hyperlink launches wrong prog

[Steve]

Hi,
I have purchased a CD that features a tutorial, every so often in the text
of its word doc is an active link , photo_1, photo_2 etc, click on this and
it should launch the image on screen in Msoft photo and fax viewer. Instead
I get MGI photosuite appear which is a pic editor and no image !
I have followed the disc setup prior to running the tutorial or even
inserting the cd for the first time, that says use control panel > folder
options to tell PC what prog to use for each jpg format and knowing about
graphics have allocated al the possible jpg file types to the fax etc
viewer.

Can I perhaps within word force a different prog to run, tell it which to
use for the links ?

The disc also features other buttons like 'gallery' that again I expect to
see image in the fax etc viewer, but get a list of jpg files and d/click
those launches the fax etc viewer then all is well.

MGI photosuite is a greedy prog for jpg, likes to associate itself with
whatever file type its told to be the default for. Reason I ran it on win98,
as other installed progs grabbed jpgs and others and a fight developed !

I am winXP home now.

Steve

 

[Mary Sauer]

How to change file associations in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859/en-us

 

[Steve]

Hi Mary, that is the method I normally use, gave it a try but nothing doing,
normally the icon would update to the new pro so you know yiou have effected
a change, it still stays with MGI Photosuite icon after choosing Msoft fax
etc viewer from the list (need by the way choose the bottom option, called
choose program,unlike Msofts instruction as that simply opens the prog, no
chance to tick always use, so I did it the correct way, ticked always use,
and hyet icons stayed unchanged, Tried the CD and still the links launch MGI
!!!
Steve

 

[Jezebel]

Not sure what's going wrong, but the problem is with Windows, not Word. The
hyperlink doesn't specify the application: it's just a filename. Windows
looks up the file extension in its file associations table (from your
Registry) to determine what application to use. It's not plucking
'Photosuite' out of the air: something in your system is telling it to use
that.

 

[Steve]

Hi,
In that case its the application MGI photosuite hogging jpg when told not
to, ot was very tenacious, recall this when installing it on win98.was
usefull then as I like jpg as one icon, tiff as another, load perhaps
another prog on and that would grab both tif and jpg and show as one icon,
confusing me as to where the pure images were at a glance.
Perhaps if I temporarily rename the MGI Photosuite exe file to disable it
just to run the tutorial, or is that dodgy practice, cause all sorts of
nasties etc.
How does one disable temporarily a prog, and would that then let the Msoft
fax viewer prog kick in ?

Steve

 

[Jezebel]

No, don't blame MGI. It's Windows that chooses which application to call. If
you rename MGI, Windows will simply report that it can't find the
application. Have another look at the file associations in Windows Explorer
or in the registry.

 

[Steve]

will do.
Steve

No, don't blame MGI. It's Windows that chooses which application to call. If
you rename MGI, Windows will simply report that it can't find the
application. Have another look at the file associations in Windows Explorer
or in the registry.