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"Open With..." Launches Wrong Application
Posted by Steven L. on November 29th, 2007


I've got XP SP2 on a Dell Dimension 8300, and it's developed the
following bizarre bug:

I select a jpeg file with the *.jpg extension and right-click on "Open
With..." Up pops a list of applications, none of which I want so I
select "Choose Program..." A dialog box with a list of apps comes up,
none of which I want either. So I select "Choose..." and drill down to
the EXE file for Corel Paint Shop Pro. When I select it and say "Open",
it doesn't open, but the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer does instead.

Next, I tried to open the jpeg file by selecting firefox.exe and the
same thing happens--it doesn't come up, but the Windows Picture and Fax
Viewer does instead.

Any ideas?


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Steven L.
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