Solved Which program do I open picasa 3.8 in?

[Bianca11]

I tried to download picasa 3.8 . No problem. But then the computer says "which program do you want to use to open the file" and there is only listed "internet explorer" or I can search for other programs but which should I use? So the download doesn´t open automatically. There is a problem. Actually I can´t open any programs only internet explorer because I found a way around that. I don´t know wht happened.

 

[Brink]

Hello Bianca, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Did you download it's picasa38-setup.exe file from the link below and try to run it?

Picasa 3: Free download from Google

It sounds like your .exe file extension associations may have gotten messed up somehow. You could download and merge the .exe and .lnk (LNK) options in the tutorial below to restore their default associations to hopefully fix this and allow you to install Picasa afterwards.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[paulpicks21]

Sound like you have not downloaded an executable file.

Where did you download it from?

Not sure what country you are from, but here is the official download for the UK - Picasa 3: Free download from Google

Drat. beaten to it by Brink lol

 

[Bianca11]

I can´t open anything. I tried all the links you wrote. I can´t make use of any of them because the files won´t open. It just says "which program do yo want to open the file with" and then it keeps doing that everytime I press on a program.

 

[Bianca11]

Thank you thank you thank you

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Bianca. I'm glad that we were able to help.

 

[paulpicks21]

Glad you got it sorted

Did I miss something? How was it resolved?

Paul.

 

[Brink]

Hello Paul,

Restoring the default associations for the exe file extension did the trick.

 

[paulpicks21]

Thanks for clarifying Shawn.