Recently,for whatever reason, my computer defaulted to MS Imager as the Viewer and all my .bmp, .jpeg and .gif image files have been re-tagged with MS Imager icons, but the MS Imager will not open them. Any new image files saved under the above extentions will also be automatically saved with the MS Imager icon, but cannot be opened by MS Imager. Whenever I want to open an image file with the Internet Explorer, the MS Imager comes on and a note " unknown format extention" appears. My computer has Windows 95, MS Office 97, IE 5.5 and AOL 5.0 service. How can I reset my computer to the original settings to open these files with the Internet Explorer? Al, alajos@aol.com

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One quick thing that you can do is put a shortcut to the viewer of your choice into your SEND TO folder. To fix the association permanently, you left click once on the file icon, then hold down the shift key and right click. The menu that pops up includes "Open with". You click that. In the box that comes up, there's a checkmark place for "Always use this program to open this type of file." Tick that, then find the program that you want to use. As you've used it before, it should be on the list in front of you, but if you can't find it, use the Browse button. Double click the exe file of your chosen program and your picture will open. After that, the association should be as you want it. Good luck!


On Monday, August 13, 2001 at 4:47 pm, Al wrote:
>Recently,for whatever reason, my computer defaulted to MS Imager as the Viewer and
>all my .bmp, .jpeg and .gif image files have been re-tagged with MS Imager icons,
>but the MS Imager will not open them. Any new image files saved under the above extentions
>will also be automatically saved with the MS Imager icon, but cannot be opened by
>MS Imager.
>Whenever I want to open an image file with the Internet Explorer, the MS Imager comes
>on and a note " unknown format extention" appears.
>My computer has Windows 95, MS Office 97, IE 5.5 and AOL 5.0 service.
>
>How can I reset my computer to the original settings to open these files with the
>Internet Explorer?
>
>Al,
>
>alajos@aol.com

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On Tuesday, August 28, 2001 at 8:45 am, Fay wrote:
>One quick thing that you can do is put a shortcut to the viewer of your choice into
>your SEND TO folder.
>To fix the association permanently, you left click once on the file icon, then hold
>down the shift key and right click. The menu that pops up includes "Open with".
> You click that. In the box that comes up, there's a checkmark place for "Always
>use this program to open this type of file." Tick that, then find the program that
>you want to use. As you've used it before, it should be on the list in front of
>you, but if you can't find it, use the Browse button. Double click the exe file
>of your chosen program and your picture will open. After that, the association should
>be as you want it. Good luck!
>
>


>On Monday, August 13, 2001 at 4:47 pm, Al wrote:
>
>>Recently,for whatever reason, my computer defaulted to MS Imager as the Viewer and
>
>>all my .bmp, .jpeg and .gif image files have been re-tagged with MS Imager icons,
>
>>but the MS Imager will not open them. Any new image files saved under the above
>extentions
>
>>will also be automatically saved with the MS Imager icon, but cannot be opened by
>
>>MS Imager.
>
>>Whenever I want to open an image file with the Internet Explorer, the MS Imager
>comes
>
>>on and a note " unknown format extention" appears.
>
>>My computer has Windows 95, MS Office 97, IE 5.5 and AOL 5.0 service.
>
>>
>
>>How can I reset my computer to the original settings to open these files with the
>
>>Internet Explorer?
>
>>
>
>>Al,
>
>>
>
>>alajos@aol.com Thanks Fay for your reply, but I have resolved my problem by removing MS Imager from the "open with" menu and resetting the gif, jpg and bmp as "always use this program to open this type of file" in the "open with" menu for my image files. It worked, and all my files can be opened with the MS Explorer program, and they have their respective icons.

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On any open folder window, on the view menu, click options. Then, switch to the tab that is labeled "file types". Look for the type you want to change, double-click it, and edit any actions associated with the type you want to change.


On Monday, August 13, 2001 at 4:47 pm, Al wrote:
>Recently,for whatever reason, my computer defaulted to MS Imager as the Viewer and
>all my .bmp, .jpeg and .gif image files have been re-tagged with MS Imager icons,
>but the MS Imager will not open them. Any new image files saved under the above extentions
>will also be automatically saved with the MS Imager icon, but cannot be opened by
>MS Imager.
>Whenever I want to open an image file with the Internet Explorer, the MS Imager comes
>on and a note " unknown format extention" appears.
>My computer has Windows 95, MS Office 97, IE 5.5 and AOL 5.0 service.
>
>How can I reset my computer to the original settings to open these files with the
>Internet Explorer?
>
>Al,
>
>alajos@aol.com

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