Locking File Associations If you have your file associations the way you want for a particular file

type, you can remove it from the list that gets displayed in the Folder Options / File Types screen Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Scroll to the file association you want to lock. In the right panel, create a new Binary value Call it EditFlags Give it a value of 01 00 00 00 Now when you go to the Folder Options / File Types screen, you won t see that file type listed.