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I apologize if this is a bit off topic but the problem of Irfanview not remaining as the default opener for pics on the camera is just the same for me if I start PICASA3 to look at pics on my hard drive. As soon as Picasa starts, the default opener for jpeg files changes to Windows Photo Viewer. After closing Picasa I have to reset Irfanview as the default opener for all its file types. This means I have to use the control panel which is easy enough but it is a pain having to do so.
The fault or defect is probably not in the camera software but in Win7 itself.
I hope someone has a solution.

That’s the way I run Command Prompts, and the best I can get (by clicking on the Maximise empty square symbol at the top right) is ‘full depth’, with the window at the far left-hand side. Even changing Run to Maximised in the shortcut Properties does nothing useful!

Please could you state exactly how you cause the Command Prompt window to go full-screen, because I haven’t been able to get this to happen since Windows 7 (and probably Vista, which I managed to avoid!).
Your link simply shows how to create a Command Prompt shortcut, nothing about it running Full Screen.

BAT,
After creating the Command Prompt icon on the Desktop, I right click on the icon, then click on properties, then select the layout tab and, finally, choose a “screen-buffer size” to suit me. The units here are obscure but, with my 1920×1080 monitor and an 8×12 font size, a screen buffer size of 240 fills the screen almost exactly,
Brian

You may want to try creating a desktop shortcut to the command-prompt.
This shortcut can be modified to have the properties you would like. and you can run DOS programs from it.
The simplest way that I have found is via:-
http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/command-prompt-admin-rights-windows-7/
but a google search on “windows desktop shortcut to command prompt”has a number of offerings
Brian

Thanks Clint for looking at the problem and
thanks Joe P for suggesting the Windows7 Forum link
It worked! I can now open Folders by clicking in the right hand pane the way the gods intended.

From Properties
Type is “File folder”

eM Client from
http://www.emclient.com
is worth a try. Looks and feels like Outlook Express and/or Eudora.
Free version is limited to two accounts but that may not be a problem for you.
I have been using it for two or three months and it seems solid.

Bryan’s and Peter’s solutions work of course but you may like to try the FREE Inno installer which I’ve used to do just what you want.
This is available at http://www.jrsoftware.org
The installer includes an un-installer , lets you add help or informational files to the installation, and seems to write correct registry entries.
It appears to create and use scripts to write the .exe file into the Program Files directory (or subdirectories within that.)
It may be that Win 7 allows scripts to write to the Program Files directory and it doesn’t even need to ask if you have Administrator privileges.

I’m not sure if it will overcome your problem because I don’t have it on my Win 7 Pro system;
I can write directly to the Program Files directory when I have Administrator privileges anyway.

Hope this helps.

On my Win7 Pro, the breadcrumbs can be “toasted” by clicking on the little down-arrow thingy at the right of the bar where the crumbs are displayed. I then get a replacement bar with the full path displayed in the usual way.

This doesn’t help the loss of the lines problem but it may be of use.

Have you tried
Alt+F4 then after a brief while I am presented with a window asking something like
“What do you want to do now?” with the Shut Down option selected and
I press “Enter”

Does that count as two or three key strokes?
Cheers