Question : Tif File Association in IE

Dear Experts,

I am using Internet Explorer 7. With this one site I use (on my computer) I click this link to download a file, and it automatically downloads it to my temporary internet files folder and then actually launches it in Windows Fax & Picture Viewer. On the other computers at my work, a message pops up that says "Unassociated File Type" or "Unknown File Type" (I think it might be the second one) and the dialog box has a 'Find', 'Save', & 'Cancel' option. Also, on any of the computers I'm discussing if you just open the file from windows itself, it has no problem, and it is correctly associated with Windows Fax & Picture Viewer or Microsoft Office Document Imaging. So I can tell that the way IE associates files is not the same as the way window uses.

What I need to know or what I'm looking for is this: I need to know how to actually associate the file on purpose with both of those two programs, but especially windows fax & picture viewer so that it automatically opens when IE is served a tif document.

Thanks! ~Michael

Answer : Tif File Association in IE

JeffreyDurham--The following is strictly guessing.  
I have a few .tif files on my PC and no .tiff files.  But in Windows|Tools|Folder Options I have both file types listed.  TIF is called File.  TIFF is called Image.
See tif-tiff  screenshot below.  The implication is that if I were to click Restore I would associate tif with WPFV.  If your Folder Options is set up similarly try it.
The other screenshot below is tiff and shows the "Application used to perform action"  to OPEN tiff.  This screenshot comes from the Click Advanced|Open|Edit window.  But since I have no tiff files I could not try it.   The full line "Application used to perform action" reads
rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
You could use this for tif, also.  Click Advanced|Open|Edit and fill the boxes in appropriately.  In fact I suspect tif is set up to open in WPFV on my PC in spite of what the first image says. If I click a tif file it opens in WPFV--not IE.

tit-tiff.jpg (38 KB) (File Type Details) 

difference in Folder Options

Tif.jpg (26 KB) (File Type Details) 

Opening tif