[macker7963]

I do all my document scanning in M$ Office. It scans documents as a .tif file which open with M$ Office Document imaging.
However, every few weeks, the .tif file extension disappears from folder options/ file types, my scans have a generic icon and open with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, which I don't like. I have to enter a new file type with a .tif extension to get my scans to open again in Document Imaging.
Does anyone know how to stop this happening?

[kniht]

I had a similar problem with a file extension opening with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Seems as though the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer likes to steal back that which is thinks is it's own. Since I use a third party viewer and don't need the Windows Viewer, my only recourse was to unregister the Windows native viewer.

Start>>Run.

In Run type "regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll" without the quotes and click OK.

If someone else has another remedy for this, I'd be glad to hear it.

[Tufenuf]

macker7963 & kniht, You may want to give the small "Imgeditor" program a try which is Free at the link below.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgeditor.htm

Tufenuf

[kniht]

Tufenuf,

Will give that program a try. What the heck, can't dance and it's too wet to plow here! Thanks for the link.

[macker7963]

Thanks for the link Tufenuf, but it doesn't really address my main problem. I want to stop the file extension disappearing.

[devil_himself]

I Actually Don't Understand Your Problem Correctly !

Do You Mean To Say That .TIF Extension Disappears From The File Types Tab . Why Do You Need It In The First Place

All You Want To Do Is Associate .TIF Files To Open With A Different Application ? <<----- ????

[macker7963]

Yes, it disappears from the file types tab. I need it because the MS Office scanner will only scan either a .tif file or an .mdi file and you have to have MS Office to view .mdi files. I presume if I associate .tif files to open with some other program I'll have the same problems when the extension disappears again?

[devil_himself]

Download "FileExtInfo" --> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/fileextinfo.zip

Unzip And Run it .Then Generate The Association Report For ".TIF" And Post The Output Here !

[macker7963]

I've produced reports for both .tiff extensions and .tif as they both disappear:

.tiff

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
File association information for [.TIFF] file type
Generated by FileExtInfo v2.0 on 25/04/2008 09:20:25

FileExtInfo © 2005-2007 Ramesh Srinivasan.
Homepage: http://www.winhelponline.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF]
"Content Type"="image/tiff"
"PerceivedType"="image"
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,01,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\MSPaper.Document]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\MSPaper.Document\ShellNew]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\OpenWithList\hpqthb08.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\OpenWithList\ois.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\OpenWithList\PictureViewer.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\OpenWithProgids]
"TIFImage.Document"=hex(0):
"QuickTime.tiff"=hex(0):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\PersistentHandler]
@="{58F2E3BB-72BD-46DF-B134-1B50628668FB}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.TIFF]
"ImageOptionFlags"=dword:00000000


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image]
"TileInfo"="propimensions;Type;Size"
"InfoTip"="propimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;T

ype;Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Type;Dimensions;Size;Write"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\OpenWithList\MSPaint.ex

e]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\OpenWithList\shimgvw.dl

l]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f

,00,74,\


00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d

,00,\


73,00,70,00,61,00,69,00,6e,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,22,00,20,00

,22,\
00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\print]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\print\command]
@=hex(2):72,00,75,00,6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78

,00,65,\


00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74

,00,\


25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00

,68,\


00,69,00,6d,00,67,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,49,00,6d

,00,\


61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00

,73,\
00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\print\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{60fd46de-f830-4894-a628-6fa81bc0190d}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHand

lers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHand

lers\ShellImagePreview]
@="{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\PropertyHandler

]
@="{eb9b1153-3b57-4e68-959a-a3266bc3d7fe}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-

11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{3F30C968-480A-4C6C-862D-EFC0897BB84B}"


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\F

ileExts\.TIFF]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\F

ileExts\.TIFF\OpenWithList]
"a"="MSPVIEW.EXE"
"MRUList"="a"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\F

ileExts\.TIFF\OpenWithProgids]
"TIFImage.Document"=hex(0):
"MSPaper.Document"=hex(0):

.tif

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
File association information for [.TIF] file type
Generated by FileExtInfo v2.0 on 25/04/2008 09:18:55

FileExtInfo © 2005-2007 Ramesh Srinivasan.
Homepage: http://www.winhelponline.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF]
"Content Type"="image/tiff"
@="MSPaper.Document"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\MSPaper.Document]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\MSPaper.Document\ShellNew]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\OpenWithList\ois.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\OpenWithList\PictureViewer.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\OpenWithProgIds]
"QuickTime.tif"=hex(0):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\PersistentHandler]
@="{58F2E3BB-72BD-46DF-B134-1B50628668FB}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document]
@="Microsoft Office Document Imaging File"
"EditFlags"=dword:00000000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\CLSID]
@="{E1D05D9E-AEB3-49A4-A95E-1663676A507E}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\Installer\\{91E30409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}\\mspi

cons.exe,3"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shell\Open]
@="&Open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shell\Open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft

Shared\\MODI\\11.0\\MSPVIEW.EXE\" \"%1\""
"command"=hex(7):55,00,58,00,4f,00,74,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,

28,00,\


5a,00,58,00,66,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,4d,00,53,00

,4f,\


00,66,00,66,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,44,00,6f,00,63,00,75,00,6d,00,65,00,6e

,00,\


74,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,3e,00,73,00,59,00,31,00

,55,\


00,49,00,70,00,5e,00,38,00,6f,00,3f,00,3d,00,36,00,6b,00,47,00,48,00,5f

,00,\
30,00,57,00,72,00,4a,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shell\Print]
@="&Print"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shell\Print\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft

Shared\\MODI\\11.0\\MSPVIEW.EXE\" /p \"%1\""
"command"=hex(7):55,00,58,00,4f,00,74,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,

28,00,\


5a,00,58,00,66,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,4d,00,53,00

,4f,\


00,66,00,66,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,44,00,6f,00,63,00,75,00,6d,00,65,00,6e

,00,\


74,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,3e,00,73,00,59,00,31,00

,55,\


00,49,00,70,00,5e,00,38,00,6f,00,3f,00,3d,00,36,00,6b,00,47,00,48,00,5f

,00,\


30,00,57,00,72,00,4a,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00

,00,\
00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\opshelS

E2]
@="{BA96D2CA-CC4B-4CA9-9DBA-3262F3BDDD0A}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\opshe

lSE2]
@="{BA96D2CA-CC4B-4CA9-9DBA-3262F3BDDD0A}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.TIF]
"ImageOptionFlags"=dword:00000000


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\F

ileExts\.TIF]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\F

ileExts\.TIF\OpenWithList]
"a"="MSPVIEW.EXE"
"MRUList"="abedc"
"b"="mspaint.exe"
"c"="iexplore.exe"
"d"="firefox.exe"
"e"="PaprPort.exe"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\F

ileExts\.TIF\OpenWithProgids]
"TIFImage.Document"=hex(0):
"MSPaper.Document"=hex(0):

Hope they mean something to you.

[devil_himself]

Your ".TIF" File Association

"PerceivedType"="image" <<<---- Missing

Explanation -->

PerceivedType (REG_SZ, References a general filetype, i.e. Image/Audio/Video/Application)

"EditFlags"=dword:00000000 <<---- Set To 0 . Mine Is --->> "EditFlags"=dword:00010000

I Believe This Is What Causing The ".TIF" File Type To Dissapear From The File Types Tab

By setting "EditFlags" to 00,00,00,00
Removes it from the list because 02 ("Add to list even if no ext (main tab)") has to be set.

Explanation -->

The EditFlags value for a filetype indicates a set of attributes that control the behavior of the filetype, or more specifically how the system should handle it.
An "EditFlags" value can also be defined under EACH Shell, and will override the higher EditFlag setting.

The "EditFlags" May Be A "Dword" OR A "Binary" Value

To convert EditFlags from REG_BINARY to REG_DWORD And Vice-Versa
REG_BINARY ab cd ef gh
REG_DWORD gh ef cd ab

Drive keys has the following restrictions set by default

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive]
@="Drive"
"EditFlags"=dword:000001d2

"EditFlags"=hex:d2,01,00,00

Each pair of comma-separated values has some significance

d2 hex = 210 decimal
Combination of -->>
10 (16) No Remove Button (main tab)
02 (02)Add to list even if no ext (main tab)
40 (64) No Edit Button (edit tab)
80 (128) No Remove Button (edit tab)

01 hex = 1 decimal
contains -->>
01 No Description (action box)

Position Hex Value (Decimal) Description

Control Types Tab
-----------------
1 01 Remove From List
1 02 Add to list even if no ext
1 04 No Extension
1 08 No Edit Button
1 10 (16) No Remove Button

Edit Tab
--------
1 20 (32) No New
1 40 (64) No Edit Button
1 80 (128) No Remove Button
2 01 No Description
2 02 No Change Icon
2 04 No Set Default
3 01 Set Confirm Open After Download

Action Box
----------
2 08 No Description
2 10 (16) No Command
2 20 (32) No DDE

EditFlags data values using REG_DWORD

Value Name Data Value D e s c r i p t i o n

FTA_Exclude 0x00000001 Exclude the file class.

FTA_Show 0x00000002 Show file classes, such as folders, that aren't associated with a file name extension.

FTA_HasExtension 0x00000004 The file class has a file name extension.

FTA_NoEdit 0x00000008 The registry entries associated with this file class cannot be edited. New entries cannot be added and existing entries cannot be modified or deleted.

FTA_NoRemove 0x00000010 The registry entries associated with this file class cannot be deleted.

FTA_NoNewVerb 0x00000020 No new verbs can be added to the file class.

FTA_NoEditVerb 0x00000040 Canonical verbs such as open and print cannot be modified or deleted.

FTA_NoRemoveVerb 0x00000080 Canonical verbs such as open and print cannot be deleted.

FTA_NoEditDesc 0x00000100 The description of the file class cannot be modified or deleted.

FTA_NoEditIcon 0x00000200 The icon assigned to the file class cannot be modified or deleted.

FTA_NoEditDflt 0x00000400 The default verb cannot be modified.

FTA_NoEditVerbCmd 0x00000800 The commands associated with verbs cannot be modified.

FTA_NoEditVerbExe 0x00001000 Verbs cannot be modified or deleted.

FTA_NoDDE 0x00002000 The Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)-related entries cannot be modified or deleted.

FTA_NoEditMIME 0x00008000 The content-type and default-extension entries cannot be modified or deleted.

FTA_OpenIsSafe 0x00010000 The file class's open verb can be safely invoked for downloaded files.

FTA_AlwaysUnsafe 0x00020000 Do not allow the Never ask me check box to be enabled. The user can override this attribute through the File Type dialog box.

FTA_AlwaysShowExt 0x00040000 Always show the file class's file name extension, even if the user has selected the Hide Extensions option.

FTA_NoRecentDocs 0x00100000 Don't add members of this file class to the Recent Documents folder.

Source --> http://windowsitpro.com/article/arti...sociation.html

"FriendlyTypeName" <<---- Missing

Explanation -->

FriendlyTypeName (REG_EXPAND_SZ, References entry's friendly name or resource in various DLLs)

[devil_himself]

It Is Difficult To Read Post #9 .. Create The File Association Report Again And Inside Notepad Go To Format And Check "Word Wrap" .. Then Paste The Output Here Once Again

[macker7963]

Hi devil_himself

sorry to take so long to reply

I think word-wrap was on in the original p0osts, but I@ve run them again just to make sure:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
File association information for [.TIFF] file type
Generated by FileExtInfo v2.0 on 04/05/2008 16:18:37

FileExtInfo © 2005-2007 Ramesh Srinivasan.
Homepage: http://www.winhelponline.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF]
"Content Type"="image/tiff"
"PerceivedType"="image"
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,01,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\MSPaper.Document]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\MSPaper.Document\ShellNew]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\OpenWithList\hpqthb08.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\OpenWithList\ois.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\OpenWithList\PictureViewer.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\OpenWithProgids]
"TIFImage.Document"=hex(0):
"QuickTime.tiff"=hex(0):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIFF\PersistentHandler]
@="{58F2E3BB-72BD-46DF-B134-1B50628668FB}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.TIFF]
"ImageOptionFlags"=dword:00000000


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image]
"TileInfo"="propimensions;Type;Size"
"InfoTip"="propimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;Type; Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Type;Dimensions;Size;Write"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\OpenWithList\MSPaint.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\OpenWithList\shimgvw.dll]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00, 74,\
00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00, \
73,00,70,00,61,00,69,00,6e,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,22,00,20,00,22, \
00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\print]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\print\command]
@=hex(2):72,00,75,00,6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,\
00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00, \
25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68, \
00,69,00,6d,00,67,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,49,00,6d,00, \
61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73, \
00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\print\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{60fd46de-f830-4894-a628-6fa81bc0190d}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ ShellImagePreview]
@="{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\PropertyHandler]
@="{eb9b1153-3b57-4e68-959a-a3266bc3d7fe}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{3F30C968-480A-4C6C-862D-EFC0897BB84B}"


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx ts\.TIFF]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx ts\.TIFF\OpenWithList]
"a"="MSPVIEW.EXE"
"MRUList"="cba"
"b"="notepad.exe"
"c"="mspaint.exe"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx ts\.TIFF\OpenWithProgids]
"TIFImage.Document"=hex(0):
"MSPaper.Document"=hex(0):

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
File association information for [.TIF] file type
Generated by FileExtInfo v2.0 on 04/05/2008 16:18:49

FileExtInfo © 2005-2007 Ramesh Srinivasan.
Homepage: http://www.winhelponline.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF]
"Content Type"="image/tiff"
@="MSPaper.Document"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\MSPaper.Document]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\MSPaper.Document\ShellNew]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\OpenWithList\ois.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\OpenWithList\PictureViewer.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\OpenWithProgIds]
"QuickTime.tif"=hex(0):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF\PersistentHandler]
@="{58F2E3BB-72BD-46DF-B134-1B50628668FB}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document]
@="Microsoft Office Document Imaging File"
"EditFlags"=dword:00000000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\CLSID]
@="{E1D05D9E-AEB3-49A4-A95E-1663676A507E}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\Installer\\{91E30409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}\\mspicons.exe,3"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shell\Open]
@="&Open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shell\Open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\MODI\\11.0\\MSPVIEW.EXE\" \"%1\""
"command"=hex(7):55,00,58,00,4f,00,74,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,28,0 0,\
5a,00,58,00,66,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,4d,00,53,00,4f, \
00,66,00,66,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,44,00,6f,00,63,00,75,00,6d,00,65,00,6e,00, \
74,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,3e,00,73,00,59,00,31,00,55, \
00,49,00,70,00,5e,00,38,00,6f,00,3f,00,3d,00,36,00,6b,00,47,00,48,00,5f,00, \
30,00,57,00,72,00,4a,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shell\Print]
@="&Print"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shell\Print\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\MODI\\11.0\\MSPVIEW.EXE\" /p \"%1\""
"command"=hex(7):55,00,58,00,4f,00,74,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,28,0 0,\
5a,00,58,00,66,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,4d,00,53,00,4f, \
00,66,00,66,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,44,00,6f,00,63,00,75,00,6d,00,65,00,6e,00, \
74,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,3e,00,73,00,59,00,31,00,55, \
00,49,00,70,00,5e,00,38,00,6f,00,3f,00,3d,00,36,00,6b,00,47,00,48,00,5f,00, \
30,00,57,00,72,00,4a,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00, \
00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\opshelSE2]
@="{BA96D2CA-CC4B-4CA9-9DBA-3262F3BDDD0A}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSPaper.Document\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\opshelSE2]
@="{BA96D2CA-CC4B-4CA9-9DBA-3262F3BDDD0A}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.TIF]
"ImageOptionFlags"=dword:00000000


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx ts\.TIF]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx ts\.TIF\OpenWithList]
"a"="MSPVIEW.EXE"
"MRUList"="bafedc"
"b"="mspaint.exe"
"c"="iexplore.exe"
"d"="firefox.exe"
"e"="PaprPort.exe"
"f"="notepad.exe"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileEx ts\.TIF\OpenWithProgids]
"TIFImage.Document"=hex(0):
"MSPaper.Document"=hex(0):

I've also added the files as attachments if that helps.

in your answer I think you tell me to make a registry change:
EditFlags"=dword:00000000 <<---- Set To 0
where do I do that?

[devil_himself]

Greetings macker7963

Download The Attached File "macker.rar" > Unzip It > Double Click on "macker.bat".

Now, Use This Tool to Associate ".Tif" - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgeditor.htm With The Application You Want !

[macker7963]

Thanks devil_himself
Hopefully that will work