# Computer Help Needed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-help-needed/141358>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 8, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-help-needed/141358 "2002-12-08T21:04:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-help-needed/141358/1 "2002-12-08T21:04:56Z")

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I use Windows ME, IE 6.0. About a month ago I installed Mozilla because my wife wanted to try it out. Yesterday she told me she didn’t like it and I could get rid of it. I removed Mozilla using the Add/Remove Programs. Now I have a couple of problems.

1. If I try to open any shortcut that I have put on my desktop or try to open a Favorite from the start menu(Favorites do work if I use the Favorites drop down menu when I’m on line) I get this message:

2. All my scanned photos( I am a amateur photographer so I usually have dozens of photos stored on my computer) reverted to PhotoSuite images. The problem is I haven’t had Photo Suite on my computer for over a year. Photosuite was uninstalled when I installed my new scanner a year ago. If I double click to view a pic I get I get an “Error, cannot find PhotoSuite.exe.” I can still view the pics using the Open With option when I right click.

If anyone can understand what I just wrote, I would appreciate any ideas you can come up with.🙂

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-help-needed/141358/2 "2002-12-08T21:22:27Z")

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1. When you use **Open With** there should be a checkbox for **Always use this program to open these files**. Check it and select the program you want to use. It should re-associate the file type with the program.

2. is trickier. The first thing I’d try is going to **Start|Settings|Control Panel|Internet Options|Programs** and checking the box for **Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser**. Open IE and see if it asks to become the default.

If that doesn’t work then you may have to go to **Folder Options** (also in **Control Panel** ), select the **File Types** tab, and manually change the associations for HTML and URL files.

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**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-help-needed/141358/3 "2002-12-08T22:01:02Z")

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Thanks, **Number.** Your answers worked like a charm. I owe you one.🙂