Open with dialog from Win7

This is my first post, and I saw this whcih caught my attention, which has zero replies. So I will tell you. Windows 7's open with dialog is stored in shell32.dll, where it uses rundll32.exe to execute it. OpenWith.exe does not exist in Windows 7. I think someone can code another dialog that is the exact same as Windows 7's or just attempt to extract it from windows 7's shell32.dll and turn it into an exe. Replacing it is possible, as I have created a symbolic link to cmd.exe from openwith.exe. Clicking "open with..." and running the old shell32.dll command from Windows 7 will open cmd.exe, so I know it works. Starting from Windows 10, the open with dialog is stored in explorer.exe, not in openwith.exe, so it is way harder to replace there.

What command is used on Win7 to call the dialog?

And where this command is placed in the registry?

Did you try to rename shell32.dll? Maybe there is a name conflict with the existing one...

DLL iniatlization routine errors usually have to do with architectural incompatibility. Make sure your copying it from the same architecture as your trying to run it on

Best "open with" clone is OpenExpert, it's just a shame it only works with 32-bit programs.

whelp i tried.

1070 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 215, 209
STYLE DS_SHELLFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Open with..."
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg"
{
  CONTROL 134, 12297, STATIC, SS_ICON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 7, 7, 21, 20
  CONTROL "Click the program you want to use to open 'inwork'.", 12291, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 36, 7, 208, 8
  CONTROL "If the program is not listed, click Other.", -1, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 36, 15, 150, 8
  CONTROL "Description for files of this type:", 13576, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 36, 30, 361, 8
  CONTROL "", 13574, EDIT, ES_LEFT | ES_AUTOHSCROLL | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_TABSTOP, 36, 40, 172, 14
  CONTROL "Choose the program you want to use:", -1, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 36, 60, 500, 8
  CONTROL "", 13582, STATIC, SS_LEFT | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 36, 70, 172, 80
  CONTROL "", 13829, "SysListView32", LVS_REPORT | LVS_SINGLESEL | LVS_SHOWSELALWAYS | LVS_SHAREIMAGELISTS | LVS_NOCOLUMNHEADER | LVS_NOSORTHEADER | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_TABSTOP, 36, 70, 172, 80
  CONTROL "&Always use this program to open these files", 13577, BUTTON, BS_AUTOCHECKBOX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 39, 160, 177, 10
  CONTROL "&Other...", 13581, BUTTON, BS_PUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 160, 185, 50, 14
  CONTROL "OK", 1, BUTTON, BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 50, 185, 50, 14
  CONTROL "Cancel", 2, BUTTON, BS_PUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 105, 185, 50, 14
}

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