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[Boojum]

After going from dial-up to wireless, I am experiencing problems with saving
JPEG and GIF images. I save to documents/my pictures. The image does not show
as a thumbnail as in the past. When I click on the file, I am prompted to
choose the program to open the file with. If I choose "Windows Picture & Fax
Viewer," the image opens but does not remain a thumbnail. To open the file I
must repeat the process.

If I choose Internet Explorer to open the file and again save the image to
documents/my pictures a second time, the image shows as a thumbnail which I
may open. I then delete the unopened file.

Since the open to "Always use the selected program to open the file type"
box does not accept a check, that option is not available. Perhaps
uninstalling MSN 9.5 has something to do with it?

Since I would rather not reinstall the dial-up software, is there another
solution?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Yes, the 'MSN as ISP' config is very 'walled garden', much like AOL. They
probably messed up your default file associations.
Restore Default File Associations Easily:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_easy_file.htm

 

[Boojum]

Thanks for the help. I am having trouble getting the image types associated
with Windows Picture & Fax Viewer as the program of choice to open the file.
As a google seach will confirm, I am not the only one.

Anyway, I thank you again.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}\shellex\ create the Value "MayChangeDefaultMenu", set to hex:1

 

[Boojum]

Thank you, Mr. Ferguson. Much to my delight, the images now display the first
time without the need for further processing.