My default program to open .JPG files is set to windows picture and fax viewer
I use excel a lot and have many hyperlinks to .JPG files and other excel
workbooks. Since the upgrade to ie8 when clicking a hyperlink from excel to a
..JPG file it opens in an internet explorer window instead of the default
program. I have had this problem before using ie7 and it was cured with a
registry entry in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\C ommon\Internet:
DWORD ForceShellExecute = 1

Adding this Dword does in fact cure the problem and hyperlinks to picture
files now open in the default program. However it causes another more
irratating problem in that hyperlinks from within excel to other excel
workbooks do not open and in fact cause excel to hang, once a hyperlink to an
excel workbook has been clicked I cannot even open excel workbooks directly.
Removing the Dword from the registry and rebooting returns it back to the
original state.

I really need to be able to open both file types via hyperlinks and have
searched for an answer without success so would be really grateful for an
answer.

Dell D630 PC
Windows XP Pro SP3
Office 2000