Vista - change default shell extension editor from paint

When I right click an image and it shows edit, I'd like to edit with PS. But
all I can get is Paint.
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<keepout@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ij0dg3tnfgr93v4108jiiltqjbm8b4pa5n@xxxxxxTh File Types tab has disappeared from Folder Options, in an effort to dumb
Vista down and protect itself from its users.

You can use this as a replacement, but it is not free, and comes with a
bunch of other stuff which isn't so useful.

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-500

ss.

On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:01:19 +0100, "Synapse Syndrome"
<synapse@xxxxxx> wrote:
You're partially correct. The reason was to protect the users from other users.
ie: change 1 file type, and it changes it for everyone on the intranet.
I've spent all day trying to find a solution to this problem.
I'm thinking I'm going to just have to stick a copy, or a shortcut of PS in the
Mpaint folder and call in Mpaint.
That would do the trick for me.
Actually the steps 1 & 2 mentioned on this page, I've already tried.
The right click context menu is set to use a DLL to determine what program to
use to open a file.. But nothing about what to edit a file..
ie: PS take's minutes to load. Irfanview takes seconds to load.
IV for viewing, PS for editing.
It works to pick IV to OPEN, but stuck with Mpaint to edit. I suspect Vista
crawls my drive restoring associations without asking.
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<keepout@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:clddg3phejcs558melguec88ind09ijdho@xxxxxxWell, whatever the reason was, it wasn't that. You are not going to be able
to change other user's file type associations because they are on the same
intranet. It will only change the other users on the same computer, and, as
far as I know, it cannot change using group policy on a domain, either. I
might be wrong on that last bit. I cannot understand how this could be
happening for you. Maybe somebody else knows.
That would be a pretty nice kludge, if it worked, and the file was opened in
Photoshop through this. Tell me if it works, just out of interest. I'd
still do it using that tool. Once I have done that once, I could save the
required key in the registry, and add it to the registry everytime I install
Photoshop. There is another file type edit that I need to make Edit context
menu item on HTML file open Dreamweaver, and for the Edit menu item in IE to
point to Dreamweaver.
Either manually edit the registry, or use that tool, or one like it, then.

ss.

On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 23:53:08 +0100, "Synapse Syndrome"
<synapse@xxxxxx> wrote:
Actually I mentioned why they removed the view tab from one of the article
links I hit today attempting to make the right click edit use PS instead of
paint.

ie:Change the view or edit option in the XP view tab, it changed it for ALL
users, since it was a registry change. IOW: many users on the same intranet,
some use paint, some used PS, others used what ever. One person changed the
type setting, everyone's settings changed.

Even if this program bellies up @ 46th day, I have the registry settings it
changed.

Course it'd work. PS and paint both open with file_name %1.
Just a lot of drive space taken up instead of a shortcut for 20 bytes.
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i think you mean every user in the computer, not the intranet (an intranet
would be a network of a number of computers)

most probably was a really decent reason which i can understand completely:
the reason to take that dialog out was to provide a simpler way to the
normal user (which most of them dont know what to do with the right mouse
button, believe it or not!! O_o), thus the new protocol/program associations
in the control (well, you cannot say its not simpler, do you? and -oh god-
resizeable), however i would like them to leave an "advanced" having the
ability to change the context menu as before... better for end user, a bit
bitter for medium-advanced, the result is not so bad anyways while someone
make an easy way to edit the registry to emulate the older way :-)

<keepout@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:50vdg3pip6i7cq3vj4bs2u226n5lfl0k23@xxxxxx
I am wondering what your definition of intranet is. File associations
cannot be changed by other computers on the same intranet. You must mean
other user accounts on the same computer.

ss.

But I use PS, and I have set it as my default program for opening pics. All you need to do is customise PS and mark all the associates in the options.
If I understand the comment concening the extensions having been removed from Vista. No they have not, they are no longer seen by default! They can still be revealed through the tools view menu.

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 05:47:44 +0200, "Jume" <jume@xxxxxx> wrote:
No; intranet, many computers, and / or many users, one central OS. Many
instances of the SAME program.
But only 1 registry.
change an item in the registry it affects everyone.
If the setup is in that one users settings that's different.

you know like a WEB ? Like an ISP server many users one machine. Change the
wrong thing, and you smack everyone.
file types are common to everyone. You change how a file is accessed froma
common program [windows explorer] in the registry, it changes it for everyone
on that web of users/machines. Not necessarily multiple machines.
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On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 04:51:03 +0100, "Synapse Syndrome"
<synapse@xxxxxx> wrote:
You have an office- 1 administrator. 10 users at remote terminals. the admin
wants everyone to use PS to edit jpg's. The admin changes the SAME registry
keys on the ADMIN'S machine that were changed on mine. now everyone in the
office has to use PS when hitting edit on the right click menu.

Be a little redundant to have to change the same setting on every machineif
the other machines are only using things SPECIFIC to their machines. And the
registry of keys wouldn't be specific to each station.

If it's not that way, then I'd have to ask why not. No different from many
users on the same machine. Just don't need to stand in line waiting for a
keyboard and a chair.
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