Nomen Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) I selected a dozen or so .png files in file explorer and hit enter, and a window opens that wants to print them. I wanted the default win-7 photo viewer to open, but it did not. I don't like the default win-7 photo viewer, so I went and downloaded / installed irfanview. I had it associated to all image file types. I went back to the folder with the png files, they now appear with irfanview icon. I selected a bunch, hit enter, and still a window opens and wants to print them. I went back, selected them, then I right-click. At the top of the context menu is PRINT. The third option is PREVIEW. I select Preview, and Windows photo viewer opens and shows them. WTF is going on, and how do I make it so that the default operation when selecting 1 or more PNG files is to OPEN them in irfanview? edit: If I select 15 of them and hit enter, then they open in irfanview (in separate windows, which I don't like because it's a pain to close them). If I select 16 and hit enter, then I get the print window. ??? Edited March 28, 2021 by Nomen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 You'll want to look in the registry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png which should show the default association for that type of file. I can't do a good comparison for you because I don't have Irfanview but I can tell you what mine has: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png] "Content Type"="image/png" @="Fireworks.Doc" "PerceivedType"="image" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\OpenWithList] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\OpenWithList\ehshell.exe] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\OpenWithProgids] "pngfile"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\PersistentHandler] @="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 In Explorer window menu select: Tools->Folder Options...->File Types->Advanced Try Set Default and Edit buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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