Photo Editing program

[Guest]

I have XP and have had a problem that a lot of people on here seem to have
had. Trying to edit from the Picture and Fax Viewer and getting MSPaint.
(Who could really edit with that program anyway? LOL)

New problem: I now have the correct program destination in the registry and
it worked . . . for about two weeks. Now, with the correct program in the
registry, MSPaint is opening again.

Can anybody point me in the right direction?

 

[Guest]

And now . . . it is mysteriously working correctly again, without any
corrections.

Just in case this problem happens again, without correcting itself, please
help with any knowledge you may have.

 

[John Inzer]

And now . . . it is mysteriously working correctly again,
without any corrections.

Just in case this problem happens again, without
correcting itself, please help with any knowledge you may
have.

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Possibly the file that *accidentally* opened in Paint
was a .bmp file. The following link explains how
to change the default editor for a single file format.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgeditor.htm
Scroll down to:
"To change the editor for a particular file type, try this:"

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[Ramesh [MVP]]

Adding to John's expert advice:

For BMP files, alter the Edit verb's (default) command here:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Paint.Picture\shell\edit\command]

The "Edit" verb for a file-class overrides the SystemFileAssociations\.xxx "Edit" verb.

If the above key is unavailable, then alter the SystemFileAssociations.

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And now . . . it is mysteriously working correctly again,
without any corrections.

Just in case this problem happens again, without
correcting itself, please help with any knowledge you may
have.

====================================
Possibly the file that *accidentally* opened in Paint
was a .bmp file. The following link explains how
to change the default editor for a single file format.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgeditor.htm
Scroll down to:
"To change the editor for a particular file type, try this:"

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John Inzer
Picture It! MVP
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Picture It! Support Center
http://tinyurl.com/2po2o

Digital Image Support Center
http://tinyurl.com/3xxqg

 

[John Inzer]

Adding to John's expert advice:

For BMP files, alter the Edit verb's (default) command
here:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Paint.Picture\shell\edit\command]

The "Edit" verb for a file-class overrides the
SystemFileAssociations\.xxx "Edit" verb.

If the above key is unavailable, then alter the
SystemFileAssociations.

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I like that even better....

Thanks for posting it.

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[Guest]

Thanks for the advice! I will watch for that next time.

I actually was wondering if I might have messed things up a bit. I realized
that, on that day, I left-clicked a picture in windows explorer and picked
open with to edit it in a different editing program than I had designated as
my default program. Usually, I open the program, then open the picture from
that program, but I did things a bit different.

Could that cause a temporary bug?

Adding to John's expert advice:

For BMP files, alter the Edit verb's (default) command
here:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Paint.Picture\shell\edit\command]

The "Edit" verb for a file-class overrides the
SystemFileAssociations\.xxx "Edit" verb.

If the above key is unavailable, then alter the
SystemFileAssociations.

================================
I like that even better....

Thanks for posting it.

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John Inzer
Picture It! MVP
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Picture It! Support Center
http://tinyurl.com/2po2o

Digital Image Support Center
http://tinyurl.com/3xxqg

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks for the advice! I will watch for that next time.

I actually was wondering if I might have messed things up
a bit. I realized that, on that day, I left-clicked a
picture in windows explorer and picked open with to edit
it in a different editing program than I had designated
as my default program. Usually, I open the program, then
open the picture from that program, but I did things a
bit different.

Could that cause a temporary bug?

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Hmmm, I don't think you should be
seeing the "Open With" option with a
left click. I only get that with a right click.

And...even with a right click...unless you
tick "Always Use This Program"..nothing
should change permanently.

I thought we were discussing the "Edit"
button in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer?

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