Broken right click shortcut to Photoshop on Windows 11

[Awesome_athlete157F]

Hi,

For some reason, I can't right click on JPEGs or PNGs to open them in Photoshop anymore. All I get is a broken shortcut to "Photoshop.exe." PSDs still open properly. I thought I would uninstall the app to try and make that go away, but it's still there. How do I fix it? Re-installing Photoshop did not help. The broken shortcut is all that appears, even if I manually navigate to Photoshop 2024 in the Choose Another App menu.

[AxelMatt]

Check (and set) the appropriate file associations for jpeg and png in Windows

How to Set Your Default Apps on Windows 11 (howtogeek.com)

How to Change File Associations in Windows (lifewire.com)

[Awesome_athlete157F · Accepted solution]

I just tried that by navigating to Photoshop 2024 as the default for JPGs and the shortrcut is still broken. I don't want to use Photoshop every time, though. When it's installed, PSDs open in Photoshop just fine. I want to keep the default Windows photo viewer for viewing JPEGs and PNGs, but when I want to edit them, I would like the option in the right click menu.

[AxelMatt]

Take a look here: How to Add Any Application to the Windows Desktop Right-Click Menu (howtogeek.com)