No filetype association for Photoshop in Windows 7

After uninstalling earlier versions and installing the latest version of Photoshop on Windows 7 there is no longer a filetype association for Photoshop. For example, if one wants to open a .jpg file with Photoshop normally Photoshop would be listed in the “Open with…” menu.

Photoshop does not appear in the “Open with…” list of associated apps. If one tries to manually select Photoshop even the photoshop.exe is selected it still will not appear in the list of associated files.

I found the solution in a thread at forums.adobe.com:

10. Curt Y,
Jun 5, 2012 8:08 PM in reply to Curt Y

Here is a registy fix for Win7 machines to the file association problem.

This from TinusHDCA user:

I installed Photoshop CS6, then found CS5 was still there. I thought, hey, I don’t need CS5 anymore, so I uninstalled CS5. then I found out that Photoshop was no longer available in ‘Open with’ when right-clicking an image…

So I went into the Registry, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTApplicationsPhotoshop.exeshellopencommand and changed the (Default) from “C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit)Photoshop.exe” “%1” to “C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)Photoshop.exe” “%1” (so changed CS5 to CS6) – and now I see ‘Adobe Photoshop CS6’ in my ‘Open with’ list when right-clicking an image…