Change shell image preview to Office Picture Manager

[Paul]

I rebuilt my system and "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" is now the
image preview command in the windows explorer context menu. I don't like it.

How do I switch it back to using "Microsoft Office Picture Manager"?
This is the preview program the system was using before I rebuilt.

Both programs are available on the system and working ok, just want to
switch the preview in the windows explorer shell context menu for image
files.

 

[Rome]

open up windows explorer, click tools, folder options, file type, and change
the file association.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

How to change file associations in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307859

Replacing the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Application Using the Preview
Verb:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...uide/shell_basics/replacepicturefaxviewer.asp

 

[Paul]

This is just for the Open verb I believe. Open is still photoshop as it
should be. I want the Preview verb to be "Microsoft Office Picture Manager".

 

[Paul]

This is just for the "Open" verb. "Open" is still photoshop on my system
as it should be. I want the "Preview" verb action in the context menu to
be open in "Microsoft Office Picture Manager". I still don't have a
solution.

 

[Paul]

I looked at this article before I posted here. This is a tough set of
instructions, very terse and incomplete, almost experimental in nature.
I couldn't even find the key mentioned in my registry. You have to
reverse engineer windows practically to find what an application might
be called and where all the keys are. I'm a windows programmer and I
said forget this...