If you’re using XP, you may be wondering why your image files open with Microsoft Picture and Fax Viewer even though you have repeatedly used the File Types tab of the Windows Explorer options menu to tell it to use ACDSee (or whatever) to open them. No matter how many times you set the association the way you want it, Windows XP will open images in the Windows viewer.

At the very useful site Annoyances.org, a reader writes in with a solution that, unlike the initial Annoyances suggestion, does not require editing your Registry:

Select a file of the type you want to do, e.g., “MyPhoto.jpg”

From the right-click menu, choose Open With -> Choose Program

Choose the program you want to use to view images with and make sure to put a check in the box for “Always use ise the selected program to open this type of file.”

Done and done.

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