Computer trivia

Though most of the general file formats will already be associated with certain programs, you might encounter file formats with no specific program associated with them (say, .MTS format). In such cases, when you try to open the file, Windows gives a screen with two options - To choose a program from a list of available programs or use the web lookup service to know which program is to be used to open the file.

For novice users who do not know which program to use to open a specific file, Web Lookup service is useful. But for more advanced users, this service is not needed as the user might already be knowing what program to use to open a specific file. In that case, you can disable the web lookup service and directly goto the list of applications and choose one. Following is the registry hack to achieve this.

- Open RUN box and type ‘regedit’ to open the registry editor

- In the left pane of the registry editor, traverse to the following location

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

- In the right pane, right click and create a new DWORD. Name this DWORD as ‘NoInternetOpenWith’ and set its value to 1.

- Close registry editor and reboot the machine for the changes to take effect.

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