Within WIN XP Pro does anybody know if you can change XP's picture viewer not to act as default?

I can open Paint Shop Pro or Adobe Photoshop 6.1 and then open a picture within them but even if I set one of those two programmes up as default, whenever I click on a picture file it opens in XP's viewer.

S' driving me nuts

It is easy but longwinded.

Open “windows explorer/tools/file types” ... scroll down to any bmp, jpg etc ... highlight it and you will see "opens with" and "change" ... just change it to whatever paint programme you wish.

Have fun.

Thanks for the reply Mucks, but it doesn't seem to work.

I done as you suggested, changed each picture format to open with Paint Shop Pro.

I then opened a picture file and it still opened in Windows Picture and Fax viewer.

I then opened the properties of that picture and it was shown as 'opens with Paint Shop Pro'.

Interestingly, Adobe Photshop wasn't shown as an option to open with out of the list of programs. That is very probably because I haven't used it yet

Hmmm, that is a little peculiar, works ok for me.

Try "browse" for Photoshop.

Just my luck...:crazy: I'll play around a little more.

I know of one way you could fix the problem for Paint Shop Pro.

Open Pain Shop Pro and go to File > Preferences > File Format Associations. Scroll down through the list and check/uncheck the file types you want to open with Paint Shop Pro and click OK.

This should have associated the files types you want with the program. If not, close the program and restart your computer. This will fix any little niggles in the system's registry.

I hope this helps. If not, PM me and I'll investigate into the problem further.

Thanks Scott, I'll give it a try. Not sure if it will work as when I view my pic files in Explorer, they're shown with PSP logos already.

But, will try and let you know.

thats why i hate XP... why the hell does all Microsoft products need to be used to open stuff you already have a program for?? i understand them putting them in the OS so people can use them... but for god sakes let us use our own software when we install it.. well thats why i went back to win2k.... and use linux on my second box for that matter...

When browsing"open with" go to your Photoshop folder and select Pshop.exe 4 adobe or the equivelent app in PSP.