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A couple of weeks ago I downloaded a photo editor, Serif PhotoEditor SE, and not so cleverly made it the default program for JPG files. Now I can't figure out how to change JPG back to Paint. Here's what I've done so far to try to fix it. In Windows Explorer clicked Tools | Folder Options | File Types Clicked on JPG What it says is that it opens with Paint but that I have customized files with ext 'JPG'. To restore them to default (Serif PhotoPlus Picture) click restore. OK, so I clicked restore because then that button becomes advanced. So I clicked on Advanced button. And removed the open action. Then added the open action back and said to use paint.exe. And then clicked "set default" button. And then OK. But it still says that JPG are type "Serif PhotoPlus Picture" and that's what I want to change. I can't figure out how to change the default back to paint. Can you help please? I thank you for your help. Here's one last thing I did. At the point where I deleted the open action I then just saved that setting without adding the add action back. Now the JPG files open with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, which looks like what they opened with before so I must have been wrong about them opening with Paint. But. It still says that they are Serif PhotPlus Picture type. How can I change that? And maybe I should be asking what I should change them to if not Paint. Thanks again. -- Kathy aka smiley In God We Trust |
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... WinXP SP3 A couple of weeks ago I downloaded a photo editor, Serif PhotoEditor SE, and not so cleverly made it the default program for JPG files. Now I can't figure out how to change JPG back to Paint. Here's what I've done so far to try to fix it. In Windows Explorer clicked Tools | Folder Options | File Types Clicked on JPG What it says is that it opens with Paint but that I have customized files with ext 'JPG'. To restore them to default (Serif PhotoPlus Picture) click restore. OK, so I clicked restore because then that button becomes advanced. So I clicked on Advanced button. And removed the open action. Then added the open action back and said to use paint.exe. And then clicked "set default" button. And then OK. But it still says that JPG are type "Serif PhotoPlus Picture" and that's what I want to change. I can't figure out how to change the default back to paint. Can you help please? I thank you for your help. Here's one last thing I did. At the point where I deleted the open action I then just saved that setting without adding the add action back. Now the JPG files open with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, which looks like what they opened with before so I must have been wrong about them opening with Paint. But. It still says that they are Serif PhotPlus Picture type. How can I change that? And maybe I should be asking what I should change them to if not Paint. Hi Kathy, Open the SerifPhotoEditor, click its menus at the top and look for an Options or Preferences menu or sub-menu, and click that. Try and find an item in its preferences that allows you to select File Associations for the program, and un-check the file types you don't want it to take, such as JPG, then click OK. It should release the file type and revert it to what it was before you installed the program. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/ |
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-------- Original-Nachricht -------- WinXP SP3 A couple of weeks ago I downloaded a photo editor, Serif PhotoEditor SE, and not so cleverly made it the default program for JPG files. Now I can't figure out how to change JPG back to Paint. Here's what I've done so far to try to fix it. In Windows Explorer clicked Tools | Folder Options | File Types Clicked on JPG What it says is that it opens with Paint but that I have customized files with ext 'JPG'. To restore them to default (Serif PhotoPlus Picture) click restore. OK, so I clicked restore because then that button becomes advanced. So I clicked on Advanced button. And removed the open action. Then added the open action back and said to use paint.exe. And then clicked "set default" button. And then OK. But it still says that JPG are type "Serif PhotoPlus Picture" and that's what I want to change. I can't figure out how to change the default back to paint. Can you help please? I thank you for your help. Here's one last thing I did. At the point where I deleted the open action I then just saved that setting without adding the add action back. Now the JPG files open with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, which looks like what they opened with before so I must have been wrong about them opening with Paint. But. It still says that they are Serif PhotPlus Picture type. How can I change that? And maybe I should be asking what I should change them to if not Paint. Thanks again. Look here at "Open With" method: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859 Bernd |
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Hi Bernd,
I followed the instructions at the link and it did open with the software I wanted to use. But it still says that it is Type: SerifPhotoPlus Picture. And that's really what I want to change. I'll let everyone know what tech support says when they get back to me. And then, if all else fails, I will uninstall and reinstall. All this for a "free" download. My time, and yours, is certainly not free! Thank you for your response. -- Kathy aka smiley In God We Trust "Bernd" wrote in message ... -------- Original-Nachricht -------- WinXP SP3 A couple of weeks ago I downloaded a photo editor, Serif PhotoEditor SE, and not so cleverly made it the default program for JPG files. Now I can't figure out how to change JPG back to Paint. Here's what I've done so far to try to fix it. In Windows Explorer clicked Tools | Folder Options | File Types Clicked on JPG What it says is that it opens with Paint but that I have customized files with ext 'JPG'. To restore them to default (Serif PhotoPlus Picture) click restore. OK, so I clicked restore because then that button becomes advanced. So I clicked on Advanced button. And removed the open action. Then added the open action back and said to use paint.exe. And then clicked "set default" button. And then OK. But it still says that JPG are type "Serif PhotoPlus Picture" and that's what I want to change. I can't figure out how to change the default back to paint. Can you help please? I thank you for your help. Here's one last thing I did. At the point where I deleted the open action I then just saved that setting without adding the add action back. Now the JPG files open with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, which looks like what they opened with before so I must have been wrong about them opening with Paint. But. It still says that they are Serif PhotPlus Picture type. How can I change that? And maybe I should be asking what I should change them to if not Paint. Thanks again. Look here at "Open With" method: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859 Bernd |
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"Kathy" wrote in message
... WinXP SP3 A couple of weeks ago I downloaded a photo editor, Serif PhotoEditor SE, and not so cleverly made it the default program for JPG files. Now I can't figure out how to change JPG back to Paint. Here's what I've done so far to try to fix it. In Windows Explorer clicked Tools | Folder Options | File Types Clicked on JPG What it says is that it opens with Paint but that I have customized files with ext 'JPG'. To restore them to default (Serif PhotoPlus Picture) click restore. OK, so I clicked restore because then that button becomes advanced. So I clicked on Advanced button. And removed the open action. Then added the open action back and said to use paint.exe. And then clicked "set default" button. And then OK. But it still says that JPG are type "Serif PhotoPlus Picture" and that's what I want to change. I can't figure out how to change the default back to paint. Can you help please? I thank you for your help. Here's one last thing I did. At the point where I deleted the open action I then just saved that setting without adding the add action back. Now the JPG files open with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, which looks like what they opened with before so I must have been wrong about them opening with Paint. But. It still says that they are Serif PhotPlus Picture type. How can I change that? And maybe I should be asking what I should change them to if not Paint. Thanks again. -- Kathy aka smiley This is counter intuitive but try making the association with "Serif PhotoPlus Picture" first then back to Paint, Windows Picture and Fax Viewer or whatever you chose. The association may have gotten corrupted in the install and isn't releasing correctly. If so, this may fix it. I had the same problem with a different extension recently and this was the cure for me anyway. Pick the program you want to associate with by what you want to do, i.e work is the former and view is the latter. Really isn't a wrong answer to what you prefer. |
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"Kathy" wrote: WinXP SP3 A couple of weeks ago I downloaded a photo editor, Serif PhotoEditor SE, and not so cleverly made it the default program for JPG files. Now I can't figure out how to change JPG back to Paint. Here's what I've done so far to try to fix it. In Windows Explorer clicked Tools | Folder Options | File Types Clicked on JPG What it says is that it opens with Paint but that I have customized files with ext 'JPG'. To restore them to default (Serif PhotoPlus Picture) click restore. OK, so I clicked restore because then that button becomes advanced. So I clicked on Advanced button. And removed the open action. Then added the open action back and said to use paint.exe. And then clicked "set default" button. And then OK. But it still says that JPG are type "Serif PhotoPlus Picture" and that's what I want to change. I can't figure out how to change the default back to paint. Can you help please? I thank you for your help. Here's one last thing I did. At the point where I deleted the open action I then just saved that setting without adding the add action back. Now the JPG files open with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, which looks like what they opened with before so I must have been wrong about them opening with Paint. But. It still says that they are Serif PhotPlus Picture type. How can I change that? And maybe I should be asking what I should change them to if not Paint. Thanks again. -- Kathy aka smiley In God We Trust . - Click Start - Then click My Computer - Select Local Disk (C, this will open Windows Explorer - Click Tools Folder Options, File Types tab - Select JPG - Click Change - Select the program that you would like to use to view JPG images (Paint) - Click OK |
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