Fireworks MX
registers image file types at time of install
Product:
Fireworks
Platform:
Win
Versions:
MX
ID:
16411
When you
install Fireworks MX, certain file types are registered to Open in
Fireworks, to use Fireworks program icons and to Edit with Fireworks. This
allows users to double-click a registered image on their system to
automatically launch Fireworks MX for image editing. This TechNote
discusses how you can change your file type associations after you have
installed Fireworks MX.
Fireworks MX registers the following
image types during the installation:
PNG
JPEG Note: You may have more
than one listing of a JPEG format on your system.
GIF
WBMP
(Wireless Bitmap file)
Note: Fireworks also
registers two program formats specifically for Fireworks. These are
JSF (JavsScript file) and STL ( Fireworks Style file). It does not
reset any other file types.
The
following are the default programs that are used to open and edit the
above image file types:
Platform
Format
Viewer / Opens with
Windows
XP
GIF
Windows
Picture and FAX Viewer (shimgvw.dll) Other recommended:
Paint
Windows
XP
JPEG
Windows
Picture and FAX Viewer (shimgvw.dll> Other
recommended: Paint
Windows
ME
GIF
Image
Preview
Windows
ME
JPEG
Image
Preview
Windows
2000
GIF
Internet
Explorer
Windows
2000
JPEG
Internet
Explorer
Windows
98
GIF
Internet
Explorer
Windows
98
JPEG
Internet
Explorer
Windows
NT
GIF
Internet
Explorer
Windows
NT
JPEG
Internet
Explorer
Note: PNG and WBMP file types do not appear
in the default Registered file types list on Windows.
All of the following
operations are performed in the Edit File Type
window:
1
Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Folder
Options on all systems except Windows XP. On Windows XP, choose
Start > Control Panel > Folder Options.
2
Once
you've opened the Folder Options control panel, click the File Types
tab.
3
Click
the Extensions column header to sort by name. Scroll the list to the
entry you wish to change.
Note: To move through
the list quicker, select an entry in the list and then on your
keyboard, press the first letter of the format you are searching
for.
4
Select
the File Type in the list, and click the Advanced button.
Follow
these simple steps to change the icon for your images:
To Change the
Icon, click the Change Icon... button and then click the Browse
button. The Change Icon window appears where you can navigate to the
application of your choice and choose from among its associated
icons.
3
Choose
the .exe file and click Open. The associated icons appear in the
Change Icon window.
4
Select the icon
you wish to use for the selected file type and Click OK to return to
the Edit File Type window and change actions for the selected file
type if you desire to do that, otherwise click OK to return to the
Folder Options control panel and select another file type to change,
or click Close to close the control panel. All files of the selected
type will now have the selected icon.
Follow these simple steps to change the
application that edits your images:
At the bottom of
the Edit File Types window, click on the Edit With Fireworks action
then click Edit... The Editing action for file type window appears.
3
Click
Browse... to locate the executable you wish to use for editing the
selected file type. The Open With window appears.
4
Navigate to the
executable that you wish to use to edit the selected file type and
select it. Click Open. The table
at the top of this TechNote shows the default applications for
opening and editing GIF and JPEG images. PNG and WBMP files are not
registered to any application by default.
5
Click OK to
return to the Edit File Types window and change other actions or the
file type icon if you desire, otherwise click OK to return to the
Folder Options control panel and select another file type to change,
otherwise click Close to close the control
panel.
Follow these
simple steps to change the file type associations for opening
files:
Select the Open
action from the Actions area of the window, then click the Edit...
button to the right of the window. The Editing action for file type:
<selected file type> Image window opens.
3
Click Browse... to locate the executable you wish to use for
editing the selected file type. The Open With window
appears.
4
Navigate to the executable that you wish to use to open the
selected file type and select it. Click Open. The table
at the top of this TechNote shows the default applications for
opening and editing GIF and JPEG images. PNG and WBMP files are not
registered to any application by default.
5
Click
OK to return to the Edit File Type window and change the icon or
other actions for the selected file type, when you are finished
click OK again to return to the Folder Options and select another
file type association if you desire. Otherwise, click Close to close
the control panel.
Your file
types are now associated with the applications you have designated.
Launching Fireworks will not change these associations. They will only be
changed if you should reinstall Fireworks.
