sorry, i am not sure what you mean by associating it w/Ps but i will figure it out somehow. ty.
here is what Terry White is showing to do ...
and it's at roughly ... 12 minutes ... okay, so my bad ... indeed Terry does do the Alt + double click to open the image in Photoshop but rather than it opening in Ps it opens in Windows Photo Gallery.
Maybe i just hate Windows 8 and am too use to 7 b/c it seems to me that things are so different and not in an good or intuitive way.
i'm just so confused and Microsoft hasn't been any help. Their forums are so huge that i can't find my way around too well and also there are so many problems it seems that IF someone answers me it'll be quite a wait.
do you know if i will really have to associate every single file type with evert application i decide/want to install? just wondering if you know or if anyone here knows. thank you.
okay, wait a sec ... so before this Alt + double click on an image thing to open it in Ps i must first associate .png, .gif, .jpeg, .tiff etc ect ect??
i just don't get it 
ps. i just checked and NONE of the Adobe applications ie: Ps, Illy or Id or listed in the Default Programs list ??
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