[Huckleberry]

I have 3 image-viewing apps. One is MS Picture Viewer, which I do NOT want to use.
Another is Irfanview, but the one I want to use as a default, *most* of the time, is Firegraphics.

However. Even though Firegraphics is listed in Folder Options/File View as the default, and even though the icons of jpegs and gifs are that of Firegraphic, if I have to use Irfanview on occasion, I cannot go back to using Firegraphics as default. Why? MS
Picture Viewer grabs it all and I cannot find a way to re-set the default back to Firegraphics.

I know that I can "open with" Firegraphics, but it is a royal pain to have to do that, as I usually forget and click on the icon and then get MS.

What are the other ways I can make any image viewer program the default and stay that way, even if I use another on occasion, besides going to Folder Options/File Viewer?

Thank You,
Huckleberry

[jbcalg]

hold shift key down and r-click on an image
should get a contect menu with one of the options 'open with'
click on 'open with'
select 'choose program'
scroll down and find firegraphics, or click on browse if it isn't listed
click on firegraphics
make sure 'always use selected program...' is checked off
click 'ok'

that should make the default image program firegraphics for that type of image (jpg etc)

you may have to do the same for gif (if you selected a jpg first time)

[Rhettman5.1]

left click the image file first to highlite it, then follow jbcalg 's instructions

[Huckleberry]

Thank You, jbcalg and Rhettman5.1, that did the trick!!
Huckleberry

[jbcalg]

Rhettman5.1
fyi: works either way for me
- highlight first, then shift+r-click or
- shift+r-click without highlight

may be my folder view settings, i use single click/webview or whatever it is

edit: oops, glad we could help Huck

[Rhettman5.1]

jbcalg ...Hmmm, must be it, cause I have to highlight first no matter, looks like it worked ! I wasn't steppin on your toes, just wanted to cover the bases ... Rhett

PS .. glad it worked Huckleberry !

[jbcalg]

R5.1:
no probs
the toes are fine

i used to do the highlight+ steps, then decided to try just the shift+ steps
- and surprisingly it worked (the wonders of windows!)

but that may not work for everyone depending on their folder settings or some other such quirk
- so it's good to have both methods posted