Vista - Recently Changed: Unable to open .jpg files from WM

I have WM set to read in plain mail only, but have always been able to click
on the attachment icon on the right side of the info bar, click on the .jpg
attachment and choose 'open' in the resulting dialog in order to view the
image with Photo Gallery. In the last few days, doing this has resulted in
the dreaded File Association Error Dialog.

I can view the .jpg if I select "View/Message in HTML". I can also view it
if I open the email and drag the file to my desktop, then click on it, no
problem (with the default association, Vista Photo Gallery).

This seems to apply only to .jpg files. I can open .gif & .bmp files without
issue. Same with .wmv, .mpg, etc. Only .jpg, and the icon in the attachment
list is just a white, generic page.
I'm baffled. It's almost as though WM has its own file associations. Any
ideas?

Thanks,
mxh

You might see if this helps: www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx

steve

"mxh" <mxh@att.net> wrote in message
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>I have WM set to read in plain mail only, but have always been able to
>click on the attachment icon on the right side of the info bar, click on
>the .jpg attachment and choose 'open' in the resulting dialog in order to
>view the image with Photo Gallery. In the last few days, doing this has
>resulted in the dreaded File Association Error Dialog.
>
> I can view the .jpg if I select "View/Message in HTML". I can also view it
> if I open the email and drag the file to my desktop, then click on it, no
> problem (with the default association, Vista Photo Gallery).
>
> This seems to apply only to .jpg files. I can open .gif & .bmp files
> without issue. Same with .wmv, .mpg, etc. Only .jpg, and the icon in the
> attachment list is just a white, generic page.
> I'm baffled. It's almost as though WM has its own file associations. Any
> ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> mxh
>
>

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
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> You might see if this helps: www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx
>

And indeed it does. A very simple fix and it worked like a charm! I had
installed iexif and it seemed to hijack the key (it read: iexif.image). The
strange thing is, I would have thought that the registry entry you referred
me to would have changed the association systemically, but .jpgs outside of
WM opened normally (in PG). At any rate, the icon is back to normal in the
attachment list and all is well.

Thanks for your help!
mxh

Great. Glad to hear it.

steve

"mxh" <mxh@att.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:1597C458-86BA-4D9F-B068-F57AB512DBDB@microsoft.com...
>> You might see if this helps: www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx
>>
>
> And indeed it does. A very simple fix and it worked like a charm! I had
> installed iexif and it seemed to hijack the key (it read: iexif.image).
> The strange thing is, I would have thought that the registry entry you
> referred me to would have changed the association systemically, but .jpgs
> outside of WM opened normally (in PG). At any rate, the icon is back to
> normal in the attachment list and all is well.
>
> Thanks for your help!
> mxh