PI: HOWTO: Changing Default Image Editor (160945)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Picture It! 1.0
  • Microsoft Picture It! 2.0
  • Microsoft Picture It! Express 2000
This article was previously published under Q160945
1.00 WINDOWS

SYMPTOMS

After installing Picture It! you may notice the file icons for your picture files (bmp, jpg, tif, etc) have changed to Picture It! icons (a black camera with red scissors underneath). When you double-click a picture file, it opens in Picture It!.

CAUSE

During Setup Picture It! asks:

Would you like to use Picture It! as the standard program for working with all pictures?
<Yes/No>

The default answer is Yes. If you accept the default, Picture It! changes the file associations for all your picture files to point to Picture It!. This means that when you double-click a bitmap (bmp) file for example, the bitmap will open in Picture It!.

RESOLUTION

To remove the associations that make Picture It! the standard program for working with all pictures, do the following:

  1. Run Picture It! Setup.
  2. Choose Remove All. This will not remove any Picture It! files you have created.
  3. Run Picture It! Setup again.
  4. When Setup asks:

    Would you like to use Picture It! as the standard program for working with all Pictures?

    Click No.
  5. Complete Setup.
Note: Picture It! (mix) files and Kodak FlashPix (fpx) files are always associated with Picture It!, even if you choose No.

When you remove Picture It!, setup will restore the assocations you had originally. If not, you can set specific associations by following the steps below.

MORE INFORMATION

To Set File Associations

To set a specific association, do the following:

  1. Click the Start button, point to Programs and Run Windows Explorer.
  2. On the View menu, click Options.
  3. Click the File Types tab.
  4. Choose the file type you want to associate from the list of Registered file types and Click Edit.
  5. In the Actions box, click open, and then click Edit.
  6. Click Browse and find the executable (*.exe) file for the program you want to open the file type.
  7. Click OK, click Close, and then click Close again to return to Windows Explorer.
For more information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/14/2003
Keywords:KB160945
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