How to restore JPEG, GIF, and PNG file associations

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How can the original Windows 2000 file associations be
restored for the JPEG, GIF, and PNG files?


When some program are installed, file associations may be
changed without prompt(Microsoft Office comes to mind, in
that JPEG, GIF, and PNG images become associated with
Microsoft Photo Editor). I wish to restor original file
associations.

I am using Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4.
 
I have seen Doug Knox's "Windows® XP File Association
Fixes" page.

My operating system is Windows 2000 Professional with
Service Pack 4. Is the fix for the JPEG image association
for Windows XP operating systems the same for Windows 2000
operating systems. I had thought Windows XP used by
default a fax and imagig program.

Doug Knox's "Windows® XP File Association Fixes" page also
does not include a fix for the GIF and PNG associations.
 
Hi Ascus - Sorry, you're correct - I didn't specifically check - just
pointed you there. You might contact Doug directly and see if he has any
Win2kSP4 specific .reg files available to fix these. I'm not aware of any
other good source for such fixes, though perhaps someone else will chime in.

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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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Hi Ascus - One additional thought - you might take a look here for a manual
approach if you just want to get rid of the existing association and replace
it with some specific one (not necessarily the original default).

http://www.jsiinc.com/suba/tip0100/rh0108.htm


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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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How can the original Windows 2000 file associations be
restored for the JPEG, GIF, and PNG files?


When some program are installed, file associations may be
changed without prompt(Microsoft Office comes to mind, in
that JPEG, GIF, and PNG images become associated with
Microsoft Photo Editor). I wish to restor original file
associations.

I am using Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4.
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So many application might change or be capable of changing those it may
be easiset to just manually associate each extension as you desire it
to be currently. Via CPL, Folder Options, File Types or (as per JSI
article) the ASSOC and FTYPE commands.
 
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