window's media player

[BORNBRED_NZ]

when my last lot of updates where done it took away window's media player, so i downloaded another one but it will not allow me to open photo's in that are sent to me by e mail it comes up with this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action, create a association in the folder options control panel

[LeMarchand]

I didn't know WMP opened photos! Anyway, you're probably best off copying and saving any emailed photos to a folder on your hard drive and virus scanning them before opening. If you right click the file and choose "open with", you should get a list of suitable programs come up. These may include Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, Microsoft Photo Editor, and whatever photo-editing software you have. You can also "choose program" and check the installed programs on your PC for one you want to use. If you check the "always use this program to open files of this type" box, that type of file will be associated with that program until you change the association.

 

It may be worth checking the file extension (ie. is it .jpg, .gif, .bmp etc) as it may be that the photo isn't a photo (especially if it's not from a trustworthy source).

[Kev_UK]

I have never heard of windows media player opening photos. You can open a Internet Explorer window (any website or page cannot be displayed is fine) and drag and drop pics into it to view them.

[stevie21]

On any image, right click and choose "open With" and open it with whichever program you would normally use. Make sure you tick the box that says "always use this program" and you should restore that type of file's "file association".

An easier way to do this is through the image editing prog itself but without knowing which one you use I could only say to look for something about file associations, possibly under "File" and then "Preferences"