How to change edit program

[Steamer]

When in Windows Picture and Fax viewer, the edit function defaults to
"paint" How can I change my edit program from paint to Microsoft Photo
Editor.

Thanks

 

[Yves Alarie]

Right click on your photo.
A menu will open. Click on Open with instead of clicking on Edit.
A list will open of all the photo editing software you have installed on
your computer, just select the one you want.

 

[John Inzer]

When in Windows Picture and Fax viewer, the edit function defaults to
"paint" How can I change my edit program from paint to Microsoft Photo
Editor.

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You wish to change the default image editor...correct?

Here's your solution:

IMPORTANT: This message contains information
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and edit the registry, click the following link to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

(256986) Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;256986


OK...go to...Start / Run and type in..."regedit" without
the quotes. Then click OK or press...Enter.

In the Registry Editor...drill down to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit\command

In the Data column you should see the following string:

"%systemroot%\system32\mspaint.exe" "%1"

(where you see *mspaint* in the example....you will see
your current default)

Replace the string with the path to the program that will
be your default image editor. I wanted Picture It! 7 so
the following is what I changed to.

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Picture It! 7\pip.exe" "%1"

Now, my images still open in the Picture and Fax viewer
but if I click the Edit button...Picture It! 7 opens.

Good luck.