Right clicking jpg files

[Guest]

I seem to have lost several options when I right click jpg files, including setting image as desktop background or wallpaper. Isn't this the default setting when using Windows Picture and Fax viewer to view saved image files? How do I get these options back when I right click jpg's, because oddly, GIF files still list the option to set as desktop background when I right click?

 

[John Inzer]

I seem to have lost several options when I right click
jpg files, including setting image as desktop background
or wallpaper. Isn't this the default setting when using
Windows Picture and Fax viewer to view saved image files?
How do I get these options back when I right click jpg's,
because oddly, GIF files still list the option to set as
desktop background when I right click?

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Are you right clicking an open image, a
thumbnail or a file name? The reason I
ask is because I only get the Background
option on fully open images and thumbs...
not on a file name in a folder where I have
the View settings on List, Details, Icons or
Tiles.

Anyway...try this, maybe it will restore
the options:

go to...Start / Run and type:

"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"


If that fails, maybe the following article will offer
something useful:

(313596) Cannot Select a .jpg Image as
Your Desktop Background Image
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313596

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[Guest]

Thank you so much, "REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL" did the trick and brought back all the old options for right clickage

 

[John Inzer]

Thank you so much, "REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL" did the trick
and brought back all the old options for right clickage.

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You're welcome.

Thanks for the update.

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John Inzer
Picture It! MVP
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