I used to have IE set up so that if I launched a JPG file, it wouldn't
spawn a separate instance, but would open the JPG in the
currently-running brower window. For the life of me, I can't find the
right setting to get that behavior back (nor do I know what I did to
break it!).

Could someone please explain that magic to me again?

Thanks & best regards,
John

Hi,
See:
199292 - Opening Picture Files Opens New Instances of Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=199292

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"John Griswold" <griswold[at]nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I used to have IE set up so that if I launched a JPG file, it wouldn't
> spawn a separate instance, but would open the JPG in the
> currently-running brower window. For the life of me, I can't find the
> right setting to get that behavior back (nor do I know what I did to
> break it!).
>
> Could someone please explain that magic to me again?
>
> Thanks & best regards,
> John

Don Varnau wrote:
> Hi,
> See:
> 199292 - Opening Picture Files Opens New Instances of Internet Explorer
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=199292
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "John Griswold" <griswold[at]nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ur%23juup8FHA.1000@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
>>I used to have IE set up so that if I launched a JPG file, it wouldn't
>>spawn a separate instance, but would open the JPG in the
>>currently-running brower window. For the life of me, I can't find the
>>right setting to get that behavior back (nor do I know what I did to
>>break it!).
>>
>>Could someone please explain that magic to me again?
>>
>>Thanks & best regards,
>>John
>
>

I should have stated in my initial post that this is IE
6.0.2800.1106/128 bit / SP1 and a bunch of hot fixes. So this KB article
doesn't apply (and didn't work, to boot!)
Thanks for that pointer though. It might lead me to something else.

John,
Try the "JPE/JPG/JPEG Association Fix" at
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"John Griswold" <griswold[at]nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> I should have stated in my initial post that this is IE
> 6.0.2800.1106/128 bit / SP1 and a bunch of hot fixes. So this KB article
> doesn't apply (and didn't work, to boot!)
> Thanks for that pointer though. It might lead me to something else.

> Don Varnau wrote:
> > See:
> > 199292 - Opening Picture Files Opens New Instances of Internet Explorer
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=199292

> > "John Griswold" <griswold[at]nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:ur%23juup8FHA.1000@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >
> >>I used to have IE set up so that if I launched a JPG file, it wouldn't
> >>spawn a separate instance, but would open the JPG in the
> >>currently-running brower window. For the life of me, I can't find the
> >>right setting to get that behavior back (nor do I know what I did to
> >>break it!).
> >>
> >>Could someone please explain that magic to me again?

John Griswold wrote:
> Don Varnau wrote:
>> Hi,
>> See:
>> 199292 - Opening Picture Files Opens New Instances of Internet
>> Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=199292
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Don
>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>
>> "John Griswold" <griswold[at]nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ur%23juup8FHA.1000@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> I used to have IE set up so that if I launched a JPG file, it
>>> wouldn't spawn a separate instance, but would open the JPG in the
>>> currently-running brower window. For the life of me, I can't find
>>> the right setting to get that behavior back (nor do I know what I
>>> did to break it!).
>>>
>>> Could someone please explain that magic to me again?
>>>
>>> Thanks & best regards,
>>> John
>
> I should have stated in my initial post that this is IE
> 6.0.2800.1106/128 bit / SP1 and a bunch of hot fixes. So this KB
> article doesn't apply (and didn't work, to boot!)
> Thanks for that pointer though. It might lead me to something else.

That article applies to any version of IE. Did you check?

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Don Varnau wrote:
> John,
> Try the "JPE/JPG/JPEG Association Fix" at
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>

No, that didn't work, either. Neo-Luddite that I am, I haven't upgraded
from Windows 2000 ( which, like Mama Bear's porridge, is "just right",
at least for me)

Thanks for the pointer. Anybody else have a suggestion?
Thanks in advance,
John

tools>internet options>advanced - check "Reuse windows for opening
shortcuts" maybe?

Don't know, just an idea.

Charlie


"John Griswold" <griswold@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ur%23juup8FHA.1000@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I used to have IE set up so that if I launched a JPG file, it wouldn't
> spawn a separate instance, but would open the JPG in the
> currently-running brower window. For the life of me, I can't find the
> right setting to get that behavior back (nor do I know what I did to
> break it!).
>
> Could someone please explain that magic to me again?
>
> Thanks & best regards,
> John

Charlie Tame wrote:
> tools>internet options>advanced - check "Reuse windows for opening
> shortcuts" maybe?
>
> Don't know, just an idea.
>
> Charlie

Thanks, Charlie, but that's checked, too.

Probably an excellent idea. I may have overlooked the obvious first step.
<G>

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Charlie Tame" <charlie[at]tames.net> wrote in message
news:Ocq3z5x8FHA.2364@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> tools>internet options>advanced - check "Reuse windows for opening
> shortcuts" maybe?
>
> Don't know, just an idea.
>
> Charlie

> "John Griswold" <griswold[at]nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ur%23juup8FHA.1000@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >I used to have IE set up so that if I launched a JPG file, it wouldn't
> > spawn a separate instance, but would open the JPG in the
> > currently-running brower window. For the life of me, I can't find the
> > right setting to get that behavior back (nor do I know what I did to
> > break it!).
> >
> > Could someone please explain that magic to me again?
> >
> > Thanks & best regards,
> > John

"John Griswold" <griswold@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O8YKyk28FHA.952@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Charlie Tame wrote:
>> tools>internet options>advanced - check "Reuse windows for opening
>> shortcuts" maybe?
>>
>> Don't know, just an idea.
>>
>> Charlie
>
> Thanks, Charlie, but that's checked, too.

I found that setting is sometimes a bit unpredictable - oh well.

Have you ever installed any image viewers and later removed them? I wonder
if it might be something in the .jpg file association that's different.


Charlie