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Adding options to the "Open With" menu

 
 
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      7th Apr 2007
Hi
I have two problems.
I want to open images with Photoshop, but it does not appear on my right
click menu when I select "Open With".
If I browse for it, and select the .exe file, it closes the selecting menu
but still does not open it with photoshop, instead choosing whatever is
already selected on the first "Open With" option, so for some reason it is
not remembering what I have elected to use.
The second problem is how do I place the Photoshop link on the first open
with menu.

PS. I don't wish to always open image files with photoshop, as I prefer to
view them initially in Windows "picture and fax viewer"

Thanks in advance

Wombat

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      8th Apr 2007
Wally,

When you browse to select the Photoshop executable, does the entry get added to the Open With dialog?

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"Wally Wombat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:A1D79CAF-FA09-469A-BDCB-(E-Mail Removed)...
Hi
I have two problems.
I want to open images with Photoshop, but it does not appear on my right
click menu when I select "Open With".
If I browse for it, and select the .exe file, it closes the selecting menu
but still does not open it with photoshop, instead choosing whatever is
already selected on the first "Open With" option, so for some reason it is
not remembering what I have elected to use.
The second problem is how do I place the Photoshop link on the first open
with menu.

PS. I don't wish to always open image files with photoshop, as I prefer to
view them initially in Windows "picture and fax viewer"

Thanks in advance

Wombat

Eats, roots and leaves.
 
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      8th Apr 2007
Thanks for the reply.

No, it doesn't.
Also I would expect the program to open the file without returning to the
"Open With" menu.

Wombat

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"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Wally,
>
> When you browse to select the Photoshop executable, does the entry get added to the Open With dialog?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Wally Wombat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:A1D79CAF-FA09-469A-BDCB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
> I have two problems.
> I want to open images with Photoshop, but it does not appear on my right
> click menu when I select "Open With".
> If I browse for it, and select the .exe file, it closes the selecting menu
> but still does not open it with photoshop, instead choosing whatever is
> already selected on the first "Open With" option, so for some reason it is
> not remembering what I have elected to use.
> The second problem is how do I place the Photoshop link on the first open
> with menu.
>
> PS. I don't wish to always open image files with photoshop, as I prefer to
> view them initially in Windows "picture and fax viewer"
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Wombat
>
> Eats, roots and leaves.
>

 
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      8th Apr 2007
Try re-registering Photoshop executable with the Open With dialog and see if that fixes the problem:

Registering a program with the "Open With" dialog:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Wally Wombat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:886C30B8-9304-4619-AA58-(E-Mail Removed)...
Thanks for the reply.

No, it doesn't.
Also I would expect the program to open the file without returning to the
"Open With" menu.

Wombat

--
Eats, roots and leaves.


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Wally,
>
> When you browse to select the Photoshop executable, does the entry get added to the Open With dialog?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Wally Wombat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:A1D79CAF-FA09-469A-BDCB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
> I have two problems.
> I want to open images with Photoshop, but it does not appear on my right
> click menu when I select "Open With".
> If I browse for it, and select the .exe file, it closes the selecting menu
> but still does not open it with photoshop, instead choosing whatever is
> already selected on the first "Open With" option, so for some reason it is
> not remembering what I have elected to use.
> The second problem is how do I place the Photoshop link on the first open
> with menu.
>
> PS. I don't wish to always open image files with photoshop, as I prefer to
> view them initially in Windows "picture and fax viewer"
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Wombat
>
> Eats, roots and leaves.
>

 
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      8th Apr 2007
Thanks for the fix
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"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Try re-registering Photoshop executable with the Open With dialog and see if that fixes the problem:
>
> Registering a program with the "Open With" dialog:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Wally Wombat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:886C30B8-9304-4619-AA58-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> No, it doesn't.
> Also I would expect the program to open the file without returning to the
> "Open With" menu.
>
> Wombat
>
> --
> Eats, roots and leaves.
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Wally,
> >
> > When you browse to select the Photoshop executable, does the entry get added to the Open With dialog?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >
> > "Wally Wombat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:A1D79CAF-FA09-469A-BDCB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi
> > I have two problems.
> > I want to open images with Photoshop, but it does not appear on my right
> > click menu when I select "Open With".
> > If I browse for it, and select the .exe file, it closes the selecting menu
> > but still does not open it with photoshop, instead choosing whatever is
> > already selected on the first "Open With" option, so for some reason it is
> > not remembering what I have elected to use.
> > The second problem is how do I place the Photoshop link on the first open
> > with menu.
> >
> > PS. I don't wish to always open image files with photoshop, as I prefer to
> > view them initially in Windows "picture and fax viewer"
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Wombat
> >
> > Eats, roots and leaves.
> >

>

 
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      9th Apr 2007
YW Wally.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Wally Wombat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news08EBF1C-F4A1-4B65-857F-(E-Mail Removed)...
Thanks for the fix
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"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Try re-registering Photoshop executable with the Open With dialog and see if that fixes the problem:
>
> Registering a program with the "Open With" dialog:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


 
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