defualt picture file viewer

[efiste2]

How do i set a program as a default pictue file viewer, i want to set MS Photo editor as my defualt picture viewer ie click on the file and MS photo editor opens it

[Cactus]

Click START, and then open Windows Explorer. It can be found either under Programs or Programs/Accessories. When Windows Explorer is open click the "Tools" menu, then "Folder Options" then the "File Types" tab. Scroll through the list of file types that appears until you see that "Extension:" in the lower part of the window says: "Extension: JPG". (If it says "Extension: JPEG", note the E in JPEG, it's the wrong one.) Then click the "Edit" button then click "Open" in the "Actions" area. Another window will pop open that says "Editing action for type: JPG Image".

I have ACDSee installed on my system which show it as "Editing Action for type: ACDSee JPG Image", so check all the listings to find out which entry handles JPG files. It may not be obvious.

Then click "Browse" and find the program that you want to open all JPEG files with. You need to specifically know which folder the program is in on your hard drive and what the program executable (the exe file that starts the program) is called.

Microsoft Photo Editor, which is a good viewer to use. If it's installed you will find it at C:\Program files\Common files\Microsoft Shared\PhotoEd\PhotoEd.exe on your computer.

Once you have inserted the location and name of the executable file that opens the photo viewer program, click "OK" and then "Close". Do the same for the GIF entry. Now reboot. From here on in when you try to open a GIF or JPEG file on your computer either from within e-mail or elsewhere, the program you just assigned will open and display the file.


Cactus

[efiste2]

many thanks for the info