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[DeathRider]

I have this nice simple photo editing program called MGI studio. In Win XP how do I get windows to make this my default viewer/editor. I would like any action of viewing, opening or downloading images from my camera to use this program by default. anyone have an idea on how to go about this.

Thanks

[KingSparta]

Can't you go thru file types and set the path to the MGI exe file?

[DeathRider]

I was wondering if anyone had an easier way, I use so many differnt file type that it would take a while. I was thinking along the lines of what RealPlayer does. but I will check on your idea also.

[shelly]

DeathRider,

I have MGI PhotoSuite and in The View menu -----> Options -----> File Types, you can select all of the graphic files you want assiciated with MGI.  Perhaps MGI Studio has that same option.  Just a thought.

Shelly

[DeathRider]

Shelly, I went in there earlier and all was checked, but here is the clincher. I recently got tired of Windows Internet Browser since it was acting up with the latest security updates so I decided to give Netscape a retry, found a preview  of netscape on cnet, it was Netscape 7.0 preview 1 and I love it and it rocks. only glich is that it took over a lot of things I didnt want it to, Such as windows picture viewer that I liked and when I double clicked a photo today it opened in the netscape window. I went the way that KingSparta mentioned and got the file types to associate with the programs I wanted them to, Only draw back is that I had to go back thru it a few times. I got myself the canon Proshot 90IS a few months back and I have been playing a lot with photos as well as my musice files and have more programs on my syst now that handle photo editing than I ever had in the way of 3D games and I had file type associated with particular programs for certain things. All is well now, I spent 2 years learning the in's and out's of Win 98 SE and now have to relearn Win XP PRO. Who knows, now that I went to netscape for their browser maybe I will go to some other operating syst soon, I have had it with Micro$oft and have even been thinking of the new I Macs. Thanks yall, I appreciate the help.