Paint Shop Pro Opens To File Browser

The Troll

Since i updated to new PSP, when i double click an image it doesn't open in PSP. Instead the program opens up in windows explorer style mode, where i have to select the path to the image. is there any way of changing this so that the image just opens when i double click.

Thx.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Sounds like something's a bit b0rked with the file association.
You can muck about with this stuff manually by going opening an explorer window... go to tools->folder options->file types... select the file extension that's giving you problems, you should also be able to go into 'advanced' from here and change the default action manually.
It sounds as if the default action is set to do something like psp.exe /open instead of something like psp.exe /open "%1" ... seems likely something like this since it's opening an "open file" dialog as the program starts.

Eh, but it's probably more simple to open PSP's preferences, (in PSP7 it's 'File Format Associations' under File/Preferences) and remove all the associations, then set them again the same way... I'd say this would reset the associations properly without getting your hands dirty.

pickarooney

Hmm, this sounds like a bug I logged when testing localised versions of PSP last year. It was supposed to have been fixed.
I think the wrong executable is called, it should be psp9.exe (memory is a bit hazy, so don't quote me on that).

Hobbes

right click the file, select open With->Choose program. Then select PSP from the list or find it and tag it so that it is the default file to open it. You can probably do this within PSP as well under the preferences/file associations.

The Troll

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Sounds like something's a bit b0rked with the file association.
You can muck about with this stuff manually by going opening an explorer window... go to tools->folder options->file types... select the file extension that's giving you problems, you should also be able to go into 'advanced' from here and change the default action manually.
It sounds as if the default action is set to do something like psp.exe /open instead of something like psp.exe /open "%1" ... seems likely something like this since it's opening an "open file" dialog as the program starts.

Eh, but it's probably more simple to open PSP's preferences, (in PSP7 it's 'File Format Associations' under File/Preferences) and remove all the associations, then set them again the same way... I'd say this would reset the associations properly without getting your hands dirty.

Ermm no. That doesnt work.

The Troll

Hobbes wrote:

right click the file, select open With->Choose program. Then select PSP from the list or find it and tag it so that it is the default file to open it. You can probably do this within PSP as well under the preferences/file associations.

oh my god, i'm not handicapped. I know how to use a bleedin pc. Sweet jesus. When the file opens, PSPs file browser opens instead of the image. I then have to manually find the image in PSPs browser ala windows explorer.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Wow, nice attitude. :rolleyes:
People are taking time out of their day to try and help you, maybe you shouldn't be such a smart cúnt to them?

Ermm no. That doesnt work.

What's the default action associated with the image files? (ie. what is the command it's using)... if you go into the advanced settings of that file association it'll tell you exactly what windows is telling PSP to do each time an associated file is doubleclicked.
But, whatever, you're not handicapped, you'll figure it out.

The Troll

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Wow, nice attitude. :rolleyes:
People are taking time out of their day to try and help you, maybe you shouldn't be such a smart cúnt to them?

What's the default action associated with the image files? (ie. what is the command it's using)... if you go into the advanced settings of that file association it'll tell you exactly what windows is telling PSP to do each time an associated file is doubleclicked.
But, whatever, you're not handicapped, you'll figure it out.

If people actually read my question before replying they might post some useful advice. Obviously the image files are associated with PSP if thats the program thats opening them. As for the command associated with double clicking an image, i don't know any way in which you can do this.

Please elaborate.

astrofool

my psp9 is similarly stupid, when I choose "open with" for an image, it opens psp, then says it can't find the file, so I then just drag it in (multi mon is fantastic ) I don't use psp enough anymore to spend time fixing it, but if someone has heard of a solution (pickarooney ), then please post it.

PSP9 fully patched btw (just double checked to make sure).

DonkeyStyle \o/

The Troll wrote:

If people actually read my question before replying they might post some useful advice.

Still, everyone that posts here means well.... doesn't hurt to be polite.

The Troll wrote:

As for the command associated with double clicking an image, i don't know any way in which you can do this.

Please elaborate.

Ok, this menu is a bit deep, so I've enlisted the help of a screengrab [see attachment]
The dialogs you see in the pic are from the "Tools >> Folder Options" menu in a normal explorer window (Windows XP here, but this layout has been more or less the same since Windows 95).
Just follow the path of the arrow to see where I'm talking about... the part I've circled in red is the command windows will run when (in this example) you double-click on a .bmp file. (let's say the default action is 'edit' for the sake of it)
If you look at the command here... the first part is obviously the path to the .exe .. but what I was talking about earlier is the %1, which is a token windows will use to store the name/path of the bitmap file you've clicked on.
So if you double-clicked on the 'soap bubbles.bmp' file in C:\windows\ ... the effective command line would be:
"c:\windows\system32\mspaint.exe" "c:\windows\soap bubbles.bmp"
Which is why it's important to have the "%1" there... without it, windows would just launch mspaint without doing anything with the file you've clicked.
(although XP keeps putting the %1 back if you remove it)
Also, if the %1 doesn't have quotes around it, a path or filename with a space in it won't work, the program will just complain that it can't find (for example) "c:\windows\soap" because the path and filename were stopped when the space was encountered.
So my simple suggestion is to make sure the %1 has double quotes around it.
It might work, it might not, it might be something more buggy than that as pickarooney suggested.
But there it is, my lame suggestion.

ajmull

The Troll wrote:

oh my god, i'm not handicapped. I know how to use a bleedin pc. Sweet jesus. When the file opens, PSPs file browser opens instead of the image. I then have to manually find the image in PSPs browser ala windows explorer.

Why anyone would want to try to help you, I don't know.

smeggle

The Troll wrote:

If people actually read my question before replying they might post some useful advice. Obviously the image files are associated with PSP if thats the program thats opening them. As for the command associated with double clicking an image, i don't know any way in which you can do this.

Please elaborate.

No it's you not reading the answer correctly - the answer was correct point at image/right click/properties/ anf change how the image is opened - i.e. it's not being opened by psp.exe it's being opened by another part of the program. i.e. as stated your file association has borked up.

You should read whats written and try it first before having a go - looks like your living upto your name to me really though....

i.e. to quote donkeystyle

'Wow, nice attitude.
People are taking time out of their day to try and help you, maybe you shouldn't be such a smart 'edit' to them?

why not just use irfanview to view an image? far simpler and what it's designed to do - psp is for editing and construction of images and shouldn't be used to just view images on the fly...

The Troll

smeggle wrote:

why not just use irfanview to view an image? far simpler and what it's designed to do - psp is for editing and construction of images and shouldn't be used to just view images on the fly...

If i wantd to just view the image i'd use paint. Obviously want to manipulate the image in some way. And i'd already pointed to psp.exe as the default program association.

The Troll

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Still, everyone that posts here means well.... doesn't hurt to be polite.

Ok, this menu is a bit deep, so I've enlisted the help of a screengrab [see attachment]
The dialogs you see in the pic are from the "Tools >> Folder Options" menu in a normal explorer window (Windows XP here, but this layout has been more or less the same since Windows 95).
Just follow the path of the arrow to see where I'm talking about... the part I've circled in red is the command windows will run when (in this example) you double-click on a .bmp file. (let's say the default action is 'edit' for the sake of it)
If you look at the command here... the first part is obviously the path to the .exe .. but what I was talking about earlier is the %1, which is a token windows will use to store the name/path of the bitmap file you've clicked on.
So if you double-clicked on the 'soap bubbles.bmp' file in C:\windows\ ... the effective command line would be:
"c:\windows\system32\mspaint.exe" "c:\windows\soap bubbles.bmp"
Which is why it's important to have the "%1" there... without it, windows would just launch mspaint without doing anything with the file you've clicked.
(although XP keeps putting the %1 back if you remove it)
Also, if the %1 doesn't have quotes around it, a path or filename with a space in it won't work, the program will just complain that it can't find (for example) "c:\windows\soap" because the path and filename were stopped when the space was encountered.
So my simple suggestion is to make sure the %1 has double quotes around it.
It might work, it might not, it might be something more buggy than that as pickarooney suggested.
But there it is, my lame suggestion.

Cheers, will check that when i get the chance. Nice 1.