How to add a program to the "Open With" function when used in My Pictures?

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Philp47

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Suddenly Canon ZoomBrowser EX has disappeared from my "Open With" facility on the drop down menu when you right click a photo.
This happened once before and I replaced it but I can't find out how to replace it this time.
Can someone help please?
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
I really do appreciate your trying to help me but after trying to make sense of just a part of it I was completely lost and fearful of making things much worse than they already are. I have no idea at all which method to use.
The problem is this - when I go to open a picture/image/photo by right clicking on the image there is a longish menu list that appears. Now I never had anything whatsoever to do with how that list got made up. Nothing at all, yet all those programs including Canon ZoomBrowser EX was on that list. And now it has suddenly disappeared. How did they ALL get on that list in the first place? Presumably by some sort of automatic method but not by me. I wouldn't know how.
At the moment I can still use ZoomBrowser but not by opening the picture first - I have to open ZoomBrowser first and then go searching for the picture(s) in question.
 

My Computer

System One

Go to a picture, Right click, scroll to open with, click choose default program, go to c: program files, Canon ZoomBrowser EX, find the file ending with .exe
Click that and tick the box that says always use this (or words to that effect)

If no files have the exe showing let me know and I will tell you how to always show extensions
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
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