Jpeg files that assioiate themselves with Adobe Reader

[Grenou]

Has anyone come across this problem?:
My husband's computer (Vista)has lost the ability to open a saved jpeg file.
He double-clicks on the file which should open the jpeg in Paint, but
instead Adobe Reader opens, with the following error message:

"Adobe Reader could not open 'xxxx.jpg', because it's either not a supported
file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as
en email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded)."

Jpeg files are associated with Paint.

I have again associated the files with Paint, via Open With, but it reverts
back to a double-click on a jpeg opens Adobe Reader, not Paint.
It's a mystery.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

Grenou

 

[Trev]

Has anyone come across this problem?:
My husband's computer (Vista)has lost the ability to open a saved jpeg
file.
He double-clicks on the file which should open the jpeg in Paint, but
instead Adobe Reader opens, with the following error message:

"Adobe Reader could not open 'xxxx.jpg', because it's either not a
supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it
was sent as en email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded)."

Jpeg files are associated with Paint.

I have again associated the files with Paint, via Open With, but it
reverts back to a double-click on a jpeg opens Adobe Reader, not Paint.
It's a mystery.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

Grenou

Have you tried Preview or corel viewer to see if they open it

 

[Grenou]

Have you tried Preview or corel viewer to see if they open it

This is on my husband's computer Trev. No Corel products there.
As it is, it's a special privilege that I am allowed to even touch it!
Meaning, he's stuck .. if all else fails ask the wife ;-)
I couldn't find anything via Google.

Grenou

 

[housetrained]

This is on my husband's computer Trev. No Corel products there.
As it is, it's a special privilege that I am allowed to even touch it!
Meaning, he's stuck .. if all else fails ask the wife ;-)
I couldn't find anything via Google.

Grenou

rightclick the file choose open with and then make paint the default.

 

[Grenou]

rightclick the file choose open with and then make paint the default.
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That's what I have done (as described in the original message) , but hubby
says it reverts back to opening with Adobe Reader.

Grenou

 

[Dave-UK]

Has anyone come across this problem?:
My husband's computer (Vista)has lost the ability to open a saved jpeg file.
He double-clicks on the file which should open the jpeg in Paint, but instead Adobe Reader opens,
with the following error message:

"Adobe Reader could not open 'xxxx.jpg', because it's either not a supported file type or because
the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as en email attachment and wasn't correctly
decoded)."

Jpeg files are associated with Paint.

I have again associated the files with Paint, via Open With, but it reverts back to a double-click
on a jpeg opens Adobe Reader, not Paint.
It's a mystery.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

Grenou

Try the jpeg fix from this site, it's a reg file to reset defaults.
Then associate the jpeg with your Paint program.
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

 

[Grenou]

Try the jpeg fix from this site, it's a reg file to reset defaults.
Then associate the jpeg with your Paint program.
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

Thanks very much for that Dave.

Grenou

 

[Dave-UK]

Thanks very much for that Dave.

Grenou

If you look at the reg file you can see where the user choice is stored:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.jpeg\UserChoice
If it happens again (or happens with another file type) have a look at that key.
If it doesn't look right, delete it (or rename it).
It gets re-written by the 'Open with' and 'Choose default program.....' dialog box.

 

[Grenou]

If you look at the reg file you can see where the user choice is stored:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.jpeg\UserChoice
If it happens again (or happens with another file type) have a look at
that key.
If it doesn't look right, delete it (or rename it).
It gets re-written by the 'Open with' and 'Choose default program.....'
dialog box.

Again, thanks

Grenou