Changing external editor

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I think OP’s question was pretty clear.

UE defaults to whatever photo editor is set in the Window’s registry. So, changing the editor is done in the Windows registry.

Steps:

  1. Press Windows key + R
  2. Enter ‘regedit’
  3. Press ctrl + F
  4. Check the “keys” box. Disable the ‘Values’ and ‘Data’ box.
  5. Search ‘SystemFileAssociations’
  6. The ‘SystemFileAssociations’ folder will be selected. Double click to expand.
  7. Scroll down to the folder named “image” and expand.
  8. Expand the shell > edit folders and select ‘command’
  9. In the right side panel double click “(Default)” under the “Name” column
  10. Paste the file path to the image editor you want to use. Make sure it is in quotes. This must be followed by a space and then “%1” with quotes.
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