Some how my Kodak software is my default to open pictures I recieve in emails. The problem is that it always tells me that the picture can not be displayed, the file has been moved, or something to that effect. It used to just open them from another program and I can not figure out how to switch it back.|||Most files that are pictures have a file extension like gif or jpg.
There can be others.
When you click on a file Windows uses a feature called %26quot;file association%26quot; to determine what program to use to open the file with.
This can be changed by doing the following:
Double left click on the My Computer icon.
Left click on Tools
Left click on Folder Options...
Left click on File Types
Scroll down until you see the Extension name of the type of picture file you have
Left click on the button that says Change...
Scroll through the list that displays to pick the program you want to use to open your picture file.
Good Luck.|||Windows recognizes files by their file extensions, which are the last letters of the name preceded by a period. Although there are some exceptions, most file extensions are three digits long. For example, a file that ends in %26quot;.doc%26quot; is recognized by Windows to be a Microsoft Word document. If you double-click, a file that ends in %26quot;.doc%26quot; Windows will automatically open that file with the Microsoft Word program.
It is a fairly simple system. A file with the extension %26quot;.xls%26quot; will be opened with Microsoft Excel. One that ends in %26quot;.cdr%26quot; is a Corel Draw file. However, some standard file formats like %26quot;.jpg%26quot; and %26quot;.gif%26quot; can be opened by any program that supports that format. For instance, a jpg file is a standard graphic file. It can be opened with Picture It!, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and many other programs. In order for Windows to know which program to use to open that type of file, the operating system creates a file association. Every type of file in your computer must have a program associated with it or Windows will not be able to open that file. Only one program can be associated with each type of file at any given time.
Most of the time file associations are created seamlessly in the background. When you install a new program on your computer, the program installer tells Windows which files to associate with that program. With a program like Word, there is no problem, only the Word program uses %26quot;.doc%26quot; files. Yet, standard file formats can cause trouble with file associations. For instance, when you download the pictures from your camera to your computer, they always pop up in the software that came with your camera. Then you install some new programs and your photos now open up in a different program. It%26#039;s because the file association were changed when you installed those new programs. Sometimes the file associations seem to change for no reason at all, so you need to know how to change those file associations when necessary.
It%26#039;s easy to change file associations. In Windows XP, just find a file with the extension you want to change. For instance, if you want to associate those %26quot;.jpg%26quot; picture files with a different program, just find a file that ends in .jpg. Right-click on the file, and put your cursor on %26quot;Open With%26quot; then click %26quot;Choose Program%26quot;. You will then see a detailed list of programs. Click on the program you want to associate this type of file with. If the program you want is not listed, you can use the browse button to find the program. Once you have selected the program, click your mouse to put a checkmark in the box in front of %26quot;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file.%26quot; Then click %26quot;OK%26quot;. That%26#039;s all there is to it. You have now changed the file association. Every time you open a file of that type it will open in the program you have specified.
In Windows 98 or Windows ME, after you find a file with the extension you want to change, press and hold the Shift key and then right-click the file name. The rest of the process is similar.
You can keep control of your file associations by being careful when you install new programs or visit new Web sites. Sometimes a pop-up window will ask you if you would like to change the file associations to allow their software to be associated with a certain type of file. Now that you know what file associations are and what they do, you will be able to determine if you want the new program to have the file association or not.|||I know how to change temporarily:
right click on the attachment Save As ... to the hard drive first
right click on the saved pic to get a menu --%26gt; Open With ---%26gt;%26gt; you choose a program to open it with .....|||Well, If I get a problem, I just goto http://www.compset.net and Assign a New Task. These guys are pretty good with answering user queries. Just fill out the ASSIGN TASK form and they will get back to you with solution.
