Default image viewer?
 

If I open an image in the File Explorer or from an e-mail attachment, it opens in the Pictures & Videos app. I want all the images to ALWAYS open with the Album app. How do I do this? Registry edit?

Thanks!

EDIT: Solution was found in post 29.

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bump. I'd really like to know how to do this.

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I can no longer open jpg's in file explorer/tc. Kind of odd. I would like to rectify this if possible.

Skid

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my jpgs no longer have icons :(

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Wanted to give this a bump. As previously stated, I can no longer view pics while using File Explorer or TC. Any way to fix this?

tia
Skid

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Good question.. Not sure... Sounds like a registry edit..

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Here is the deal man as I see it,understand it and have it working. Pictures are by default I think being saved to DCIM\100MEDIA if not in your case,then create a folder with that name in your storage card, go to your camera and set it to save pix to storage card. And you should be good to go no reg editing needed. I use Resco photo viewer and had that dilemma b4, so now they both point to the same location \STORAGE\DCIM\100MEDIA.

FYI: You can just rename your existing pic folder ...hope that takes care of your prob dude:mrgreen:

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Thanks for the tip. No luck however. Yes, I do save to the storage card. There is a folder called DCIM, then a folder inside called MEDIA100. Just as you described *I think*.

Obviously it's not a huge deal, just would like to be able to view while using File Explorer or TC.

Skid

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mmm sorry didnt help, so when you hit Album Art, whatcha get?

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Skid, First lets see if I understand your problem. You are browsing files using TC and see picturefile.jpg you click on it and/or hit the 'enter' button to open the file..... nothing happens?? Do you get a message for needing a program to open it?

Try this... using TC select the file with stylus, hold down for options and choose properties. Check the Associate tab what do you see?

Mine says .jpg -> jpegimage then an x and below that is a button for 'associate'.. if I click on that it says
Command: :MSPIMG Parameter: "%1"
Icon File: browsres.dll Index: -6704.....

What do you see? BTW I'm looking at the diamond screen not the TP screen as its not at home right now.

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I'd download resco file explorer. It gives you an Open With... option in the context menu.

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But any idea how to make all the pictures open with HTC Album? If I open a picture from an e-mail attachment, it opens with Pictures & Videos.

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Interesting eenie. I think you may be onto something.
To answer your first question.... yes, when I double click on the jpg while in TC, I get a message saying that it cannot open the file, it asks me to open a program to view (which works fine)

Now on the second part... when I goto the "associate" tab there is no association.

Would you mind looking at the b/f's TP to see what he has in the "associate" tab? I wouldn't mind changing. Hopefully I can change the value of the folder, instead of changing each pic.

Thank you for the knowledge!

Skid

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Going off what eenie posted earlier, my guess is that you would need to set the "associate" value to open with HTC Album instead of Pictures & Videos. Now, the question is, what is that value.

Take a look at eenie's post above yours.

Skid

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I think you guys missed on Saumaun's post, Resco explorer is a great registry editor and do es a lot more. If you have it, you righ click on any jpeg, and hit "open with" chose Album art prog by browsing to it. Now anytime you hit a jpeg Resco explorer goes to work:mrgreen:

hbenz...
Iget what Saumann is suggesting,
I Would rather not spend the dough.
Plus I have really grown quite fond of TC.
I certainly appreciate the help you
and saumann have provided.

I changed the command association and
got mixed results. It changes the icon of the
jpeg in either TC or File Explorer. Still cannot open though.

Surely it's just associating the file with the
program.

If someone could check out the "associate"
tab and share their info, maybe that
could get me back on track.

Thanks,
Skid

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There is a free trial I believe, set it and forget it.....we tried man

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But does this open attached e-mail images with HTC Album?

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Any jpeg you hit, Album should pick it up just like setting program default on pc....yo, just give it a try, there is a free trial, if you dont't like it ,just shugg it...nomsayin:mrgreen:

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Yup, like hbenz said it's a trial. I believe it changes the file association within the registry which means you should have no problem opening files from other programs.

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WhiteBlazer,
Download Resco Explorer. You should be able (like hbenz & saumann suggested) to change the file association. I was able to change it to HTCAlbum without a problem.

What they were suggesting finally sunk in.

Skid

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Good move Skid,

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I would have thought that TC does this also, I was going to ask you to check your programs by opening them first and browsing to the file but you've resolved your issue!! Yay!

to answer your previous ? TP associate said the same as my diamond... my internet and cable has been out since late last night so I'm just now getting back online.... sorry to be late with the reply but happy the situation is resolved for both of you!

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If you go to the registry, under the HTC Album Folder [I think HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCAlbum] there's a key for 'Default Viewer'

Not sure if that will actually change it, but it's worth a shot.

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Tried it out, nope.. still opens with pictures and video.. though I'm not wanting to change mine anyway.. just thought I'd give it a try for reference.

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Thanks for trying. Didn't think it would work though...

Aren't the file associations stored in HKCR?

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Hey eenieMINI,

I had a similar problem as SkidRow2. I had TCPMP associated with my jpeg files. So all my jpeg files had a little TCPMP icon associated with it and only TCPMP would open my jpegs. After I changed the file setting option in TCPMP to exclude jpeg files, I could no longer open jpeg files natively from file explorer. I then tried re-associating my jpegs as you outlined in your post, and it worked! I think one of the key things to realize is that the Command line should be entered as :MSPIMG (note the presence of the colon) as you wrote in your post, and not just MSPIMG alone.

Now, if SkidRow2 (or anybody else for that matter) who has managed to associate his/her jpeg files to HTC album (by probably using Resco Explorer) would use Total Commander to select and hold on a jpeg file (using their stylus), and then select options, then properties, then Association and post what they see under the parameter information listed there.

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hmm, give this a shot

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per request

http://i43.tinypic.com/15ofs5g.png

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This worked perfectly. I used TC to view the properties of one of my .jpeg files and changed the command to \windows\htcalbum.exe and now all my .jpeg files open with HTC Album. Thanks for the help.

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Yup, that works great! And changes the default icon for JPG's! :) :)

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Wait, so it makes the icon for images what they were before? Not the unknown icon, right?

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mine were the core player icon...I just used resco explorer...clicked & held on a pic with the stylus which opened a pop up menu......click open ...open with......choose {highlite} pictures & video or whatever you want.....then tick the the box at the bottom "always use this program to open this file type"....click done and all pics now open with that program....still have the icons though but will try memaid or clear temp and reset and see what happens....after running memaid clearing orphaned icons & soft reset icons were back to normal

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exactly, it changes it to the app icon (same as Windows XP/Vista).

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Ok, I'm havin' a small problem with this ... I tried using my resco registry edit, but I can't seem to find where I can change the album.exe.

Can someone assist.

Thanks.

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I use Total Commander, there is a screenshot above that shows you how to do this (in Total Commander).

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I had this working awhile back but now when i try to open a picture it just opens my default album and does not open the picture i am trying to view. Any suggestions???

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Have you tried recreating the association with TotalCommander?

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yes i tried that but did not change anything. each time I open a picture it just opens my favorite album. I tried changing my favorite album it changes in tf3d but when i try to open a picture form anywhere else it opens the photo album i had set as favorite before. any other ideas.

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Ok i tried it again and now all is well thanks. Weird it did not change anything the first time.