How to make Windows Photogallery default viewer "Neil Howie" <neil.howie[ at ]IReportAllSpam.com> 12/22/2008 12:58:27 PM If I click a .jpg in Vista, it won't open when Windows Photo gallery is the default viewer. Ok with other programs and WPG works fine otherwise. Wish I still had XP fax viewer... -- Neil

Re: How to make Windows Photogallery default viewer "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 12/22/2008 7:01:00 PM Neil Howie wrote: [Quoted Text] > If I click a .jpg in Vista, it won't open when Windows Photo gallery > is the default viewer. Ok with other programs and WPG works fine > otherwise. Wish I still had XP fax viewer... ==================================== Maybe the following article will be useful: Windows Vista - Double clicking an image opens Windows Photo Gallery without Previewing the image http://tinyurl.com/6ferwq or... http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/double-clicking-an-image-opens-windows-photo-gallery-without-previewing-the-image/ -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience 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

Re: How to make Windows Photogallery default viewer "Neil Howie" <neil.howie[ at ]IReportAllSpam.com> 12/23/2008 8:58:16 AM Sorry, doesn't work. Windows gallery refuses to open. -- Neil "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> wrote in message news:eE%23bjeGZJHA.1532[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Neil Howie wrote: >> If I click a .jpg in Vista, it won't open when Windows Photo gallery >> is the default viewer. Ok with other programs and WPG works fine >> otherwise. Wish I still had XP fax viewer... > ==================================== > Maybe the following article will be useful: > > Windows Vista - > Double clicking an image opens > Windows Photo Gallery without > Previewing the image > http://tinyurl.com/6ferwq > or... > http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/double-clicking-an-image-opens-windows-photo-gallery-without-previewing-the-image/ > > > -- > > John Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > 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 >

Re: How to make Windows Photogallery default viewer "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 12/23/2008 3:12:04 PM Neil Howie wrote: [Quoted Text] > Sorry, doesn't work. Windows gallery refuses to open. =========================================== If Windows Photo Gallery will not open the following article may be worth a look: (944221) Windows Live Photo Gallery stops responding or will not start http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944221/en-us -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience 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

Re: How to make Windows Photogallery default viewer "Neil Howie" <neil.howie[ at ]IReportAllSpam.com> 12/23/2008 8:03:56 PM Thanks. I saw that one before but since gallery does start manually, I passed it by. However, I'll try rebuilding the database - can't do any harm! -- Neil "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> wrote in message news:%23uFfSDRZJHA.412[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Neil Howie wrote: >> Sorry, doesn't work. Windows gallery refuses to open. > =========================================== > If Windows Photo Gallery will not open the > following article may be worth a look: > > (944221) Windows Live Photo Gallery stops > responding or will not start > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944221/en-us > > > > -- > > John Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > 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 >

Re: How to make Windows Photogallery default viewer "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 12/24/2008 1:45:04 AM Neil Howie wrote: [Quoted Text] > Thanks. I saw that one before but since gallery does start manually, I > passed it by. However, I'll try rebuilding the database - can't do any > harm! ============================ Let us know if you find the fix. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience 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

Re: How to make Windows Photogallery default viewer "Neil Howie" <neil.howie[ at ]IReportAllSpam.com> 12/24/2008 10:35:32 AM Nope, that didn't work either. Maybe there's a difference between Photo Gallery and Live Photo Gallery? -- Neil "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> wrote in message news:%23uFfSDRZJHA.412[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Neil Howie wrote: >> Sorry, doesn't work. Windows gallery refuses to open. > =========================================== > If Windows Photo Gallery will not open the > following article may be worth a look: > > (944221) Windows Live Photo Gallery stops > responding or will not start > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944221/en-us > > > > -- > > John Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > 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 >

Re: How to make Windows Photogallery default viewer "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 12/24/2008 4:34:28 PM Neil Howie wrote: [Quoted Text] > Nope, that didn't work either. Maybe there's a difference between > Photo Gallery and Live Photo Gallery? ====================================== The article applies to both... Photo Gallery is included with the install of Vista. Live Photo Gallery is a later version that installs separately but still uses the .pd4 database. The newest beta version of Live Photo Gallery uses ..pd5. Maybe if you use the following utility to reset the associations to original defaults... File association fixes for Windows Vista http://tinyurl.com/2xsewp or... http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html And then...use the instructions in the following article: Windows Vista - How to Associate a File Extension Type With a Program in Vista http://tinyurl.com/6janr9 or... http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html (try Method One and Method Two) Good luck. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience 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

Re: How to make Windows Photogallery default viewer "Neil Howie" <neil.howie[ at ]IReportAllSpam.com> 12/26/2008 1:17:15 AM Thanks but we tried these at the beginning of the thread. Could the problem be that the default command is not "Open" but "Preview"? -- Neil "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> wrote in message news:O3Qo$VeZJHA.412[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Neil Howie wrote: >> Nope, that didn't work either. Maybe there's a difference between >> Photo Gallery and Live Photo Gallery? > ====================================== > The article applies to both... > Photo Gallery is included with the install of Vista. > Live Photo Gallery is a later version that installs > separately but still uses the .pd4 database. The > newest beta version of Live Photo Gallery uses > .pd5. > > Maybe if you use the following utility to reset the > associations to original defaults... > > File association fixes for Windows Vista > http://tinyurl.com/2xsewp > or... > http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html > > And then...use the instructions in the following article: > > Windows Vista - > How to Associate a File Extension > Type With a Program in Vista > http://tinyurl.com/6janr9 > or... > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html > (try Method One and Method Two) > > Good luck. > > -- > > John Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > 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 >

Re: How to make Windows Photogallery default viewer "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 12/26/2008 3:06:29 AM Neil Howie wrote: [Quoted Text] > Thanks but we tried these at the beginning of the thread. Could the > problem be that the default command is not "Open" but "Preview"? ============================ Sorry...but I have no more ideas. If you find the fix please share it with this newsgroup. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience 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