changing "opens with" settings does not apply to "open" or "print"commands

[Guest Anne Rensonnet]

changing "opens with" settings does not apply to "open" or "print"commands

 

I've come accross a seeming odity with printing/opening files from a

browser window. If I go and select properties and make sure the

"opens with" setting is correct (including "always use the selected

program for this kind of file" box is checked) I end up with the file

opening in the correct application (in this case a png file with

Acrobat) when I double-click on it.

However, if I right click and try to use the open or print command, it

goes back to the original default program (MS Photo Editor) and

fails. I don't get it.

(I'm in Windows XP)

Note that when I go to select the "Opens with" app & check box, even

though Acrobat is already the selected App, the app that appears in

grey (selected?) in the list is always the Photo Editor...

I have also tried all this from the Tools->Folder Options-> File Types

menu. Same result.

 

The reason this is important to me is that I'm trying to use vba

script in Excel to print a bunch of image files (in cells as

hyperlinks) which may be jpg, pdf, png etc. I don't know in advance.

I wanted to set my default app for all image files to Acrobat and

print. But its getting stuck at png every time. In vba, I'm using

ShellExecute.

 

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: changing "opens with" settings does not apply to "open" or "print" commands

 

Re: changing "opens with" settings does not apply to "open" or "print" commands

 

 

"Anne Rensonnet" <pickanything@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>

> I've come accross a seeming odity with printing/opening files from a

> browser window. If I go and select properties and make sure the

> "opens with" setting is correct (including "always use the selected

> program for this kind of file" box is checked) I end up with the file

> opening in the correct application (in this case a png file with

> Acrobat) when I double-click on it.

> However, if I right click and try to use the open or print command, it

> goes back to the original default program (MS Photo Editor) and

> fails. I don't get it.

> (I'm in Windows XP)

> Note that when I go to select the "Opens with" app & check box, even

> though Acrobat is already the selected App, the app that appears in

> grey (selected?) in the list is always the Photo Editor...

> I have also tried all this from the Tools->Folder Options-> File Types

> menu. Same result.

>

> The reason this is important to me is that I'm trying to use vba

> script in Excel to print a bunch of image files (in cells as

> hyperlinks) which may be jpg, pdf, png etc. I don't know in advance.

> I wanted to set my default app for all image files to Acrobat and

> print. But its getting stuck at png every time. In vba, I'm using

> ShellExecute.

>

 

This is because the print properties of the file are separately defined.

 

If you go to the tools menu at the top of your open folder, and select

"Folder Options", a dialogue box opens. Select the "File Types" tab. Now

highlight your file type in the "Registered File Types" and then click the

"Advanced" button. From here you can edit the print properties.