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My Icons Changed

by Digibop Jul 19, 2007 7:37AM PDT

Hello All,

I use coffeecup free viewer to open up my pictures.
I installed the trial version of Photoshop.
My pictures still open in coffeecup but the icons have changed to Photoshops icons.
This also happened when I installed Winamp after using Musicmatch.
How do I get my old icons back?

Thanks in Advance

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Need more info to be able to help.
by Tufenuf Jul 19, 2007 12:52PM PDT

Digibop,

Note: If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem.

Tufenuf

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My System Specs
by Digibop Jul 19, 2007 5:46PM PDT

Home built PC, Windows XP Home ed, AMD Athlon 2700+, 1GB Kingston PC 2700 DDR RAM, 1 Maxtor 160GB HDD, 1 Maxtor 120GB HDD, Biostar MB, Sound Blaster Audigy Audio, ATI Radeon 9200 Video

Hope this helps

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Re: My System Specs
by Tufenuf Jul 19, 2007 11:19PM PDT

Digibop, Go to Start>Control Panel>Folder Options>File Types tab, scroll down to jpg and hilite it, click the Advanced button, click the Change icon button and select the icon you want. You may have to use the Browse button to locate the Coffecup.exe program and click it then choose the icon click OK/Apply/OK.

You may have to do the same for .bmp and .gif files if they're also now showing the Photoshop icon.

Tufenuf

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OK, Digibop, let's try this.
by Paul C Jul 19, 2007 6:20PM PDT

Like so many other apps, Photoshop thought you wanted it to do everything, so it associated the picture files with it.

To fix the issue, open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder(s) where your pics are located. Highlight them then right-click. In the menu that'll appear, choose "Open With" and then "Choose Program." In the popup, select the program you want those files to open in and make sure that the box labeled "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" is checked. Click OK, then close everything; just to make sure, restart the PC.

This should reassociate those files with the Coffeecup viewer and change their icons.

Hope this helps,

Paul

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Got my icons back Whoopie!
by Digibop Jul 20, 2007 10:40AM PDT

Paul,

I tried your suggestion and it worked for all my .jpegs, but not the .bmps. The .bmps opened in Coffeecup when I double click them, but they still have the Photoshop icons.
I redownloaded Coffeecup free player again to see if that would change the icons, but it didn't.
Coffeecup is kind of strange in that it does not install itself in Program Files or anywhere else but right from the start menu, from what I could find.

I decided to check out Coffeecup more, as I never had to before. I found under the "Tools Tab" the option to Manage Associations. This is what FINALLY worked. I put checks in all the boxes including .jpeg and .bmp. I should have thought about this before.

Coffeecup is the opposite of the icon hijacking Photoshop. It even has the option to: "Restore the associated application before this application was installed." I have never seen this on any program.
I really like Coffecup and it's free, and you can do a lot with it. Check it out if you have a chance.

Now if I could just get my Road Runner desktop icon to look like Wile E Coyotes nemesis again, instead of the generic icon MS decided it should be, I'd be as happy as a clam.

Thank you Paul and Tufenuf for all your help!

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