> From: Ronn Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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).
>
> Thanks.
Start->Run->'regedit'
Hkey_classes_root
.jpg
.gif
.png
etc.
they will each reference another section in hkey_classes_root in the
(default) value. Go to that value (beneath all the dot three-char
extentions). There will probably be a sub-key here called 'open' and it
will probably contain another sub-key called 'command' and the value of
(default) is the program that is launched to 'open' the file type.
Change this (default) value to what you want.
