Windows Picture & Fax Viewer

[Mike]

How do I stop all my pictures (JPEG) being opend with
Window Picture viewer. The right click menu default
selection is PREVIEW.

I would like double click and they open with Microsoft
Photo Editor. I have checked in the folders options-file
types and JPEG is associated with Photo Editor.

Double click should open file not preview ??

Thanks

 

[dev]

Mike said:

How do I stop all my pictures (JPEG) being opend with
Window Picture viewer. The right click menu default
selection is PREVIEW.

I would like double click and they open with Microsoft
Photo Editor. I have checked in the folders options-file
types and JPEG is associated with Photo Editor.

Double click should open file not preview ??

To disable the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer...
START|RUN
Type "regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll" (no quotes) <enter>

Also see...
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-201

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Mike said:



To disable the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer...
START|RUN
Type "regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll" (no quotes)

Also see...
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-201

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Agh....

I typed in the command above and you are correct, the
preview no longer works (great), BUT I have no JPEG
thumbnails on the folders either !!

Do you know a way of getting them back ????

Thanks

 

[dev]

(e-mail address removed) said:

I typed in the command above and you are correct, the
preview no longer works (great), BUT I have no JPEG
thumbnails on the folders either !!

Do you know a way of getting them back ????

Try the TOOLS menu in Windows Explorer|FOLDER OPTIONS|VIEWS...
UNcheck the "do not cache thumbnails" box

 

[Mike]

No good, thumbnails are still missing

-----Original Message-----
(e-mail address removed) said:


Try the TOOLS menu in Windows Explorer|FOLDER OPTIONS|VIEWS...
UNcheck the "do not cache thumbnails" box
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http://dougknox.com http://aumha.org http://support.microsoft.com

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[Lemon Jelly]

Mike - typed:

No good, thumbnails are still missing

Yup, as I discovered when trying that method. You might like to try this
instead. Create a pair of reg files:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHand
lers\ShellImagePreview]
@="{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}"

This one disables P&F preview. The minus sign deletes the key following
it.



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandl
ers\ShellImagePreview]
@="{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}"

This one restores it. Ignore what I've written below unless you want to
regularly disable & restore this setting.

I have shortcuts to these 2 files on my desktop so I can toggle P&F
Viewer on or off as required. Without modification, you will be prompted
twice but you can edit the shortcut so that the reg file gets merged
silently so clicking on the shortcut will be all that's needed. David
Candy kindly revealed the method:
regedit /s c:\myregfile.reg in the target box of the shortcut ([regedit]
[/switch] [full regfile path].

I haven't tried this method of getting it to run silently because I've
created a new file type called "regs" (myregfile.regs) which is
identical to "reg" but has regedit /s so that any time I run a reg file
with the "regs" extension, I don't get prompted. Editing the reg file
global properties itself to run silently is too dangerous. Post back if
you want clarification.