When open my photo album file and clicking on a photo to see the excel program opens the image viewer.

I open an email with pictures.  When I click on the photo attached to the view, the excel program opens and not the image viewer.

One of photo accessories save somewhere you can find it (for example, your desktop computer).
Right-click on the file that you saved and select open with, then select "Choose program" (at the bottom of the context menu).

If the program you want to use is listed as one of the "recommended programs", select it, click on the box to "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and click OK.

If you want to use the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to view photos (personally, I like free IrfanView better) AND it is NOT listed as a program "recommended" or under "Other programs", follow the instructions below:

in Windows Explorer:

  • On the Tools menu, click folder... Options
  • Click the File Types tab.
  • Scroll down to the extension that you like, for example "JPG".
  • Press the restore button, if it exists.
  • Press the Advanced button.
  • Click the Open action.
  • Click on change...
  • In the Application used to perform action: enter C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1. "C:\WINDOWS" is the directory that contains your Windows installation.
  • Press OK

You'll want to repeat for each extension (GIF, JPG, JPEG, etc.) for which you want to change the behavior.

Tags: Windows

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