Windows Photo Gallery - how do you fix it to show the photo and not a gallery?

msfmsf Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
edited April 23, 2009 in The Big Picture
I installed a microsoft office program a couple of weeks ago, and it decided to install a graphics program that changed the settings for what opens a jpg.

I tried to change the default program for jpgs back to windows photo gallery but now instead of opening that image, it opens a gallery view and only shows pictures that I have already added to its database. I then have to go through the process of adding the new picture just so I can view it.

I want to simply view the picture that I double clicked on, but I can not figure out how to fix it.

Does anyone here know how to do this?

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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited April 22, 2009
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  • msfmsf Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2009
    Angelo wrote:
    got me headscratch.gif

    I forgot to mention im using Windows Vista.
  • msfmsf Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2009
    Update, when I right click on an image and click on preview, I get the window that im looking for. But I have no clue how to get the preview to become the default action. Any ideas?
  • dniednie Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,351 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2009
    When you right click, at the bottom of the list you will see choose program
    Click on it, a box will pop that list the programs, choose the one you want to be default AND check the box at the bottom of the list that says Always use the selected program to open this kind of file.
    That should do it if I understood what you wanted to do... but I am known to be wrong... :D
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