Windows Picture & Fax Viewer

[Guest Denise]

Hi,

 

I have Windows Picture & Fax Viewer. I also have Nero Photo Snap. Nero

Photo Snap is part of Nero Suite which I installed several months ago. Since

then, Nero Photo Snap tries to open pictures but then it always gives me a

message that says that it can't open the pictures, any picture.

 

How do I set Windows Picture & Fax Viewer as the default program to open

pictures?

--

Denise

 

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

[Guest Carlos]

RE: Windows Picture & Fax Viewer

 

Denise,

First of all it is quite strange that Nero Photo Snap cannot open any

pictures.

Can those pictures, lets say an JPG file, be opened by Microsoft Paint

(pbrush.exe)?

If you want to set another program for opening pictures, Shift Right-Click

on the filename in Windows Explorer, choose "Open with", "Choose Program" and

point to the program you want to open that image format permanently.

 

Carlos

 

"Denise" wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I have Windows Picture & Fax Viewer. I also have Nero Photo Snap. Nero

> Photo Snap is part of Nero Suite which I installed several months ago. Since

> then, Nero Photo Snap tries to open pictures but then it always gives me a

> message that says that it can't open the pictures, any picture.

>

> How do I set Windows Picture & Fax Viewer as the default program to open

> pictures?

> --

> Denise

>

> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

[Guest Denise]

RE: Windows Picture & Fax Viewer

 

The files range from png to bmp with jpg, jpeg, etc, all inclusive. The

message reads "File C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My

Pictures\(any picture name and any format) cannot be opened."

 

Thanks for the instructions to make Windows the default picture program.

--

Denise

 

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

 

 

"Carlos" wrote:

> Denise,

> First of all it is quite strange that Nero Photo Snap cannot open any

> pictures.

> Can those pictures, lets say an JPG file, be opened by Microsoft Paint

> (pbrush.exe)?

> If you want to set another program for opening pictures, Shift Right-Click

> on the filename in Windows Explorer, choose "Open with", "Choose Program" and

> point to the program you want to open that image format permanently.

>

> Carlos

>

> "Denise" wrote:

>

> > Hi,

> >

> > I have Windows Picture & Fax Viewer. I also have Nero Photo Snap. Nero

> > Photo Snap is part of Nero Suite which I installed several months ago. Since

> > then, Nero Photo Snap tries to open pictures but then it always gives me a

> > message that says that it can't open the pictures, any picture.

> >

> > How do I set Windows Picture & Fax Viewer as the default program to open

> > pictures?

> > --

> > Denise

> >

> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

[Guest Denise]

RE: Windows Picture & Fax Viewer

 

I agree that it is quite strange that Nero Photo Snap can't open pictures. A

installation defect/incompatibility with x64 might be safe assumptions.

 

When I searched through Windows Explorer for Windows Video & Fax Viewer to

make it the default player, I couldn't find the program. I then did a search

for the program but the results came up empty, the same with searches for

"Windows Media" and "Fax Viewer" so I couldn't make it the default player

using that method.

 

However, I found an easy way to make Windows Media & Fax Viewer the default

program for viewing pictures. I've done it with audio and video files for

many years but I didn't think to apply it to pictures also. I right clicked

on a picture and chose Properties. When Properties opened, I changed the

default program by choosing Windows Media & Fax Viewer from the drop-down

list. The change took affect for all the pictures in my pc.

--

Denise

 

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

 

 

"Carlos" wrote:

> Denise,

> First of all it is quite strange that Nero Photo Snap cannot open any

> pictures.

> Can those pictures, lets say an JPG file, be opened by Microsoft Paint

> (pbrush.exe)?

> If you want to set another program for opening pictures, Shift Right-Click

> on the filename in Windows Explorer, choose "Open with", "Choose Program" and

> point to the program you want to open that image format permanently.

>

> Carlos

>

> "Denise" wrote:

>

> > Hi,

> >

> > I have Windows Picture & Fax Viewer. I also have Nero Photo Snap. Nero

> > Photo Snap is part of Nero Suite which I installed several months ago. Since

> > then, Nero Photo Snap tries to open pictures but then it always gives me a

> > message that says that it can't open the pictures, any picture.

> >

> > How do I set Windows Picture & Fax Viewer as the default program to open

> > pictures?

> > --

> > Denise

> >

> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.