File Associations

I don't often talk in here about techie things, but ... here I am, about to talk about techie things! LOL!

If you right-click an image file, you will see a menu where you can choose to open the file, open with a particular program, print, and maybe some other things. In my computer, I had "Edit with Photoshop" as one of the choices. The problem was that when I chose that, my computer thought that I meant PS CS, instead of my current version, CS2!

Well, after some searching and playing around, I found the answer to this. You can, based upon the file type of any file, change the context menu (right-click) that you get:

1. Open Windows Explorer or My Computer.

2. Tools > Folder Options > File Types

3. Find an image file type. You'll have to do this with any files you want this to apply to.

4. If you see an Advanced button, click it. I didn't, so I first clicked Restore. Then you'll see Advanced. Click it.

5. You'll see a box that says "Edit File Type." Down under "Actions," these are the things that you'll see when you right-click the file. Get rid of ones you don't need. All my image files, for some reason, have "Edit with ImageReady," which is kinda silly. Click silly ones and then choose Remove.

6. To add one, click the New... button. Here you can add "Edit with..." whatever! Below there, you click Browse and find your application's .exe file. Hit OK and you're half done.

7. Now remember when you clicked Restore? You have to get your default program of choice back. Click Change in the File Types box.

8. Choose your program and click an X into the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" box.

9. Click OK and celebrate!

Windy Day!

I'm still hoarse and coughing, but at least I'm starting to feel somewhat normal again.

Michael is working through round 2 of his chemotherapy which he started on Tuesday evening. It's capsules that he has to take on an empty stomach, right before bed. He has a potent anti-nausea drug that he takes an hour before that.

Side effects are .. eh.. pretty minimal, I guess. He is pretty sleepy (napping right now, which is unusual in the middle of the day). He also can't taste things normally, which takes lots of the fun out of eating.

I've finally set up a Yahoo! group to handle the mailings for my Art Challenge. If you want to be on my Challenge mailing list, head over to the group's home page and join!

The welcome message I posted is dated August 14, 9:42 am. This was the last thing I did before I got the call about Michael's having to go to the hospital.

On the Road... to recovery

I'm feeling much better today, after a few days of feeling really horrible. I didn’t get onto my computer at all yesterday, because I was very sick. I contracted a bronchitis on our way back here to Tucson on Friday. By Sunday night, I was coughing a lot and gave myself asthma in the middle of the night. It was the worst attack ever, because I was wheezing very deeply and was really suffering air hunger. I couldn’t breathe in without a vocal sound coming out of me. This, of course, scared the hell out of me and I was yelling for Michael to help me, and all of this just made my condition worse.

We would have gone to the hospital, except that Michael couldn’t get his phone to dial the friend we would choose to take us there. Just as well, because he was able to help me by calming me down and telling me to breathe more slowly. I did this, managed to relax, and came out of it. We both lay there from 2:30 till 4:30, unable to sleep for fear I’d relapse. I actually was sitting up in the bed. Finally we went back to sleep and then yesterday went to the drugstore and got me an antibiotic. I am still weak and so we didn’t go for the Hiking Club hike today, darn it!