Vista Tutorial - File association

I get an e-mail with a .jpg attachment. I want it to open in Photoshop or
Internet Explorer. They used to open in Roxio, but there were so many
conflicts between Roxio and Vista that I uninstalled every vestige of Roxio.
Now, when I click on the attachment I get a blank page (with "done" in the
corner), and a big "Restricted Sites" icon in the taskbar. I have gone to my
security settings, restored defaults, tried manfully to change them to
Internet or Trusted Sites, and when I try again I am back to the Restricted
Sites icon. The help page tells me to open the web site for the program I
want to open, but it's not a web page, it is an e-mail attachment. I am
obviously overlooking something fairly basic. What is it?

Did you try control panel ->> Default Programs ->> Set Default Programs?

Maybe I am not understanding what is going on, but that would be the best way to help ensure that a particular program opened a particular type of file.

There is also right-clicking on a JPG file in explorer, choosing OPEN WITH ->> Choose default program, and then browsing to the program you want to use and making sure the "Always use the selected program" box is checked.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

I used the Control Panel method to send all .jpg and .jpeg files to Windows
Photo Gallery. There is so darn much capability in a computer requiring
special knowledge to uncover...thanks!

One of the frustrating things that led me to this newsgroup was that
right-clicking on the file did not bring up "Open with...", just "Open." Had
I seen "Open with..." I would have followed that instruction.

I am using Vista with SP1, if that makes any difference.

Bob Gardner


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