>Thanks Fred,
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>Do you know of a workaround, or should I abandon the general field. I've tried handling .jpg file type with paint or Windosw Imaging, but all that does is change the icon that displays.

General recommendation is to abandon the use of general fields, you give up far too much control (as you've found out). Better to store a file name and/or path, or store the data in a binary memo field and extract it to a file when needed.