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inkleputDEL@ETEisp.com - 13 Aug 2005 15:43 GMT

I "tried out" a graphics program. Not unpredictable it set itself up as
my default viewer.

How do I kick it out?

Jim L

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Ron Badour - 13 Aug 2005 19:20 GMT

Here's a free one that you may like--install it and set it up as your
default viewer.

Irfanview: A very good freeware graphics viewer: http://www.irfanview.com/

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>I "tried out" a graphics program. Not unpredictable it set itself up as
> my default viewer.
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> To h___ with Iraqi democracy! Withdraw the troops! Or
> something!!!

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inkleputDEL@ETEisp.com - 14 Aug 2005 02:01 GMT

I have 4 now. What I need is a way to reduce that by 1 in particular.

>Here's a free one that you may like--install it and set it up as your
>default viewer.

>Irfanview: A very good freeware graphics viewer:
>http://www.irfanview.com/

Jim L

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To h___ with Iraqi democracy! Withdraw the troops! Or
something!!!

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Gary S. Terhune - 14 Aug 2005 06:47 GMT

Easiest way in most cases is to reinstall the application that you *want* to
have the associations. Usually isn't necessary to uninstall the app that
prompted the problem, but it might help. In the case of more modern apps,
there may be settings available in one or more of the apps that you can use
to change associations, also.

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>I have 4 now. What I need is a way to reduce that by 1 in particular.
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> To h___ with Iraqi democracy! Withdraw the troops! Or
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Ron Badour - 14 Aug 2005 15:06 GMT

OK, so your question actually is, you have another viewer already installed
and you want to make it the default viewer. If so, left click a file (.jpg
for example), hold down the shift key and right click the file, select Open
With, mark the Always... box and select the viewer. Repeat on any other
photo types you use.

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>I have 4 now. What I need is a way to reduce that by 1 in particular.
>
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> To h___ with Iraqi democracy! Withdraw the troops! Or
> something!!!

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RobertVA - 14 Aug 2005 05:17 GMT

> I "tried out" a graphics program. Not unpredictable it set itself up as
> my default viewer.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> To h___ with Iraqi democracy! Withdraw the troops! Or
> something!!!

In "Windows Explorer" you could:

Select "Folder Options..." on the "Tools" menu

Click the "File Types" tab.

Select the document file type on the list

Click the "Edit" button.

Select the "Open" action in the list.

Click that popup's "Edit..." button.

Edit the command in the "Application used to perform action" to include
the executable file for the application you want to open that document
type with. The need to include document name or other command line
parameters varies with the application's requirements. You may end up
having to experiment with different parameter syntax.

Click the various "OK" buttons to close the "Editing action fo type:..."
and "Editing File Type" popups.

Repeat for each association you want to change.

(End procedure)

BUT it would probably be easier to uninstall and then reinstall the
application you want to be associated with the document type(s). Many
applications will be able to reclaim the associations during the reinstall.

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inkleputDEL@ETEisp.com - 14 Aug 2005 14:40 GMT

RobertVA <robert_c72AThotmail@invalid.com> said:

>In "Windows Explorer" you could:

>Select "Folder Options..." on the "Tools" menu

Hm, no such menu item here.

>BUT it would probably be easier to uninstall and then reinstall the
>application you want to be associated with the document type(s).

My thanks to you and the others. I uninstalled the app. My choice app
had a list (if very limited) of extensions to set associations for.

Jim L

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