Open With brings up Windows Installer

[Terry Pinnell]

Using XP Home, when I used Open With find the program I wanted to use
to open a particular GIF, PaintShop Pro 7 was no longer on the list of
options for some odd reason. So I used Browse to find and add it
again. But when I clicked Open, instead of PSP7 appearing, the list,
remained unaltered, and looked like this:
http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Misc/OpenWith1.gif

Apart from repeating the Browse (fruitless), I had no choice but to
close with OK. I then got the very unexpected result of Windows
Installer popping up and asking to install Microsoft Outlook 2002! (A
program I already have installed and regularly running.)

Various other windows appeared and eventually I canceled to get back
to where I was.

I wanted to test whether the same happened with other image editors or
viewers, apart from PSP7, but I don't appear to have any more than
those programs already on the list.

Any help would be much appreciated please.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

It looks like Paint Shop Pro 8 usurped it.
Did you scroll down the list to find Paint Shop Pro 7?
Can you run both Paint Shop Pro 7 & Paint Shop Pro 8?

I know nothing about Paint Shop Pro, do you need both 7 & 8?
If not, dump one of them.

 

[Terry Pinnell]

It looks like Paint Shop Pro 8 usurped it.
Did you scroll down the list to find Paint Shop Pro 7?
Can you run both Paint Shop Pro 7 & Paint Shop Pro 8?

I know nothing about Paint Shop Pro, do you need both 7 & 8?
If not, dump one of them.

Thanks, but I use both. PSP7 is preferred, mainly because I'm much
more comfortable with it, but 8 has some unique features I need
occasionally.

 

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Terry, I know nothing about PSP. I was wondering if you solved the other problem and how you did it?

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Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
__________In response to__________
| Thanks, but I use both. PSP7 is preferred, mainly because I'm much
| more comfortable with it, but 8 has some unique features I need
| occasionally.
|
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| Terry, West Sussex, UK
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[Terry Pinnell]

Terry, I know nothing about PSP. I was wondering if you solved the other problem and how you did it?

Which one? I have quite a few! But the answer is No, anyway, as I
haven't solved any of them.