Picture viewer as default

"racertim" wrote:

> OK, I did that and it worked to open Picture viewer but
> when I closed the viewer with the "close viewer and open
> for editing" it then defaults to Paint instead of Image
> Composer.

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Now you're discussing a different function. That's
the default...it's supposed to do that.

If you want to change the default Editor, you have to
edit your registry.

Here's your solution:

IMPORTANT: This message contains information
about modifying the registry. Before you modify the
registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that
you understand how to restore the registry if a problem
occurs. For information about how to back up, restore,
and edit the registry, click the following link to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

(256986) Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;256986


OK...go to...Start / Run and type in..."regedit" without
the quotes. Then click OK or press...Enter.

In the Registry Editor...drill down to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\she ll\edit\command

In the Data column you should see the following string:

"%systemroot%\system32\mspaint.exe" "%1"

(where you see *mspaint* in the example....you will see
your current default)

Replace the string with the path to the program that will
be your default image editor. I wanted Picture It! 7 so
the following is what I changed to.

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Picture It! 7\pip.exe" "%1"

Now, my images still open in the Picture and Fax viewer
but if I click the Edit button...Picture It! 7 opens.

Good luck.


--

John Inzer
Picture It! MVP
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>Now you're discussing a different function. That's
>the default...it's supposed to do that.
>
>If you want to change the default Editor, you have to
>edit your registry.
>
>Here's your solution:
>
>IMPORTANT: This message contains information
>about modifying the registry. Before you modify the
>registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that
>you understand how to restore the registry if a problem
>occurs. For information about how to back up, restore,
>and edit the registry, click the following link to view

the

>article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
>
>(256986) Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-

US;256986

>
>
>OK...go to...Start / Run and type in..."regedit" without
>the quotes. Then click OK or press...Enter.
>
>In the Registry Editor...drill down to:
>
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\sh ell\edit

\command

>
>In the Data column you should see the following string:
>
>"%systemroot%\system32\mspaint.exe" "%1"
>
>(where you see *mspaint* in the example....you will see
>your current default)
>
>Replace the string with the path to the program that will
>be your default image editor. I wanted Picture It! 7 so
>the following is what I changed to.
>
>"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Picture It! 7\pip.exe" "%1"
>
>Now, my images still open in the Picture and Fax viewer
>but if I click the Edit button...Picture It! 7 opens.
>
>Good luck.
>
>
>--
>
>John Inzer
>Picture It! MVP
>return e-mail disabled
>
>
>.
>

John,

I followed your instructions as to changing the default
photo editor. From within Microsoft Windows and Fax
Viewer, when I click on the icon for Editing the picture,
the photo viewer shuts down and does not open the photo
editor. Before I changed it to what I wanted, it didn't
open "Paint.exe" either. Do you know how to fix this?

Jim Goldthorp
(please respond to jim.goldthorp@sympatico.ca)

"Jim Goldthorp" wrote:

> I followed your instructions as to changing the default
> photo editor. From within Microsoft Windows and Fax
> Viewer, when I click on the icon for Editing the picture,
> the photo viewer shuts down and does not open the photo
> editor. Before I changed it to what I wanted, it didn't
> open "Paint.exe" either. Do you know how to fix this?

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Can you launch MS Paint if you go to...Start / All Programs /
Accessories / Paint?


--

John Inzer
Picture It! MVP
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John,

I thought that that might be a problem so I did test the
ability of Paint.exe to open. It opens fine. So does
Microsoft Photo Editor. Both work fine independently of
the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

Jim

>-----Original Message-----
>"Jim Goldthorp" wrote:

>> I followed your instructions as to changing the default
>> photo editor. From within Microsoft Windows and Fax
>> Viewer, when I click on the icon for Editing the

picture,

>> the photo viewer shuts down and does not open the photo
>> editor. Before I changed it to what I wanted, it

didn't

>> open "Paint.exe" either. Do you know how to fix this?

>=============================================
>Can you launch MS Paint if you go to...Start / All

Programs /

>Accessories / Paint?
>
>
>--
>
>John Inzer
>Picture It! MVP
>return e-mail disabled
>
>
>.
>