are two common ways to fix Open With errors , please refer.

1. Fix Open With errors with Choose default program setting

Step 1: Right-click the file to be changed (1) => Open with (2) => Choose default program . (3) .

Step 2: Choose the default program for the file (1) . For example, JPG, PNG images . then use the default program Windows Photo Viewer / Photos (Windows 10), doc files, docx then open with Microsoft Word .

Next, tick the box Always use this selected program to open this kind of file (2) so that these files will automatically open with the default program in the future. Then, click OK (3) to complete the changes.

2. Edit Open With in the Registry

Step 1: You open the dialog box Run with the key combination Windows + R . Next, enter the keyword regedit and click OK .

Step 2: You access the following key HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExtsInkOpenWithList (1) .

Next, select all the keys except the (Default) key and right-click and select Delete (2) .

Step 3: Go to the OpenWithProgids section and do the same step above. You only keep the two primary keys (Default) and Inkfile , the rest of the other keys, then right-click and select Delete .

3. Fix Open With errors automatically with FixOpenwithError

First, you need to download the Open With error correction tool Here:

ttpm_fixopenwitherror.rar

After downloading, you will extract a FixOpenwithError.inf file as shown below. To install and fix errors automatically, right-click on the file and select Install .

The bug fix file I checked with Virustotal so you can download and use without worrying about the computer being infected.

With the workaround of OpenWith error in the article, hopefully readers will no longer have errors on phobia. Good luck!