I am a Photoshop aficionado.  
I would like all common image types (.jpg, .tif, .bmp, etc.) to open in Adobe Photoshop 
when I click on them.  However, in my XP, they default to the “Windows Picture and 
Fax Viewer.”  I have followed all the suggested registry tweaks in this forum to 
no avail.  

In addition, when I try to right-click an image file and go to Properties, and attempt 
to change the “Opens With”, I do NOT EVEN SEE MY PHOTOSHOP IN THE RESULTANT LIST 
OF PROGRAMS, which always defaults to the Picture and Fax Viewer despite my aforementioned 
registry changes.  When I browse to Photoshop and pick its executable, I am returned 
to the program list featuring the Picture and Fax Viewer, and the change is not made. 
 

My questions:
1) where can I find this Picture and Fax Viewer in order to remove it, and 
2) how can I get Photoshop into the list of programs to associate with the desired 
filetypes?

Many thanks,

John McL.

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