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re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?'
Monday, July 1, 2002 at 2:27 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by paul
(1 messages posted)
On Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 1:21 pm, ChaCo wrote:
>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:
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>1. In Explorer, find a file of the type you want to associate with Paint Shop Pro,
>for example a .jpg
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>2. Right click its file name.
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>3. Click "Open with". On the menu that pops up, DON"T click "Paint Shop Pro".
>Instead click "Choose program".
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>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".
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>5. Click OK. The file will then open in Paint Shop Pro. Close it.
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>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...
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