Widows 11 setting default program for jpg files is not working

Anonymous
2021-10-20T17:18:25+00:00

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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Anonymous
2021-10-23T13:01:13+00:00

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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-18T06:16:22+00:00

    Thank you, of all the solutions I tried.... about 6 of them... this is the only one that worked...

    congratulations, Microsoft that no one seems to know why this happens...

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-23T16:51:31+00:00

    This worked but lets see if it stays after rebootong

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-27T23:42:27+00:00

    It's not IrfanView. Win11 has lots of problems with file management. Even trusted old File Explorer has problems and it has been stable for years. Poor, very poor QA at Microsoft on EVERY major release.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-05-30T07:44:30+00:00

    it was listed as simply "Photos" on my machine, so you may have overlooked it if you are looking for "Microsoft photos"

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