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I just installed Adobe Photoshop CS after using version 7 for a few years.
Now Photoshop is no longer on the Open With list when I right click on an
image file. Any ideas how to restore that functionality? By the way I did
select Choose Program when it didn't show up on the list. Navigated to
photoshop.exe and Windows failed to accept the change. The existing
association remained. I also tried making the change by selecting Properties
after right clicking on an image file and it did the same thing.

Thanks!
 
See if this helps:

Registering a program with the "Open With" dialog:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm

If that does not help, uninstall and then reinstall Photoshop

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I just installed Adobe Photoshop CS after using version 7 for a few years.
Now Photoshop is no longer on the Open With list when I right click on an
image file. Any ideas how to restore that functionality? By the way I did
select Choose Program when it didn't show up on the list. Navigated to
photoshop.exe and Windows failed to accept the change. The existing
association remained. I also tried making the change by selecting Properties
after right clicking on an image file and it did the same thing.

Thanks!
 
Thanks Ramesh - that did the trick. I'm assuming the program you provided
made a change to the registry. I'd be curious to know what it does and if it
can be done directly by editing one of the subkeys?
 
Yes. It sets the application path in the registry. Under
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks Ramesh - that did the trick. I'm assuming the program you provided
made a change to the registry. I'd be curious to know what it does and if it
can be done directly by editing one of the subkeys?
 
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