I foolishly downloaded a piece of software called 'Free IMAGES Viewer' last WEEK, in hope of dealing with an issue with CYMK images. It was not a useful fix, and I quickly uninstalled the software.

UNFORTUNATELY, it had already changed the type of _all_ my images such that my computer doesn't know how to display or open them.

I have enough PC know-how to get them opened with another programme, but what I really need to work out is how to restore their original file-types.

When I bring up properties on an image, instead of the "Type of file" field reading ".jpg" (for example) it says "FreeImagesViewer.jpg" (ditto .gif files, etc.). That seems to be how it is convincing the computer this is an unknown file type.

Can anyone help? I hope I've picked the correct section of the Forum.To clarify:

When browsing folders through My Documents, etc. , I can't view the thumbnail images, though they do appear in the bottom left viewing pane. Some icons have also been affected on the desktop, in the programme MENU, etc.

If I am inserting an image into a Word DOCUMENT (for example), the pictures do appear correctly when I'm browsing.Nothing has been changed except the association to which program is opening them. Just right-click on an image, choose "open with", put a tick in "always use this program to open this type of file", then choose the program you want to use to view the images. Do this with each type of file (one time for .jpeg, one time for .gif, etc).Thank you! All sorted.You're welcome.