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Paint program

bigfoot125
bigfoot125 Posts: 574 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Trying to open JPEG pics on pc and it defaults to open in Paint ,really annoying,i want them to view in Windows Viewer or something else.
Any ideas why it does this please

Comments

  • leesmithg
    leesmithg Posts: 524 Forumite
    Right click file and select open with then browse to the application you wish to open it with.

    Male sure you also check 'always open with'.
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    Just download and install Irfanview, you won't regret it and it's free!

    :T
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  • justpaper
    justpaper Posts: 856 Forumite
    u get extra toolbars and another annoying stuff with that Irfanview
    i dont like 3rd party stuff like the toolbars etc etc i stopped using it a few years back maybe they updated it better but then again its free and they got too make money some how and thats why theres all them annoying "extras" in there
  • Quincy_3
    Quincy_3 Posts: 2,204 Forumite
    Maybe this http://picasa.google.com/ light simple and quite good.
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    justpaper wrote:
    u get extra toolbars and another annoying stuff with that Irfanview
    i dont like 3rd party stuff like the toolbars etc etc i stopped using it a few years back maybe they updated it better but then again its free and they got too make money some how and thats why theres all them annoying "extras" in there

    :confused:

    Absolute rubbish!

    :rolleyes:

    Irfanview is a brilliant program.

    :T
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  • lee634
    lee634 Posts: 1,030 Forumite
    espresso wrote:
    :confused:

    Absolute rubbish!

    :rolleyes:

    Irfanview is a brilliant program.

    :T

    but thats a personal opion,
    not used so don't know
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    lee634 wrote:
    but thats a personal opion,

    Agreed but justpaper is talking out of his a!se!

    :D
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  • lee634
    lee634 Posts: 1,030 Forumite
    espresso wrote:
    Agreed but justpaper is talking out of his a!se!

    :D

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • leesmithg
    leesmithg Posts: 524 Forumite
    Paint.NET v2.6.2 is mustard, give it a try here
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