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Carol Robinson - 19 Oct 2003 15:16 GMT

First off - I am running Excel 2000.

I have a workbook that has several sheets. On one sheet when I click an
icon that is linked to a file on my hard drive it opens the right viewer
(ACDSee). On another sheet it opens the wrong viewer(Paint Shop Pro). I
have checked file associations in ACDSee, Paint Shop Pro, and
Windows Explorer/ folder options/ file types. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated
as I have about 1000 links to do.

Thanks in advance,
Carol

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David McRitchie - 19 Oct 2003 16:23 GMT

Hi Carol,
What is the file extension, are they spelled the same in each case,
and how are you invoking the link for each case.

If you right click on an icon you can use "Open with" and there is
a checkmark that you want to pay attention to "Always open with",
if unsure make sure you don't choose to invoke always.

You can see what you have assigned as default and change them there
My Computer, Tools, Folder, File Types, ....

HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
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> First off - I am running Excel 2000.
>
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> Thanks in advance,
> Carol

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David McRitchie - 19 Oct 2003 22:09 GMT

Some answers are clear that they solve a problem. I think there could be other
things that could create similar problems, but just want to let everyone know...

Carol's problem was solved file extensions were spelled differently. (quote...)
They were .jpeg and .jpg. I would have never have guessed the "e" would have
made the difference. The .jpg opened in ACDSee & the .jpeg opened in PSP.

Similarly I changed .jpg and .jpe to IrfanView (www.irfanview.com) for my photos
and .jpeg is assigned to IE.

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