Vista - How do I make PHoto Gallery the default program to open pictures?

11-29-2007

If someone sent me a picture in an email and I clicked on it - it used to be
that Photo Gallery opened the picture and I was easily able to save the
picture to my gallery. Now for some reason, Microsoft Office Picture Manager
opens everything, and that sucks because saving photos is time-consuming.
How do I get Vista Photo Gallery to be the default program to open photos
again?

11-29-2007

Lroberts wrote:

Quote:

> If someone sent me a picture in an email and I clicked on it - it
> used to be that Photo Gallery opened the picture and I was easily
> able to save the picture to my gallery. Now for some reason,
> Microsoft Office Picture Manager opens everything, and that sucks
> because saving photos is time-consuming. How do I get Vista Photo
> Gallery to be the default program to open photos again?

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Maybe these links will offer some ideas:

How to Set Default Associations
For a Program in Vista
Default Programs - Program Default Associations

An utility to unassociate file types in Windows Vista
http://winhelponline.com/articles/231/1/

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

11-29-2007	#1 (permalink)
Lroberts n/a posts	How do I make PHoto Gallery the default program to open pictures? If someone sent me a picture in an email and I clicked on it - it used to be that Photo Gallery opened the picture and I was easily able to save the picture to my gallery. Now for some reason, Microsoft Office Picture Manager opens everything, and that sucks because saving photos is time-consuming. How do I get Vista Photo Gallery to be the default program to open photos again?
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11-29-2007	#2 (permalink)
John Inzer n/a posts	Re: How do I make PHoto Gallery the default program to open pictures? Lroberts wrote: Quote: > If someone sent me a picture in an email and I clicked on it - it > used to be that Photo Gallery opened the picture and I was easily > able to save the picture to my gallery. Now for some reason, > Microsoft Office Picture Manager opens everything, and that sucks > because saving photos is time-consuming. How do I get Vista Photo > Gallery to be the default program to open photos again? ============================== Maybe these links will offer some ideas: How to Set Default Associations For a Program in Vista Default Programs - Program Default Associations An utility to unassociate file types in Windows Vista http://winhelponline.com/articles/231/1/ -- John Inzer MS Picture It! - Digital Image MVP Digital Image Highlights and FAQs http://tinyurl.com/aczzp Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk
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