Today I was grabbing an image from one of the other computers in my house,
and right after that, I relized that I could not open the image. No images
for that matter, would open in the Image viewer. I could open them in things
like MS Paint and photoshop, so I know it's not the file itself, but not in
the Image viewer. I don't even get a error message. Simple, nothing happens
when I try to open it with the image viewer.
Then I went into My Pictures folder and I noticed that none of the
thumbnails were showing.
I changed the view of the folder to filmstrip and there is no image viewer.
Not even the interface or a block where the program would be. It's simple not
there.

Does anyone know how to fix this? It is really frustrating me.

Hi;
Try this right click on a image and see if you can use the "Open With" if
then choose Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. I did a Google search and I
could not find
anything.



"FabianN" wrote:

> Today I was grabbing an image from one of the other computers in my house,
> and right after that, I relized that I could not open the image. No images
> for that matter, would open in the Image viewer. I could open them in things
> like MS Paint and photoshop, so I know it's not the file itself, but not in
> the Image viewer. I don't even get a error message. Simple, nothing happens
> when I try to open it with the image viewer.
> Then I went into My Pictures folder and I noticed that none of the
> thumbnails were showing.
> I changed the view of the folder to filmstrip and there is no image viewer.
> Not even the interface or a block where the program would be. It's simple not
> there.
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this? It is really frustrating me.

Already tried that. Does the same as double clicking.
It's as if the viewer just dissapeared.

"Vincent Isabelle" wrote:

> Hi;
> Try this right click on a image and see if you can use the "Open With" if
> then choose Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. I did a Google search and I
> could not find
> anything.
>
>
>
> "FabianN" wrote:
>
> > Today I was grabbing an image from one of the other computers in my house,
> > and right after that, I relized that I could not open the image. No images
> > for that matter, would open in the Image viewer. I could open them in things
> > like MS Paint and photoshop, so I know it's not the file itself, but not in
> > the Image viewer. I don't even get a error message. Simple, nothing happens
> > when I try to open it with the image viewer.
> > Then I went into My Pictures folder and I noticed that none of the
> > thumbnails were showing.
> > I changed the view of the folder to filmstrip and there is no image viewer.
> > Not even the interface or a block where the program would be. It's simple not
> > there.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to fix this? It is really frustrating me.

Image Preview
Registry Settings System Key:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\
ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview]
Value Name: (Default)
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: Blank or {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}

Go into the registry and see if it matchs the above.

Start Run regedit

"FabianN" wrote:

> Already tried that. Does the same as double clicking.
> It's as if the viewer just dissapeared.
>
> "Vincent Isabelle" wrote:
>
> > Hi;
> > Try this right click on a image and see if you can use the "Open With" if
> > then choose Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. I did a Google search and I
> > could not find
> > anything.
> >
> >
> >
> > "FabianN" wrote:
> >
> > > Today I was grabbing an image from one of the other computers in my house,
> > > and right after that, I relized that I could not open the image. No images
> > > for that matter, would open in the Image viewer. I could open them in things
> > > like MS Paint and photoshop, so I know it's not the file itself, but not in
> > > the Image viewer. I don't even get a error message. Simple, nothing happens
> > > when I try to open it with the image viewer.
> > > Then I went into My Pictures folder and I noticed that none of the
> > > thumbnails were showing.
> > > I changed the view of the folder to filmstrip and there is no image viewer.
> > > Not even the interface or a block where the program would be. It's simple not
> > > there.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how to fix this? It is really frustrating me.

"FabianN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3441E123-6340-4E12-BCC8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Today I was grabbing an image from one of the other computers
> in my house, and right after that, I relized that I could not open the
> image. No images for that matter, would open in the Image viewer.
> I could open them in things like MS Paint and photoshop, so I
> know it's not the file itself, but not in the Image viewer. I don't even
> get a error message. Simple, nothing happens when I try to open it
> with the image viewer. Then I went into My Pictures folder and I
> noticed that none of the thumbnails were showing.
> I changed the view of the folder to filmstrip and there is no image
> viewer. Not even the interface or a block where the program would
> be. It's simple not there.
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this? It is really frustrating me.

Try registering the following file in the Run dialog box (Start > Run)

regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

Generic icon is displayed for a picture file when in Thumbnail view
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imagethumb.htm

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

THANKYOU!
That fixed all the problems. Thank you very much

"WTC" wrote:

> "FabianN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3441E123-6340-4E12-BCC8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Today I was grabbing an image from one of the other computers
> > in my house, and right after that, I relized that I could not open the
> > image. No images for that matter, would open in the Image viewer.
> > I could open them in things like MS Paint and photoshop, so I
> > know it's not the file itself, but not in the Image viewer. I don't even
> > get a error message. Simple, nothing happens when I try to open it
> > with the image viewer. Then I went into My Pictures folder and I
> > noticed that none of the thumbnails were showing.
> > I changed the view of the folder to filmstrip and there is no image
> > viewer. Not even the interface or a block where the program would
> > be. It's simple not there.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to fix this? It is really frustrating me.
>
> Try registering the following file in the Run dialog box (Start > Run)
>
> regsvr32 shimgvw.dll
>
> Generic icon is displayed for a picture file when in Thumbnail view
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imagethumb.htm
>
> [Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]
>
> --
> William Crawford
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
>
>

You're welcome FabianN.

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

"FabianN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3BB07AEE-18AC-4454-9496-(E-Mail Removed)...
> THANKYOU!
> That fixed all the problems. Thank you very much
>
> "WTC" wrote:
>
>> "FabianN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:3441E123-6340-4E12-BCC8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Today I was grabbing an image from one of the other computers
>> > in my house, and right after that, I relized that I could not open the
>> > image. No images for that matter, would open in the Image viewer.
>> > I could open them in things like MS Paint and photoshop, so I
>> > know it's not the file itself, but not in the Image viewer. I don't
>> > even
>> > get a error message. Simple, nothing happens when I try to open it
>> > with the image viewer. Then I went into My Pictures folder and I
>> > noticed that none of the thumbnails were showing.
>> > I changed the view of the folder to filmstrip and there is no image
>> > viewer. Not even the interface or a block where the program would
>> > be. It's simple not there.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know how to fix this? It is really frustrating me.
>>
>> Try registering the following file in the Run dialog box (Start > Run)
>>
>> regsvr32 shimgvw.dll
>>
>> Generic icon is displayed for a picture file when in Thumbnail view
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imagethumb.htm
>>
>> [Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]
>>
>> --
>> William Crawford
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>>