YES!! I got it!
Thanks, Stormymystic and Paladin2000, but the update didn't change anything and the shortcut worked. I found out that the idiot was no other than myself. [img]smile.gif[/img]
In the program, there was another page of settings, in which a 'Saves the scanned image and opens the image by a selected program' link was blank. Well, anyway, I had to link to Irfanview in 2 spots, as opposed to one.
What's done is done, the outcome is all the same. I'll be scanning now. See you all later and thanks! [img]smile.gif[/img]