> While there may be a way to make it revert to the list instead of
> thumbnails, I have never been able to find it. I think that this is one
> situation where Microsoft thinks it knows better where, in fact, it doesn't.
> Since you are dealing with graphical images, I believe that MS has "hard
> wired" the display as a thumbnail even though the rest of the computer's
> folders are set to list view. I have the same issue when I open my graphic
> folders in any other graphic program even though in Explorer the folder
> opens in list view.
>
> Hopefully someone else will know of a way, but I'm stumped.
>
>
> "Dallas Matt" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8D1A8524-1E4B-41BD-A7C4-1E6D79EEC435@microsoft.com...

>> Yes! It didn't work at first but once I put the quotes around the path it
>> worked like a charm. Thank you very much! I have a follow-up question if
>> you don't mind.
>>
>> When I press Ctl-S to get the "save as" dialog, existing files in that dir
>> always display as thumbnails (even though the directory displays as "list"
>> in
>> explorere which is what I want. I've tried changing it to list in the
>> "save
>> as" dialog display, but it doesn't stick.
>>
>> "LVTravel" wrote:
>>

>>> While I don't know if there are any default settings that can be changed,
>>> there may be a workaround for your issue.
>>>
>>> Try this to see if it works for you.
>>>
>>> Open a blank screen in Paint and save it as a .jpg in the location you
>>> want
>>> as your default with the name "default.jpg".
>>>
>>> Now, right click and drag the Paint program from the Start, Programs,
>>> Accessories location onto the desktop and select copy here. Right click
>>> on
>>> the Paint icon and then left click Properties. You should see a line
>>> like
>>> this "%%SystemRoot%%\system32\mspaint.exe" (of course without the quotes.)
>>> Without deleting the information on the line, click behind the .exe and
>>> press the space bar one time. Type the full path and filename for the
>>> default.jpg file you saved (if there is any spaces in the path you need
>>> to
>>> enclose anything you type in quotes. The final line should look
>>> something
>>> like this
>>>
>>> %%SystemRoot%%\system32\mspaint.exe "C:\this is the path here\default.jpg"
>>> Once you have that click OK.
>>>
>>> When you double click on the new desktop icon, the file will open and the
>>> Save As default location will be where the file is located. Of course if
>>> you right click on the default.jpg file and then click properties and
>>> make
>>> it read only, you won't inadvertently change the file and a Save As will
>>> then pop up for any attempt to Save.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps, let us know..
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dallas Matt" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:5060B7B8-F717-42B9-BCEA-BC8F8B03AC1C@microsoft.com...

>>>> I'd like to use Paint as a very basic photo editor since it starts up
>>>> with
>>>> a
>>>> blank canvas that I can paste a image into.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a tweak that will allow me to set it to default "Save As" to a
>>>> different location than "MY Pictures" and change the default file type
>>>> from
>>>> BMP to jpeg?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance, all.
>>>>
>>>> Matt
>>>>

>>>
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>>>

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