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Changing default picture opening program

Postby chrissiehope » Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:17 pm

Hi
I downloaded Irfan view as I needed it to open a .png file. It has defaulted to be the file that opens .jpgs which I don't want ! How do I change it back to Microsoft Picture Manager in W7 ?

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Re: Changing default picture opening program

Postby Enrique » Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:30 pm

Hi chrissiehope,
Right click on .png and open with..........your chosen program.......... :idea:

Or you can read through this and do it another way............or ways........... :D

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Re: Changing default picture opening program

Postby chrissiehope » Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:51 pm

It's not just the .png files - I've been able to convert them to .jpg files once they're open - it's all the .jpg files that are now being opened with Irfanview that I want to change ! In 'the old days' (i.e.XP ;-) ), I could go to 'File Options' at the top, & get a list of file types & be able to specify what program I wanted to open it with....
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Re: Changing default picture opening program

Postby chrissiehope » Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:44 pm

Hi Enrique - I have got the info, and it's very helpful. However, I wasn't able to 'unclick' the file types in Irfanview, and there were so many, I decided the quickest solution was to uninstall Irfanview, which I have now done. I then went thro' all the file types, and changed the relevant ones to Microsoft picture manager, which is what I prefer.
It is a bit time consuming, as you can only do one type at a time, and since Irfanview has gone, there are a lot of file types with 'Unknown application' or 'File Identifier' beside them - is this likely to be a problem ?
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Re: Changing default picture opening program

Postby lalitsharma » Mon Dec 03, 2018 2:47 pm

It's pretty easy to choose the default program. Simply right-click on the picture and go to properties. Look for the open with: in the General tab, choose a program and apply the changes. Now whenever you double-click that type of picture, it will automatically open in the program you have chosen.


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