OpenWith Enhanced is a small application which replaces the standard Windows 'Open With...' window with an improved comprehensive yet intuitive dialog box.
Instead of just presenting the original Windows plain list of installed applications, requiring you to guess the best choice for opening a given file - OpenWith Enhanced extends this list with some of the most popular applications selected by past users to successfully open that specific file type, based on a constantly-updated metadatabase automatically downloaded off the web.
All the programs already installed on your computer will be marked, so that you can view the ones you currently have access to.
If you choose a non-installed application however, you will be redirected to the appropriate program's official website that contains all the relevant downloading and purchasing information.
So each time you stumble upon an unknown file type and wonder what program could possibly open it, or you are looking for a better application to deal with the files you are already familiar with - all you have to do is simply right-click into the Open With... menu and choose.
In addition, OpenWith Enhanced includes several extra handy options:
· Change the icon associated with each file type
· Remove or disable for a current user any given file association (especially handy on WindowsVista / Windows7 OS, where such options aren't available through standard UI)
· Clear the Open With... menu from any unneeded applications
· Autofill file type description for new associations with the most popular ones
· It works natively on both x86 and x64 versions of Windows and respects UAC settings
And of course, it does what the Open With... dialog should do; allow you to easily open your different files with different applications !
What's New in This Release:
· Fixed an error that prevented OWE from downloading software list off the server
· Added Chinese (Simplified) and Korean translations
· Performance and stability bugfixes