Whenever I open a jpg file, it always opens in Windows Photo Gallery viewer.
The problem is the viewer's backround is a yellowish color that bleeds
through the photo causing distorted and darkened colors throughout the
photo. Is there anyway to either change the background of the viewer or to
stop this application from being the default viewer for jpg files?

Hi,

You just need to right click a jpeg file , select the Open with.. option on your right click menu , then choose default program.

You need to have a program installed to use as your default - Irfanview is a great free photo program.

http://www.irfanview.com/


Alternatively download Windows Live Photogallery

SIW2

Jim wrote:

> Whenever I open a jpg file, it always opens in Windows Photo Gallery
> viewer. The problem is the viewer's backround is a yellowish color
> that bleeds through the photo causing distorted and darkened colors
> throughout the photo. Is there anyway to either change the background
> of the viewer or to stop this application from being the default
> viewer for jpg files?

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Have a look at the following articles:

(939395) When you view an image in Windows
Photo Gallery on a Windows Vista-based computer,
the image is yellow
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939395/en-us

Microsoft PhotoBlog Frequently Asked Questions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/pages/faq.aspx#q6
Read: "Q: Why do my photos have an odd color
cast in the Photo Gallery (but look fine in the XP
Picture and Fax Viewer and IE)?"

Yellow pictures in Windows Photo Gallery
http://tinyurl.com/33gxum
or...
Yellow pictures in Windows Photo Gallery

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