[pchelpers] Re: can't open pictures now

Opps Bevan!!

You beat me to it.

Roger

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bevan Edwards" <bevan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:03 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: can't open pictures now


>
> Hi Re-Na,
>
> First of all, they "take over" the image files like that because they
assume
> that you are going to use their program to view the images.  I've found
that
> even when you "properly" uninstall an app (via Control Panel - Add/Remove
> Programs), they don't always release their file associations.
>
> One thing you could do is install another file viewer (such as Irfanview,
> which is absolutely free) and that should then take over the image file
> associations.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bevan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "G.R. Hanson" <grhanson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "PCHelpers" <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:47 PM
> Subject: [pchelpers] can't open pictures now
>
>
> > Hello PC Helpers:
> >
> > I have some jpg's and bmp's saved on my pc.  Quite a few of them.
> >
> > A friend suggested I try a free trial of a program called ACDSee.  It
has
> a good thumbnail that lets you view the pictures easily in your folders.
> >
> > Well, the trial ran out, I didn't need it anymore, so I deleted it
> yesterday.
> >
> > I just went to my jpg folder I have on my pc, and just about every
single
> picture on my computer, where it says 'type', now says: ACDSee JPG image
<or
> ACDSee bmp image>.
> > When I try to open them, it only wants to open them with the program
that
> I deleted.
> >
> > First of all, why did this program take over all my jpg's!
> >
> > And second, HELP!
> > Opps, let me compose myself... um, ah, how can I get control back of my
> pictures please????
> >
> > Re-Na Hanson
> > Arkansas USA
> >
> >
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