re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 1:21 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Holly (6 messages posted) I found that even associating the file types with my preferred picture editor (Paint Shop Pro) did not stop pictures from opening in Windows Picture & Fax Viewer. I discovered the workaround below, which does not require editing the registry. Substitute tour favorite picture editor for "Paint Shop Pro" in these instructions: 1. In Explorer, find a file of the type you want to associate with Paint Shop Pro, for example a .jpg 2. Right click its file name. 3. Click "Open with". On the menu that pops up, DON"T click "Paint Shop Pro". Instead click "Choose program". 4. On the next menu, make sure "Paint Shop Pro" is selected from the list of recommended program, and check "Always use the selected program to open this type of file". 5. Click OK. The file will then open in Paint Shop Pro. Close it. 6. From now on, files of that type will open in Paint Shop Pro. I'd like to add "forever afterwards", but this IS a Microsoft OS we're talking about... Written in response to: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Bill Wilson: Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 12:35 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (paul: Monday, July 1, 2002 at 2:27 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Bill Wilson: Sun, Feb 24, 2002, 12:35 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Bill Wilson: Tue, Feb 26, 2002, 11:46 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Holly: Tue, Feb 26, 2002, 1:21 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (paul: Mon, Jul 1, 2002, 2:27 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (dennis: Thu, May 15, 2003, 9:55 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Adam Bradley: Wed, Apr 17, 2002, 7:13 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Bill Wilson: Wed, Apr 17, 2002, 8:10 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (dennis: Thu, May 15, 2003, 10:05 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (mcw: Wed, Dec 3, 2003, 9:06 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (mcw: Wed, Dec 3, 2003, 9:14 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Steve Pieckiel: Fri, Jun 10, 2005, 9:05 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum