Can't open picture files

I get an error message, "this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action", everytime I try to open a bimap or jpeg picture. All the icons have changed on the picture files also, and I have been unable to change them back.. I have gone into My Computer, View, folder options, to file types and tried to change things there but nothing seems to work. It also shows different icons on the picture files I have on floppy disks when I try to view them and I get the same error message. Any help would be appreciated...... Tap

The easiest thing may be to use a new picture viewer which will do all
the associations for you.

IrfanView - Freeware Graphic Viewer:
http://www.irfanview.com/


....Alan

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Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, Tap
wrote:


I get an error message, "this file does not have a program associated
with it for performing this action", everytime I try to open a bimap
or jpeg picture. All the icons have changed on the picture files also,
and I have been unable to change them back.. I have gone into My
Computer, View, folder options, to file types and tried to change
things there but nothing seems to work. It also shows different icons
on the picture files I have on floppy disks when I try to view them and
I get the same error message. Any help would be appreciated...... Tap

Originally Posted by Alan Edwards

The easiest thing may be to use a new picture viewer which will do all
the associations for you.

IrfanView - Freeware Graphic Viewer:
http://www.irfanview.com/


....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, Tap
wrote:


I get an error message, "this file does not have a program associated
with it for performing this action", everytime I try to open a bimap
or jpeg picture. All the icons have changed on the picture files also,
and I have been unable to change them back.. I have gone into My
Computer, View, folder options, to file types and tried to change
things there but nothing seems to work. It also shows different icons
on the picture files I have on floppy disks when I try to view them and
I get the same error message. Any help would be appreciated...... Tap

Thanks Alan,
Took your advice and installed the new picture viewer from IrfanView, works great.