>>Hi George -
>>
>>Well, not exactly, although I'm sure it's somehow related.....
>>What I mean by 'preview' is when I single click on a .jpg, in Windows Explorer, it used to bring up a tiny image of the picture in the left hand part of the Explorer window. So I could see the image without actually opening it in IE or another program. Like I said, this USED to work, but when I tried to associate the .jpg with a different application I lost this capablility. :(( I WISH I had an UNDO button!! :)
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>>TIA!
>> ellen
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>>>When you say "preview" do you mean opens in the application related to viewing
>>>jpgs? If so, you can associate the files with a application and double
>>>clicking it. You'll get a dialog that will list all the registered
>>>applications. Simply select the one you want, and check the "Always open with"
>>>check box.
>
>You just need to re-associate jpg files with IE. Rightmouse click on the file while pressing the shift key, you get a menu with "open with" option. You can also drag and drop the jpg files into ie.
>
>John

The preview setting and the open association are independent of each other. IOW, a file does not have to be associated with IE to have explorer preview it, and vice-versa. See my other reply to this message.