I am still using Win98 as well. The 'open with' in the context menu
doesnt come up with ALL files. I dont know why, at least mine doesnt. I
found a nifty little program that takes care of that and much more called
'OpenExpert' from http://www.baxbex.com which I believe you would be
quite pleased. It gives you much more options thanthe Microsoft 'open
with'. And its free!1
I also use Total Commander for my file explorer rather than Windows
Explorer which also allows you to 'Associate with' on files + many, many
more tweaks and options!
http://www.ghisler.com ....FULLY functional shareware.... only has one
nag window at start up which just ask you to hit #1 through 3 and your
in! But fully worth the cost to take that little nag off.
BOTH programs have an easy learning curve...matter of fact you dont have
to really learn anything much new on OE, and TC is great for just using
as usual until you get to know all the bells and whistles.
As for MGI, I have thos on my cupter but dont care for it. I use
Infraview (which is also free)
http://www.irfanview.com which also incorporatesd into TC as a plug in!
Infraview (IMHO) is a much better program than MGI as well.
Supported file formats:
AIF, ANI/CUR, ASF, AU/SND, AVI, B3D, BMP/DIB, CAM (Casio JPG), CLP, DDS,
Dicom/ACR, DJVU, ECW, EMF/WMF, EPS, FlashPix (FPX), FSH, G3, GIF,
ICO/ICL/EXE/DLL, IFF/LBM, IMG (GEM), JPG2000, JPG, JPM, KDC, LDF, LWF,
MED,
MID/RMI, MNG/JNG, MOV, MP3, MPG, MrSID, NLM/NOL/NGG, OGG, PBM/PGM/PPM,
PCX/DCX,
PhotoCD, PNG, PSD, PSP, RAS/SUN, RAW, Real Audio (RA), RLE, SFF, SFW,
SGI/RGB,
SWF (Flash/Shockwave), TGA, TIF, TTF, TXT, WAD, WAV, WBMP, XBM, XPM,
CRW/CR2,
NEF, ORF, RAF, MRW, DCR, X3F, PEF, SRF DXF etc.+ much more.....
enjoy...
Lazarus B. Israel <[log in to unmask]>
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:27:11 -0700 Carol <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Don,
> I couldn't find anything in MGI.
>
> But, this all brings up another problem. I finally got it changed,
> but none of the
> advice I got here worked. That's not a complaint - I had something
> wrong with my
> computer. (Win 98SE.) It was fixed for awhile, but now part of the
> problem is back
> again. I've had this type of thing happen before. Several people
> who posted
> advice said to right click on the pic. and choose "Open With". I
> don't have that
> option when I right click on anything. (I have had that option at
> times, but it
> comes and goes, which sounds crazy, I know, but it's true.) They
> also said to go to
> "Settings", "Folder Options", and then the "File Types" tab. I
> didn't have a "File
> Types" tab in my "Folder Options". (I tried it numerous times.)
> Someone provided a
> link to a page at MS on associations, but it also said to go to
> "File Types", which
> I didn't have. I went into "View", "Folder Options" in Windows
> Explorer and the
> "File Types" tab was in there, however. That's how I was able to
> make the change.
> When I came out of Win Exp and went back into "Settings" and "Folder
> Options", the
> "File Types" tab was back. BUT, once again, I do not get "Open
> With", when I right
> click on a pic. It's like working in a magic show instead of a
> computer. Sometimes
> things disappear and sometimes they don't. It drives me crazy,
> because things keep
> changing, but this computer has been this way from the beginning.
> Unless someone
> has some advice, I guess it's time to reformat again, which I hate
> to do, because
> it takes so long to get everything back to normal again, download
> everything again,
> set up antivirus, anti-spyware, install updates, fire wall etc., and
> all other
> programs and settings. It's only good for a couple of months after
> I reformat, and
> then I start all over again. One of these days, maybe I will be able
> to get rid of
> Win98SE and get XP.
> Carol Hanson
>
> I should think that MGI would have something in its tools or options
> to
> enable you to do that. Check for an entry under "view" or
> "associations".
>
> Most viewers have an option whereby you can tick "select all" to
> make them
> the default viewer for all graphic file associations. If you don't
> want it
> to be that universal, just tick the option to view whatever file
> extension
> (usually .jpg) you want to view with MGI.
>
> Don Penlington
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