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Hmmmpf! I installed Adobe Photoshop yesterday and it took over the spot formerly held by Windows XP software.

I like the Windows XP software and the Resizer tool available through an update on the Microsoft Window's XP website. Now I my jpegs come up in Adobe instead of Windows View?

Normally software asks if it's okay to change settings, it never did. So, my question: How do I change it back so that Window's Viewer for jpegs come's back as the software of choice? I perused and perused and have come up empty. TIA

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Bruce,

You can right-click on the file name, select Open With and browse to the application you want. I know there is a way to associate an application to a file type, but it escapes me at the moment.

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There it is.

Open control Panel, select Folder Options, scroll down to the JPEG Image file type. Click on the Change button, then browse to the application you want, click OK.

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Wayne bet me to it. Just use Open With

Bruce right click on the image , select open with, then select choose program a window will pop up where you can select the program along with a box you can check to use that program alll the time.

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Bruce, go to one of your jpg files and right click it, select properties.
Under the heading opens with: select, Change
and then select the Windows Picture & Fax Viewer.
Also check the box that says "always use this program to open this type of file"

Now you should be good to go.

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Way to go you guys. It was answered by about five or so of you simultaneously. I got it changed and my life is back to normal. Nothing like trying to walk with your shoelaces tied together. You just fall down!

I hate it when my system gets changed without even asking me. Thanks everyone.   

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That's xp for you though, don't you know it's smarter than most people

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XP is annoyingly stupid, actually, in that it decides to do things on its own, when I really don't want it to. I seriously consider rolling back to Win2K on some days...

I got my Resizer back, that's what matters most to me.

And Adobe, it's on TRIAL! Failed the first test, user friendly.

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Surely Photoshop asked you what files to associate it with during installation? Did with me, anyway...

Also, something to remember: Adobe Photoshop isn't designed to be simple and user friendly. It's designed to be a professional image editing tool, and has a significant learning curve when it comes to getting the most out of it.

Mattia's right. Photoshop isn't a one-click fixes everything kind of
program, but it allows you to do amazing things across a broad spectrum
of image manipulation way beyond anything else. Admittedly, there's a
learning curve and many of its capabilities aren't all that intuitive. Give it
a chance and eventually you'll be amazed at what you can do. It sounds
like there's a bunch of PS users right here, so don't be hesitant about
asking for help. It will eventually be your friend, I promise you.
Craig

The computers in my labs and those at home are running faultlessly on Win 98SE! We have one system on XP in the lab but nobody uses it unless we have software that will only run on XP.

I have Adobe Photoshop on my system but never use it unless I'm doing something really deep. Normally I'll use Paintshop Pro as its much more user friendly, to resize you just click the resize button. If I was running a professional graphics company I'd use Adobe, I'm not so I don't.

Colin

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[QUOTE=Mattia Valente] Surely Photoshop asked you what files to associate it with during installation? Did with me, anyway...

Also, something to remember: Adobe Photoshop isn't designed to be simple and user friendly. It's designed to be a professional image editing tool, and has a significant learning curve when it comes to getting the most out of it.[/QUOTE]

Mattia, You sure have that right!

I got started on Photoshop about15 months ago and now I would never look back. I am having a ball with it. So much so that it cuts into my guitar-building time!

Steve

PS. There is a large cottage industry associated with learning PS. Wish I started with it 10 years ago.

Hey thanks guys, Iwas having the same problem.

Yeah, thanks, guys. I was wondering why the old dinosaur with 98se in my shop was doing better than xp in the house.

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XP's OK, if it's pro (not home), and once you've turned off all the annoying things it tries to do automatically (if I put in a CD, I'll decide when I want to view the data, copy it, whatever. Same if I plug in a camera, thanks muchly). Oh, and switch to classic windows mode instead of the teletubbies interface it comes with as standard. Basically, so it looks like Win2K. My Win2K systems have been rock solid (short of, y'know, major hardware death, but lets not go there), and I think my record is an uptime of 4 months straight; occasionally you install something that requires a reboot, though, so, yeah.

Personally, I use Photoshop Elements (came with the DSLR) for a lot of my stuff, but for the majority of my basic image manipulation, it's Pixmantec's RawShooter (because, well, I shoot all my photographs in RAW format these days), which is faster than PS, has the same tools and then some, and is quite ideal for futzing about with images in RAW format. I also admit that I rarely bother image editing stuff a whole lot; if it's a guitar design, I'd rather just sketch it out and let my imagination do the rest. Works great :-)

I've found photoshop to be quickest for me, even for simple resize and
saves. Of course it's how I make a living right now... If you'd like some
settings I used on pictures 90% of the time, I'll post them.

Sure why not James. I don't have a clue on Adobe yet, so a tutorial would help.

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