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by danno

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I have a win 98 machine that was configered to open its jpeg images with netscape but after i uninstalled netscape i am not able to view images because it keeps looking for netscape. I tried to do it from the folder options but in there it says jpegimages are opened by internet explorer. How do I go about getting rid of netscape. Do I have to do regestiry edit? If so what are the steps. Thanks

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by pierrejamme

You were there, open Windows Explorer, click on View the Folder Options, chose the File Types Tab. Next go down the list to the Js and select JPEG Image and delete the entry. Now double click on any xxxx.jpg and Windows will ask what you want to open with, Paint Shop Pro or whatever.

by mtrahern

you can browse to a jpeg file, hold down your left shift key while right-clicking it and choose, open with. when the box pops up, scroll down and choose internet explorer or whatever app you want to use, and check the box that says "always use thisprogram"

by thechas

Netscape is a little bit sneaky if you associate jpeg files with it.

It places it's file association in the registry such that it overrides the file associations set in Windows explorer.

The first thing to do, is back up your registry.
If youneed help, check out the registry pages at www.aumha.org

Then, run regedit, and search for netscape. Remove any key that references the .exe file, and you should correct your problem.

I had to copy over the IE jpeg association key from anotherPC in order to re-enable thumbnail views, as Netscape also blew away the IE association that is required to displaty thumbnail views.

Chas

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