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Just installed W11, clean install. I installed Irfanview for my image viewer and simple editing. However it will not associate jpg and png file types, although it did for many other file types. I tried installing as an Administrator. I tried setting associations from within Irfanview. I tried going to the Default Programs control panel and tried to associate jpg files with Irfanview. JPG is not listed in the file types. Nore is png. Both have been taken by Photo Viewer and nothing seems to make it give it up.
I understand that VLC video viewer is also having trouble with setting file associations.
I am using the 64 bit version of Irfanview, latest version. I am using Windows 11 Home.
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I think I fixed it. I went to "Apps and Features", found Microsoft Photos, clicked on the hamburger menu on the far right, chose "advanced options" went to the Reset section and performed both the Repair and the Reset functions. After that I was then able to associate jpg and other file types to Irfanview.
Invaluable info. What is just terrible is that you could never guess it is that way and that all the standard ways are not available and JPEG just does not appear in the list of file types. Too wierd.
I'm running Windows 11 Preview on ARM. Microsoft Photos is not included into it, and Appstore is not available at all.
So, in order to follow your advice, I had to download the AppxBundle for Microsoft Photos, install it via PowerShell and only then I was able to click Repair, Reset, in order finally to be able to associate JPEG with something.
Before that, I had no Microsoft Photos app and still was not able to associate JPEGs with something else.
Too wierd.
Thank you!!!
This worked for me!
Here is the process that just worked for me. Settings>Apps then search the word "photos". You should see "Microsoft Photos" listed. Click on the 3 dots to the right side of the Microsoft Photos tab and select Advanced Options. Then scroll down to Reset and click the Repair button. Once it's done go to a photo, right click and hit the Change button and select Irfanview>Apply>Save.
The change tab does not appear on the properties window until you run the repair.
WardyD, sorry but your suggestion does not work on my version of Win11. The only way I could get it to work was using the procedure I outlined above. It has worked flawlessly now for more than a week.
