If I select multiple files and right-click, I only get the Open option, which opens them all in PSP. In my case, I’m trying to open multiple JPGs in SnagIt Editor from Windows Explorer, not the default file association I have set for image files, which is PaintShop Pro. One of the forums suggested adding a Send To shortcut for the alternate program - I tried that, but it still only opened one file at a time, not multiple files, so I was no better off. Short of downloading another program, it seems that you’re stuck with this limitation. And this change has annoyed quite a few people, if the comments on various Microsoft and other forums is anything to go by. No, it’s not just me - Windows 7 HAS changed. This annoyed me so much today that I went hunting to find out if it was just me or if something has changed in Windows 7 functionality.
In Windows XP, I got both options whether I’d selected one file or multiple files, and I used Open With quite often as sometimes a different program does the task you want to do better than the default program. If I select a single file, I get both the Open and Open With options listed on the right-click shortcut menu. For some time now, I’ve noticed that if I select multiple files in Windows Explorer (or whatever it’s called now in Windows 7), then right-click on them, I can select Open to open them with the default program set for that file type, but Open With is not listed.
