Changing the default editing program for pictures

At present MS Paint is my default program when I download pictures/
data from my media
card using the Brother MFC 5840CN. When I try to save an edited
picture so that I can
set it as background, I have a problem with paint...when the picture
is present and I clik
on file to set it as background, an error box comes up telling me that
I must first save the
picture b4 I can set it as background....duh, I've already saved it
and no matter how many
times I save it, I get the same error. I'm not having any luck with
MS on this issue so I
thought I would change the default paint program to something else,
but don't know how!
Can anyone help out on this issue? thanks

On Feb 2, 6:42 pm, "magnogreato" wrote:
At present MS Paint is my default program when I download pictures/
data from my media
card using the Brother MFC 5840CN. When I try to save an edited
picture so that I can
set it as background, I have a problem with paint...when the picture
is present and I clik
on file to set it as background, an error box comes up telling me that
I must first save the
picture b4 I can set it as background....duh, I've already saved it
and no matter how many
times I save it, I get the same error. I'm not having any luck with
MS on this issue so I
thought I would change the default paint program to something else,
but don't know how!
Can anyone help out on this issue? thanks



Usually each photo program you install sets the file type association.
So usually the last program you installed should be the default for
photo file types

However, you can change this itself but it is a pain. I'll check,
but as my memory serves me, it is in the file section of the Control
Panel.

magnogreato wrote:
At present MS Paint is my default program when I download pictures/
data from my media
card using the Brother MFC 5840CN. When I try to save an edited
picture so that I can
set it as background, I have a problem with paint...when the picture
is present and I clik
on file to set it as background, an error box comes up telling me that
I must first save the
picture b4 I can set it as background....duh, I've already saved it
and no matter how many
times I save it, I get the same error. I'm not having any luck with
MS on this issue so I
thought I would change the default paint program to something else,
but don't know how!
Can anyone help out on this issue? thanks


I don't know, maybe it wants a particular extension. I've never used
paint, I right click on the desktop, navigate to properties/settings
/desktop and browse to the filename, .jpg seems to work.
Dave Cohen

On 2 Feb 2007 16:42:01 -0800, magnogreato wrote:

At present MS Paint is my default program when I download
pictures/data from my media card using the Brother MFC 5840CN.
When I try to save an edited picture so that I can set it as background,
I have a problem with paint...when the picture is present and I clik
on file to set it as background, an error box comes up telling me that
I must first save the picture b4 I can set it as background....duh, I've
already saved it and no matter how many times I save it, I get the same
error. I'm not having any luck with MS on this issue so I thought I
would change the default paint program to something else,
but don't know how!
Can anyone help out on this issue? thanks

The problem is due to the fact that JPG files aren't MS Paint's
native file format and Microsoft was under no pressure to extend
Paint's abilities beyond the absolute minimum. After Paint has
opened one of the files, you need to save change its format to BMP
using Save As, and then choose one of the BMP options from the
drop-down list. Suitable choices for wallpapers would be either
"256 Color Bitmap(*.bmp,*.dib)" or "24-bit Bitmap(*.bmp,*.dib)".
There are also Monochrome and 16 Color Bitmaps, but you probably
wouldn't like the quality of the wallpapers that they'd produce.

Alternatively, you'd probably be better off using a program that's
really intended to view and edit pictures. Irfanview is free, very
small (easy to download even with dialup a modem), is one of the
best JPG viewing programs, has photo editing capabilities far
superior to the few options MS Paint has, most of them being more
suitable for drawings than photos. Irfanview, by the way, has no
problem creating wallpapers even if the images it opens are BMP
files. In other words it can create wallpapers without having to
first save it to another format.

magnogreato wrote:
At present MS Paint is my default program when I download pictures/
data from my media
card using the Brother MFC 5840CN. When I try to save an edited
picture so that I can
set it as background, I have a problem with paint...when the picture
is present and I clik
on file to set it as background, an error box comes up telling me that
I must first save the
picture b4 I can set it as background....duh, I've already saved it
and no matter how many
times I save it, I get the same error. I'm not having any luck with
MS on this issue so I
thought I would change the default paint program to something else,
but don't know how!
Can anyone help out on this issue? thanks

In Windows Explorer, right-click on the file, open with....., choose the
program. If you want this type file to be always associated with this
porogram, select the file, go to Tools-folder options-file types-change
program.

On Feb 3, 1:02 am, "Dennis Pogson"
wrote:
In Windows Explorer, right-click on the file, open with....., choose the
program. If you want this type file to be always associated with this
porogram, select the file, go to Tools-folder options-file types-change
program.

Yup, this is the correct solution. Do not use MS Paint for viewing/
editing images, that's not what it was designed to do. It was made for
painting simple graphics. Even Windows Picture Viewer is better. But
you're best off getting IrfanView and setting that as default.

On 2 Feb 2007 16:42:01 -0800, "magnogreato" wrote:

At present MS Paint is my default program when I download pictures/
data from my media
card using the Brother MFC 5840CN. When I try to save an edited
picture so that I can
set it as background, I have a problem with paint...when the picture
is present and I clik
on file to set it as background, an error box comes up telling me that
I must first save the
picture b4 I can set it as background....duh, I've already saved it
and no matter how many
times I save it, I get the same error. I'm not having any luck with
MS on this issue so I
thought I would change the default paint program to something else,
but don't know how!
Can anyone help out on this issue? thanks

The easiest way to change a file association is to find the type of
file you are concerned with then.....

1. Right click it and select "open with"
2. Then click "choose program"
3. Put a check in "always use the selected program......"
4. Then either find the program in the list or browse to it.
5. Highlight it and click "OK"

wrote:

On 2 Feb 2007 16:42:01 -0800, "magnogreato" wrote:


At present MS Paint is my default program when I download pictures/
data from my media
card using the Brother MFC 5840CN. When I try to save an edited
picture so that I can
set it as background, I have a problem with paint...when the picture
is present and I clik
on file to set it as background, an error box comes up telling me that
I must first save the
picture b4 I can set it as background....duh, I've already saved it
and no matter how many
times I save it, I get the same error. I'm not having any luck with
MS on this issue so I
thought I would change the default paint program to something else,
but don't know how!
Can anyone help out on this issue? thanks


The easiest way to change a file association is to find the type of
file you are concerned with then.....

1. Right click it and select "open with"
2. Then click "choose program"
3. Put a check in "always use the selected program......"
4. Then either find the program in the list or browse to it.
5. Highlight it and click "OK"

That's well and good, but in Windows98 it was possible to assign one
program for just viewing (when a media file is double clicked on) and
another for editing (with right click plus edit).
There doesn't seem to be that option in Windows XP.