Hp Media Smart Photo

[kloofnek]

What would happen if I unstall the HP Media Smart Photo from my HP desktop PC?Of late,when I download a photo it opens with that in lieu of Windows Live Photo Galley...I much prefer the latter...but it doesn`t give me an option.This is by,the way,when a pic has been emailed to me...not when I transfer from my camera.

[SlackAlice]

Find the file you wish to open and right click on it and select 'Open With'

From the context menu select either the program you want or set a default program from the bottom choice.

Or, change your file associations. Go to Control Panel/Programs/Default Programs/Set Associations, scroll gown to the ones you want to change and select it to edit your choice.

For images most common extensions are .jpe .jpeg .jpg .bmp .tiff

[SlackAlice]

Meant to add, no need to uninstall HP Media Smart Photo.

[kloofnek]

Slackalice,doesn`t give me the option
Under the pic,says
Download as Zip.
View slideshow
and on the bottom of the actual pic says Download.

[Buenchico]

You're looking in the wrong place, Kloofnek. (You appear to be looking at your email when you should be looking on your hard drive).

Go to My Pictures (or anywhere that you've got some image files on your computer). Right-click on any of them. Select 'Open With'. You'll probably see Windows Live Photo Gallery listed there but DON'T click on it. Instead click on 'Choose Program'. Click on 'Windows Live Photo Gallery' (to highlight it), PUT A TICK IN THE BOX (where it says 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file') and then click 'OK'.

In future Windows will always use Windows Live Photo Gallery to open any images on your computer (unless you tell it otherwise by right-clicking and using 'Open with' or by opening your preferred program first and then opening an image directly from it).

PS: You must be unique in liking Windows Live Photo Gallery!
(Irfanview is about a zillion times better: http://www.irfanview.com/ )

[kloofnek]

Buenchicho...I KNEW you would have the answer.thank you..Sorry late in answering,had visitors.

[kloofnek]

Done that Buen,thank you again,will take a look at Irfanview...I use Windows Live Gallery cos it was just there in the PC ...no other reason than that.