Photo printing wizard won't show previews

[Milo]

I'm running XP SP3 and recently I stopped getting the preview screen with the
selected photos in the PPW. In the second screen where the 'Picture
Selection' pane is shown, there aren't any images to choose...and there's no
'next' option. Any ideas?

Milo

 

[John Inzer]

I'm running XP SP3 and recently I stopped getting the preview screen
with the selected photos in the PPW. In the second screen where the
'Picture Selection' pane is shown, there aren't any images to
choose...and there's no 'next' option. Any ideas?

Milo

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Try this, maybe it will restore the option:

Go to...Start / Run and type
(or copy/paste):

"REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL"
(without the quotes)(Yes, there's
a space between 2 and S)

Click...OK.

A dialog box should report the following:

"DllRegisterServer in SHIMGVW.DLL succeeded"

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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[Milo]

John,
Thanks, that didn't do it for me.

I have tried HELP / Detect and Repair, but am prompted for the MS Office
disk and this came installed on the box (Dell) without the Office disks...

 

[John Inzer]

John,
Thanks, that didn't do it for me.

I have tried HELP / Detect and Repair, but am prompted for the MS
Office disk and this came installed on the box (Dell) without the
Office disks...

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Does this only occur with the Photo Printing Wizard?

What is the format of the image files?

After running the command...did you receive the
"SHIMGVW.DLL succeeded" dialog?

Try the following:

Go to...Start / Run and type
(or copy/paste):

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll
(yes, the space after the 2 and the space
after the i is required)

Press...Enter...

You should see a dialog box that says:
DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shimgvw.dll succeeded

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Milo]

Does this only occur with the Photo Printing Wizard?

What is the format of the image files?

After running the command...did you receive the
"SHIMGVW.DLL succeeded" dialog?

Try the following:

Go to...Start / Run and type
(or copy/paste):

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll
(yes, the space after the 2 and the space
after the i is required)

Press...Enter...

You should see a dialog box that says:
DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shimgvw.dll succeeded

John,
Thanks, still no go - both times I got the '...succeeded ' message.

This is happening only in the PPW with any type of graphic file...

Milo

 

[John Inzer]

John,
Thanks, still no go - both times I got the '...succeeded ' message.

This is happening only in the PPW with any type of graphic file...

Milo

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Sorry, I'm running out of ideas...

Maybe it would help if you delete all your temporary internet files.

Go to...Start / Run...and type or copy/paste the following:

==
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
==

Click OK or Press Enter

Select all and delete everything in the Temporary Internet Files folder.

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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[Milo]

John,
Nope - still nothing...Really frustrating.

Thanks for your help

 

[John Inzer]

John,
Nope - still nothing...Really frustrating.

Thanks for your help

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Try resetting your image associations:

Repair image file type associations in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgassofix.htm

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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[Milo]

John, I looked into this once already, everything looked OK - ran the
program anyway - still no luck...

Milo

 

[John Inzer]

John, I looked into this once already, everything looked OK - ran the
program anyway - still no luck...

Milo

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Sorry...I'm all out of ideas.

Good luck and let us know when you find the fix.

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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[John Inzer]

Try the following links...

Who knows...one of them might work...

Unable to preview JPG GIF and HTM files in Display Properties dialog:
http://www.winxptutor.com/noimgpreview.htm

Scroll down to #17 right column:
"Restore Thumbnail Views In XP":
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

If you decide to try it, let us know the result.

One last thought...are you running Adobe Photoshop?

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
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