Default Open and Edit?

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Nigel Molesworth

In Windows XP, you could manually edit the default programs to Open and Edit
a file, in this case for JPG files.

Although I have found how to change the default Open in "Set Associations",
I can't see how to change the default Edit to launch PhotoShop.
 
Nigel Molesworth said:
This changes the default Open, not the default Edit.
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Hmm, it does for me.

In any event, if you choose PhotoShop as the default "open with" you then
can edit the jpg, right? I mean, even if you could choose right click Edit,
it would then open a program to use for editing. So for all practical
purposes it doesn't make any difference if you chose "open with" or "edit".
Maybe I'm not understanding you.

What do you get when you Right click and choose Edit?
 
if you choose PhotoShop as the default "open with" you then
can edit the jpg, right?
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But I don't want to Open the files in Photoshop.
I mean, even if you could choose right click Edit,
it would then open a program to use for editing.
Click to expand...

This is when Photoshop should launch, not on the default Open.
 
Hmm, it does for me.
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Yes, but it changes both the default Open and the default Edit to the
same program.
In any event, if you choose PhotoShop as the default "open with"
you then can edit the jpg, right? I mean, even if you could choose
right click Edit, it would then open a program to use for editing.
So for all practical purposes it doesn't make any difference if
you chose "open with" or "edit". Maybe I'm not understanding you.

What do you get when you Right click and choose Edit?
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I have Windows Photo Gallery set as the default program to open JPEGs.
When I select a JPEG and right-click Edit, Photo Gallery also opens.
Unlike XP's, Vista's dialog for setting file type associations doesn't
have an option for what to do when you click Edit; it defaults to the
same thing as when you click Open. If I understand correctly, the OP
(and I) would like to change that, so that Open starts one program
(e.g. Photo Gallery) and Edit starts another (e.g. Photoshop). From
what I've Googled, the only way to do this in Vista is by manually
editing the registry.

As a workaround (which the OP probably already knows about) you can
right-click the file and select Open With, then choose your editor from
the list, but *not* set it as the default. Not as convenient as just
clicking Edit, but it works.
 
Nigel

Here is how to do this using the registry editor.

The first thing you need to do is determine the path to the Photoshop
executable (EXE) file. On my system it is "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop
CS2\Photoshop.exe".

Go to Start and type regedit.exe in the Search Box. In the results, right
click regedit.exe and select the "Run As Administrator" option.

In the registry editor, navigate to the following Key.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile

*Important*
*Select the "jpegfile" key. Go to File/Export, name the file jpeg
backup.reg and save it to your Desktop. *This will be your backup file
that you can use to restore the key if something goes wrong.

Expand the jpegfile key, expand the Shell Key, expand the Edit Key.

Under the Edit Key, click Command.

In the right side pane, double click the "Default" value.

In the Edit String dialog box, change the path to the location of the
Photoshop executable and add a space and the "%1" syntax. It should
similar to this.

"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS2\Photoshop.exe" "%1"

(Make sure that you include all of the "quotes" and spaces)

Press the F5 key and exit regedit.

You should now be able to right click a .jpg or .jpeg file and select Edit
to open the file in Photoshop.

If something goes wrong, go to the Desktop, right click the "jpeg
backup.reg" file and select the Merge option to reset the jpeg key in the
registry.
 
Here is how to do this using the registry editor.
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Thanks, that did work, but I also wanted to do this for other several file
types (jpeg was an example).

Surely there is a way without delving into the registry?
 
Nigel

Glad this worked for you.

There is no other way to change this behavior, that I'm aware of, unless a
programs installer configures it during installation.
 
I have windows XP -- How do I stop Photoshop from being the default program
for opening any picture file?
 
ron said:
I have windows XP -- How do I stop Photoshop from being the default program
for opening any picture file?
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Right-click on a picture file and choose "Open With", choose your
application, and make sure that the box "Always open...." at the bottom is
checked.
BTW, this is a VISTA group, not an XP one. As in the title....
 
Ron

You will need to set these preferences in the Bridge component of Photoshop.
These settings override the Windows Explorer settings.
 
JimB said:
Oh ye good question ... what is #17 ? Did you ever notice that the
posts in this forum have numbers ? So #17 is post number 17 like it says
on the right side of the post. I have no other way to refer to a
previous post. Post to which I'm still waiting for a reply. But perhaps
you have the answer. If you don't have that list you can't answer
indeed. Sorry, than let's leave it to those that eventually visit the
Vistaheads forum. I can't go through all the explanations again.
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No, it's you who needs the explanation and I say this not to hurt your
feelings but to help you get the solution to your question which you
obviously want. You are not posting on a real forum as you think you are
and you didn't quote any of the thread to which you are replying. You are
using a web interface that leeches Usenet posts and most of the rest of us
are using real newsreaders. We don't see what you do. If you want to
participate in Usenet, the better way is to set up a newsreader. This is
very easy to do and I'll give you information about that below. If you
prefer to use a forum, then here are two excellent ones:

http://forum.aumha.org/index.php
http://http://computerhaven.info/

Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really
a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use
a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use
Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessing_newsgrousp_with-windows_mail.htm

How to Post:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet


http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting

Other Newsreaders for Windows:
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte
http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird

Malke
 
HI, Jim.

Just click here to "cut out the middleman":
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management

Unless blocked by something like a corporate firewall, that one click will:
1. Start your default newsreader (Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Windows
Live Mail, or a third-party program);
2. Create a News Account for this Microsoft public news server, which is
free and does not require a login (and does not use your and our posts to
generate revenue from ads, like VistaHeads and many other forums do);
3. Subscribe you to THIS (Vista file management) newsgroup;
4. Download the 300 newest posts; and
5: Display the latest post in the Reading Pane for you to read.

After you explore this interface for a while, you can click on Tools |
Options and customize it in many ways to fit the way YOU want to read the
messages. And you can subscribe to as many of the 2000+ newsgroups (in many
languages) as you like.

See you around the newsgroups! ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2009 in Win7 Ultimate x64 7000)
 
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