Posted February 28, 201014 yr I finally found their tech support site. There was an article to go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, click on the product and then on change. But my entry only had "remove" but no change button. So I have opened a ticket to their tech support site. Update at 11... -- Kathy aka smiley In God We Trust "Kathy" wrote in message news:... > Hi Glen, > > There is a Preferences menu but the only entries are > General Tab has brush cursors, startup wizard or not, product updates > Undo tab, max storage > Transparancy tab, grid size and preview > Layout tab, rules, color and spacing > Browser tab, animated GIFS, thumbnails and caching. > > There is no Options selection. > > Somewhere I saw that the associations are done during registration but I > tried to do the registration wizard again and it said the product was > already registered with no option to go any further. Now I'm trying to > figure out how to get to "my account" but I'm going to have to calm down a > bit before going any further. > > One thing I didn't mention is that this is a free download and maybe > that's why it is so obstinate. Maybe the best thing to do is just > uninstall it and reinstall it. I need to find the email with the free > download button again first. > > Thank you for your response. I'll let you know what the final outcome is. > > > -- > Kathy > aka smiley > > In God We Trust > "glee" wrote in message > news:uVjBR6JuKHA.732@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> "Kathy" wrote in message >> news:OjfGqhJuKHA.4636@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> WinXP SP3 >>> >>> A couple of weeks ago I downloaded a photo editor, Serif PhotoEditor SE, >>> and not so cleverly made it the default program for JPG files. Now I >>> can't figure out how to change JPG back to Paint. >>> >>> Here's what I've done so far to try to fix it. >>> >>> In Windows Explorer clicked Tools | Folder Options | File Types >>> >>> Clicked on JPG >>> What it says is that it opens with Paint but that I have customized >>> files with ext 'JPG'. To restore them to default (Serif PhotoPlus >>> Picture) click restore. >>> >>> OK, so I clicked restore because then that button becomes advanced. So I >>> clicked on Advanced button. And removed the open action. >>> >>> Then added the open action back and said to use paint.exe. And then >>> clicked "set default" button. And then OK. >>> >>> But it still says that JPG are type "Serif PhotoPlus Picture" and that's >>> what I want to change. >>> >>> I can't figure out how to change the default back to paint. >>> >>> Can you help please? I thank you for your help. >>> >>> Here's one last thing I did. At the point where I deleted the open >>> action I then just saved that setting without adding the add action >>> back. Now the JPG files open with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, which >>> looks like what they opened with before so I must have been wrong about >>> them opening with Paint. But. It still says that they are Serif >>> PhotPlus Picture type. How can I change that? And maybe I should be >>> asking what I should change them to if not Paint. >> >> Hi Kathy, >> >> Open the SerifPhotoEditor, click its menus at the top and look for an >> Options or Preferences menu or sub-menu, and click that. >> >> Try and find an item in its preferences that allows you to select File >> Associations for the program, and un-check the file types you don't want >> it to take, such as JPG, then click OK. >> >> It should release the file type and revert it to what it was before you >> installed the program. >> >> -- >> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 >> A+ >> http://dts-l.net/ >> > >
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