Windows 7 "Open with" greyed Out!!

[Mohamed_148]

Hello Community, recently, i realised that the "open with option is greyed out"

How can I fix this, please help me people, its very annoying.

 

[Herc08]

Which version of Windows are you using? What extensions is having that issue? Can you hold shift and right click?

 

[Mohamed_148]

windows 7 64 bit pro

all extensions including all music and vids

 

[Herc08]

Can you answer my other questions as well?

 

[Mohamed_148]

Yes i can

 

[Herc08]

If you have hold down shift and right click, is it there? Also, when in the folder, in the top portion, is there an option that says Open with an arrow?

 

[Mohamed_148]

No, its not there when i hold down shift and i didn't get what you said about the folder thingy, BTW thanks for your time, greatly appreciated

 

[Herc08]

This is what I mean inside of a folder:

 

[aford10]

Is there a specific type of file that this is happening with? If so, you can change your default file association in the control panel.

 

[Mohamed_148]

This is what I mean inside of a folder:

Yes in Folders i have that and can choose the programs available.

 

[Herc08]

Is there a specific type of file that this is happening with? If so, you can change your default file association in the control panel.

He said that he it's all extensions.

Being that you can see it up top, it seems like this is a context menu issue. I would recommend that you do a system restore. It's strange that it is happening out of the blue.

 

[aford10]

Is there a specific type of file that this is happening with? If so, you can change your default file association in the control panel.

He said that he it's all extensions.

Being that you can see it up top, it seems like this is a context menu issue. I would recommend that you do a system restore. It's strange that it is happening out of the blue.

If it's one specific file type, it takes about 10 seconds to change the default file association in the control panel. If there's a problem with the registry that broke the context menu, there are fixes for that, but doing a system restore is a shot in the dark as to when it stopped working.