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Hi Anthony,
I din manage to find any .ico files that resemble the good old jpg icon but
eventually I found the jpg icon under Iexplore.exe.
I had downloaded Irfanview and having a gd time viewing my photos.
Thanks for everything!
"Anthony Giorgianni" wrote:
> Hello
>
>
> Sorry for the delay in responding. I forgot to mark this thread so that I
> could watch it. (I'm also emailing this in case you stopped watching it too)
>
> To change the icon back, do the same thing: My Computer/View/ Folder
> options/File types. Select the jpeg(s). Click on "Edit/Change Icons.) You
> may have to drill around your machine a bit to find that original icon. (A
> search for .ico files may help you find where it is) But Iexplore is a
> terrible way to view jpegs. You should try Irfanview, as Time Slattery
> recommended. It's free.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Anthony Giorgianni
>
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> "supercloudbug" <supercloudbug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3AE429B8-F805-4B98-821A-BFB1BEAF5E0E@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Anthony,
> >
> > The file association was not lost. Jpeg files are still associated with
> > Iexplore when I browse under View, Folder Options, File Types.
> >
> > I tried to set up a file association as per your advice and chose Iexplore
> > as the default program to open jpeg files the pc could not recognize. Now,
> > these jpeg file icons are html instead of the usual jpeg. Although I can
> open
> > the files with Iexplore, they look weird with the html icon. Any way I can
> > return them to its original state?
> >
> > "Anthony Giorgianni" wrote:
> >
> > > Sounds like you simply lost the file association, so the computer
> doesn't
> > > know what program you want to use to open jpegs. Right click a jpeg(or
> Shift
> > > right-click or Ctrl right-click, if needed), choose "Open with," put a
> check
> > > in "Always use this program to open this type of file." and open the
> file."
> > > select the program you want to use to open jpegs - MsPaint, Irfanview,
> MS
> > > Photo Editor, etc. and open a jpeg. That should do it. Post back if it
> > > doesn't...
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Anthony Giorgianni
> > >
> > > The return address for this post is fictitious. Please reply by posting
> back
> > > to the newsgroup.
> > >
> > >
> > > "supercloudbug" <supercloudbug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> > > news
562AD1D-A5FD-402C-8559-E437224684F4@microsoft.com...
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am using Windows 98SE.
> > > >
> > > > After uninstalling Coffee Free Image Viewer, my computer was unable to
> > > > recognize image files (jpg).
> > > >
> > > > Can somebody help me on this?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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