Re: Thank you Yves, but I may not have stated my question correctl

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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! That certainly did the trick! I am amazed and can't
thank you enough......Sincerely.....E.F.
--
The joy of the Lord is my strength. Take your mind off yourself and think
of others. Your depression will go away. Get a "life", hopefully in the
Lord. Don''''t strain at knats and swollow camels


"John Inzer" wrote:

> Maybe the following link will be useful:
>
> Repair image file type associations in Windows XP
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgassofix.htm
>
> Also, you could try opening a folder and go to...
> Tools / Folder Options / Files Types tab.
> Select the format you wish to change the
> association for and click the Change button.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
>
>
>
> "MsFarm2" <macropix1058@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:14A6C748-D7FD-4490-893C-981537BAF34F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Yves, normally this would work, and I did try this before, but all boxes
> > are
> > greyed out! All the suggestions you told me are correct, but for some
> > reason
> > the change box and the advanced box on folder options and the other one on
> > "always use this program" is greyed out. Do you know what is causing
> > this?
> > So sorry...thank you again....E.F.
> > --
> > The joy of the Lord is my strength. Take your mind off yourself and
> > think
> > of others. Your depression will go away. Get a "life", hopefully in the
> > Lord. Don't strain at knats and swollow camels
> >
> >
> > "Yves Alarie" wrote:
> >
> >> Try it again.
> >> When you right click on a photo and select Open with there is a list of
> >> software will open. Don't click on any of the software listed. If you do
> >> it
> >> will open this photo in the software you click on but this will not
> >> change
> >> the association permanently. Look at the bottom of the list. The item
> >> "Choose Program" will be there. Click on this.
> >> This will open another list, again with the available software. Now,
> >> click
> >> on Windows Picture and Fax Viewer and there is a box in this windows for
> >> "Always used...." Check this box.
> >> Now the change is permanent.
> >>
> >> If this does not work, try the following.
> >> Open a folder containing your photos.
> >> Click on Tools on the top bar
> >> Click on Folder options on to opening list
> >> Click on the File types tab in the opening window
> >> A list will be produced in this window
> >> Scroll down this list to find JPG under extensions
> >> Click on JPG to highlight it and click on the Change button in the center
> >> of
> >> this window.
> >> A list of software will appear. Select Windows Picture and Fax viewer.
> >> This will automatically, permanently change the file association.
> >>
> >>
> >> "MsFarm2" <macropix1058@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:7262BF94-968C-44E6-AC55-849527843AF6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > All my pictures open in a certain program. I would like to change the
> >> > way
> >> > ALL my pictures open ALL the time. How can i change that setting? I
> >> > know
> >> > that I can change the way one picture opens one at a time, but I would
> >> like
> >> > to change the file association that they all open with. Thank you so
> >> > much
> >> > for trying to help....sincerely......E.F.
> >> > --
> >> > The joy of the Lord is my strength. Take your mind off yourself and
> >> think
> >> > of others. Your depression will go away. Get a "life", hopefully in
> >> > the
> >> > Lord. Don''''t strain at knats and swollow camels
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
.



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