Re: Icon change on photo files
- From: "Tonyo UK" <TonyoUK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:06:02 -0800
But as a follow-up, I reinstalled the program. It only asked me to check file
associations when it asked me to register. I clicked "Skip" and did not
select any file format when prompted to do so. This time it worked, and I
have the program installed without it affecting any icons.
"Tonyo UK" wrote:
> Dear Mike
>
> The way you write makes me feel as though I have no experience at all in
> downloading and installing programs. Actually I have many years of such
> experience.
>
> I am grateful to you for taking the time to respond to my problem, so I
> thought I would try once more to install PaintShop Pro 8 which i have had
> sitting on my shelf for some considerable time. There was a point in the
> installation program which called for me to indicate which file formats (as
> e.g. "tiff") I wanted the appliction to recognise. I chose what I thought was
> an eclectic selection and as a result, the "8" icon took over every file on
> my computer.
>
> Thankfully, I set a Restore Point before doing all of this so all I have
> lost is the time in finding that I don't seem to have a simple answer to my
> problem at this time.
>
> "Mike Williams" wrote:
>
> > Tonyo UK wrote:
> > > Greetings to all
> > >
> > > I use Photoshop CS on different laptops as well as Photoshop Elements. In
> > > list form all photos have the rather bland icon that indicates that the
> > > picture, if selected, will open in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. This also
> > > means that the photo, if sent by email, will carry the same icon, and will
> > > readily be capable of being opened by any email recipient.
> >
> > The icon simply indicates the file association on YOUR machine, and does
> > not transfer to another machine.
> >
> >
> > > Recently, however, I put Paintshop Pro on one machine with the result that
> > > every icon on every photo file in my system -- and there are many!-- turned
> > > into a Paintshop Pro icon.
> >
> >
> > Probably because you skipped through the section to control which file
> > types PSP handles automatically. You can undo this at any time.
> >
> > I realise it is possible to open such files by
> > > selecting for WPFV to be the application to open the individual photograph,
> > > but this may not be easy to use for any email recipient, and it is
> > > inconvenient for me to have to make this specific choice on every occasion I
> > > seek to view a photo. I encountered a similar problem when loading CorelDraw
> > > (which includes Corel PhotoPaint).
> > >
> > > My question is obvious. How can I load a photo editing program without it
> > > succeeding in altering all the relevant icons on all my existing photo files.
> > >
> > > For the record, one machine is XP Pro, the other XP Home, both are SP2.
> > >
> > > If anyone has come across this small but annoying problem and has any ideas
> > > on how to avaoid it, I should be happy to hear from you.
> >
> > Well, as I said above, you have to PAY ATTENTION at install time when it
> > asks which file types it should be default handler for. You can turn off
> > default handling of file types using the relevant options/preferences in
> > PSP (which changes version to version IIRC). Or you can open any of your
> > other programs options/preference dialog and set which file-type you
> > would like it to own.
> >
> > Note that if you set more than one program as default for a particular
> > file-extension then the most recent one wins.
> >
.
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