cant read tif file in explorer

[Guest]

We have two computers running XP. When a tif file is clicked from explorer in one pc it automatically downloads the tif and opens it in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer which is what we want. When it is clicked in the other pc the file tries to open in Explorer but only displays a small image placeholder. The question is what setting do we need to change on the pc so it can open the Tifs from explorer. The images can be downloaded and opened in windows picture viewer no worries. It just cannot seem to make the connection from explore
Thank
Brenda

 

[roger]

Hi Brendan,

We have two computers running XP. When a tif file is clicked from explorer in one pc it automatically downloads the tif and opens it in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer which is what we want. When it is clicked in the other pc the file tries to open in Explorer but only displays a small image placeholder. The question is what setting do we need to change on the pc so it can open the Tifs from explorer. The images can be downloaded and opened in windows picture viewer no worries. It just cannot seem to make the connection from explorer
Thanks
Brendan

Go to Start > Run and copy and paste the following line

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1

Supposing Windows is installed in C, if not, change accordingly.

Good luck