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Roman Frantsev
Copper Contributor
Aug 20, 2018

Outlook keeps asking me how to open jpg files

Hi! This one drives me crazy - every time I try to open a jpg file from my Outlook 2016 (installed on Windows 10 as part of my Office 365 subscription), I get a prompt, regarding how do I want to ope...
  • tlampen's avatar
    tlampen
    Feb 05, 2019

    Step 1:

    Open Regedit and navigate to: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.jpg\OpenWithList

    You will have a (Default) key, then multiple keys a-... ,  and finally an MRUList key.

    Step 2:

    Find the key Microsoft.Windows.Photos_xxx and note the name of key.

    Step 3:

    Modify the MRUList value and simply enter the key name you noted in step 2.  (In my example it is c but isn't always the case.)

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