Image Viewer Problem (Vista)

[stunt_man]

So I've got a .jpg on my desktop, and when I double-click on it, nothing happens. It should be opening in Windows Photo Gallery (the default, I don't know if that's it), but it isn't. Any ideas?

[Amit]

right click it, go to properties, and make sure the program it opens with is windows image viewer

[stunt_man]

Man, I tried that... I'm beginning to think there's a real problem somewhere...

Any other ideas? I'm running Home Basic, if that makes any difference...

[Emmzee]

It happens to me on my dad's computer, which is running XP.

How much ram you got?

[stunt_man]

2 GB. Could this be virus-related? I mean, I use a combination of Ad-Aware and the Windows Virus Scan (Defender?) to keep my PC protected, and I didn't think it would take more...

[Emmzee]

2 GB. Could this be virus-related? I mean, I use a combination of Ad-Aware and the Windows Virus Scan (Defender?) to keep my PC protected, and I didn't think it would take more...
Definitely not a RAM or virus problem. Try reinstalling.

[stunt_man]

Reinstalling Vista? Fuck it I'll use paint I'm not in the mood for that load of bullshit.

[Dr Nick]

I get an error when trying to use the Photo Viewer :(

But yeah, I just use firefox or M$Paint.

[Syuusuke]

And I don't (uses Ultimate).

Weird.

[Cortexian]

No problems here along those lines, Home Premium and Ultimate OS's running.

[stunt_man]

The problem disappeared... it seems I can't open .jpg files from the desktop, though...

Also, Vista's really getting annoying... How can I get rid of all the pop-ups that ask me if I'm administrator or whatever (the ones that just say 'continue,' 'skip,' and 'cancel')?