open .gif with Windows Picture and Fax viewer

[DukeSucks]

When I receive a picture in the .jpg format in an email, it opens in the default program of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. When it is in .gif format, somehow the default got changed to internet explorer.

I want .gif to open with Picture Viewer. I know how to change the program it opens with, but cannot find where Picture Viewer is located. Any help to where it is?

I use XP, firefox, and yahoo mail.

Thanks for your help.

[UbinTook]

I dont beleive there is an exectuable path, i think the program is called up by a .dll file, SO...

Right click a local .gif image( an image on your system) and choose "open with".
If you dont get that option, press and hold the shift key then right click.

Click "choose program" at the bottom of the dialog box.
Scroll until you find MS Picture viewer and highlight/click it.

Checkmark the box that says "always use the selected program to open this type of file".
Click "OK"

That will associate MS picture viewer with any .gif you open.

[DukeSucks]

Thanks for the reply.

That lets me open up a .gif that I have saved with the right program, but when I go to open up one that is an attachment to an email, it still wants to open it with IE.

Here's a screenshot of what I'm getting, in case my descriptions doesn't make sense. If the attachment was a .jpg, it works fine, it's just the case with .gif

[UbinTook]

In the pop up box that you show, I.E is highlighted...try choosing "OTHER" and doing the same thing,find and choose MS picture viewer...
What descriptions of yours "dont make sense"? Where are you seeing those?

[DukeSucks]

yeah, that was my question...when I click other, I cannot find Picture and Fax viewer. I wasn't sure where that program would be located.

[UbinTook]

Let me check a couple things , i will post back...

[brasilstu]

In FireFox go to Tools/Options/Content and then click Manage file types.

It says what to do at the bottom of the picture you posted.

:-)

[UbinTook]

Try this...
My Computer, Tools, Folder Options, File Types (tab)
Look for .gif in the scrolling list and see what it is associated with there.

In FF depending on what version you have...tools/options then click the download tab/ view $ edit actions/ look for .gif and its association

Lastly...email yahoo support with the issue, they may have run into this issue before.

[DukeSucks]

Ok, guys thank you all for your help. None of those things did the trick. If I had the .gif saved to my computer, it would default to opening it in Picture and Fax viewer. It was just when I tried to open it from my email that it would default to IE.

I did some digging and found a solution. I clicked, start->run, then typed in:
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll in the command box. That did the trick.


Thanks again for all the suggestions!

[UbinTook]

Glad you found the fix...any information on the cause?