"Open with" Photoshop doesn't open the graphics file

I use an old version of Photoshop (6.0) - but it does all I need, which is the reason I haven't upgraded. Sometimes over the past few years, when I've installed the programme afresh (on a new PC, or after a reinstallation of XP for instance) I get the following annoyance and I wonder if anyone has any ideas how to solve it.
When I right-click on a jpg, bmp (etc. etc.) file and choose 'Open with  ...  Adobe Photoshop' from the context menu, this action opens up the PS programme, but the actual graphics file I have clicked on does not open with it. I have to browse for it from Photoshop once it has opened, which is annoying of course if the file is buried deep in a sub-sub-subfolder somewhere and/or I have many files to work with.
At first I tried uninstalling and reinstalling PS, but that doesn't fix the problem. Anyone know what I can do?
Thanks,
Martin

In the top dialog you can click on Change to set the default program to open the file type.
You can add other actions, like Print and Preview, by clicking on the Advanced button (see the lower dialog) and using New... .
You may need to click on Restore if you don't see an Advanced button.
I use PS to open and the Viewer to preview.

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