That's how I've always done it. I tried to open a .png file just now only to find that Fireworks has once again overridden my settings. The original .png icon is now different, and I cannot keep any program other than Fireworks as the default. I do not want it to open in Fireworks by default. ----- Tim From: EddieB <fasteddieb216@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:44:13 -0500 Tim, The best way is to right-click and Open With, but then choose "Choose Program" instead of a program on the Open With list. In the window that pops up, choose Windows Photo Viewer and check the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox. Now it should stay, unless Fireworks has a feature that fixes its associations every time you run it. Ed --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------