"kandinsky63" <rharaburda@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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>i have already done this.
>
> I have created hyperlinks to other file types i.e.
> .doc, .tiff , .xls etc. and they all open up with the default app and not
> with IE.
>

> My default image editor opens every image file from the hyperlink expect
> for
> jpeg's - this is the curious bit.

I was able to reproduce your issue here with a hyperlinnk to a local jpg
file in an Excel Worksheet. Clicking on the link opened the file in IE8
instead of the Default image viewer(here that would be Irfanview). To get
around this issue here required doing a registry tweak at the following
Registry Key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\C ommon\Internet

Adding a new DWORD Name value at that Key = ForceShellExecute
and adding a new DATA VALUE = 1

did the trick for me, now when clicking on a hyperlink to a jpg file in an
Excel Worksheet it opens the file in the default viewer instead of IE8.

See the following reference site for this tweak:
http://mobile.vnunet.com/personal-co...ive-hyperlinks

As always, be sure to back up your Registry before making any changes.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell




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> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OBdbW8a9JHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Right-click on a JPEG or JPG file | Open with | Select desired
>> application & check the "Always open with..." box.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>> kandinsky63 wrote:
>>> why does IE7 open a hyperlink to a jpeg/jpg image in excel 97/2000 when
>>> the default image editor is windows picture and fax viewer?
>>
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