Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> Hi, all,
>
> I thought this should be easy, but it has turned into a pain.
>
> I have a lot of pictures I have downloaded from the Internet or gotten from
> other sources to use in class, which are in various formats, i.e., .gif,
> .jpg, etc. I also have a number of programs for viewing and editing
> graphic files. Somehow it seems that every different type of graphic file
> has become associated with a different program. This is of course untidy
> at best. I tried the method of Start Button > Settings > Folder Options >
> File Types, then selecting each file type, selecting "Edit", then assigning
> each one to the same image viewing program. It worked for some; others
> still come up the way they did (that I don't want). Anyone have any
> suggestions for changing the program used to open a certain file
> type? (BTW, this is in Win 98.) Let me know if you need more details (I
> didn't want to bore everyone with more).
I don't know if this will help, but what I'd do is:
* find an icon for one of these to right-click on
* right-click on the icon and select "Open file with" or whatever the
option is for that sort of thing
* select the program you want to open it with
* select the checkbox that indicates you want to use that program to
open that sort of file every time
It might "take" better using this method, I don't know for sure, but
that's what I'd tell my mom to try next if she were having this problem.
Julia
