Launching Windows Picture and Fax Viewer

[Guest]

I wanted a jpg file type in the Agent newsreader to launch the Microsoft
Photo Editor, and so in Agent (not Windows Explorer), I associated the jpg
file type with the application address "C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE" "%1"

What was the purpose of the "%1" at the end?

Now, I want a jpg file type in the Agent newsreader to launch the Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer instead, but I can't locate this application. What do
I use as the address for the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer?

Thanks.

 

[Ayush]

Replid to [Prindaville]s message {SEE INLINE}:
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I wanted a jpg file type in the Agent newsreader to launch the
Microsoft Photo Editor, and so in Agent (not Windows Explorer), I
associated the jpg file type with the application address "C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE" "%1"

What was the purpose of the "%1" at the end?

%1 represents the current file/folder name.

Now, I want a jpg file type in the Agent newsreader to launch the
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer instead, but I can't locate this
application. What do I use as the address for the Windows Picture
and Fax Viewer?

Use :
rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1"

 

[Guest]

rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1" didn't work in Agent
"rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen" "%1" didn't work in Agent
either.

However, I tried deleting the Microsoft Photo Editor's address in Agent's
association dialog, and now Agent defaults to the Windows association.

Since Agent defaults the Windows association, my next questions are about
what happens in Windows Explorer:

I would like to use the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to look at jpg files
in a Windows Explorer folder which contains a mixed collection of avi files,
mpg files, shortcuts, and "shortcuts to nowhere" -- plus a number of
subfolders which themselves contain mixed collections of all these file types.

(Re: "shortcuts to nowhere" -- I create shortcuts to large video files that
I don't want to download again. Then I delete the video files and use the
shortcuts as a list of the names of files that I don't want to download
again. This is much faster than cutting and pasting file names.)

When I try to use the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to view jpg files in a
folder containing the mixed collection of file types described above, the
Viewer spends a huge amount of time churning before it lets me see the first
image. (I guess it's trying to locate all available jpg files, including
jpgs identified by shortcuts and jpgs in subfolders so it can flip through
them quickly in a slide show.) This very long churning is why I have been
using Microsoft Photo Editor instead. Is there a way to get around this
problem with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer?


Also, you notice that Microsoft Photo Editor has an executable with a
specific address: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE" "%1"
If I enter this address in Start |Run... it launches Photo Editor.

Nothing happens with Start | Run... if I enter rundll32.exe
shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1"
What is the specific address in a specific folder for Windows Picture and
Fax Viewer?

Thanks for your help.

Replid to [Prindaville]s message {SEE INLINE}:
-----------------------------------------------------------

I wanted a jpg file type in the Agent newsreader to launch the
Microsoft Photo Editor, and so in Agent (not Windows Explorer), I
associated the jpg file type with the application address "C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE" "%1"

What was the purpose of the "%1" at the end?

%1 represents the current file/folder name.

Now, I want a jpg file type in the Agent newsreader to launch the
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer instead, but I can't locate this
application. What do I use as the address for the Windows Picture
and Fax Viewer?

Use :
rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1"

 

[Ayush]

rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1"

Windows Picture and Fax viewer is not an executable file. It is a dll
located in "C:\Windows\system32\" named "shimgvw.dll". When you put the
above line in Run dialog, it will not work because %1 doesn't exist in this
case. It is a variable that is replaced by the current file name. This line
will work :
rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen
This will work too only if "C:\XX\XX.jpg" is a valid file:
rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "C:\XX\XX.jpg"


When you launch :
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE" "%1"
This works because it is a executable file.


Info on Windows Pic And Fax Viewer :
http://ask-leo.com/what_if_i_want_windows_picture_and_fax_viewer.html

Info on %1 :


--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
-------------
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Replid to [Prindaville]s message :
-----------------------------------------------------------

rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1" didn't work in
Agent "rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen" "%1" didn't
work in Agent either.

However, I tried deleting the Microsoft Photo Editor's address in
Agent's association dialog, and now Agent defaults to the Windows
association.

Since Agent defaults the Windows association, my next questions are
about what happens in Windows Explorer:

I would like to use the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to look at jpg
files in a Windows Explorer folder which contains a mixed collection
of avi files, mpg files, shortcuts, and "shortcuts to nowhere" --
plus a number of subfolders which themselves contain mixed
collections of all these file types.

(Re: "shortcuts to nowhere" -- I create shortcuts to large video
files that
I don't want to download again. Then I delete the video files and
use the shortcuts as a list of the names of files that I don't want
to download again. This is much faster than cutting and pasting file
names.)

When I try to use the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to view jpg
files in a folder containing the mixed collection of file types
described above, the Viewer spends a huge amount of time churning
before it lets me see the first image. (I guess it's trying to
locate all available jpg files, including jpgs identified by
shortcuts and jpgs in subfolders so it can flip through them quickly
in a slide show.) This very long churning is why I have been using
Microsoft Photo Editor instead. Is there a way to get around this
problem with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer?


Also, you notice that Microsoft Photo Editor has an executable with a
specific address: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE" "%1"
If I enter this address in Start |Run... it launches Photo Editor.

Nothing happens with Start | Run... if I enter rundll32.exe
shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1"
What is the specific address in a specific folder for Windows Picture
and
Fax Viewer?

Thanks for your help.

Replid to [Prindaville]s message {SEE INLINE}:
-----------------------------------------------------------

I wanted a jpg file type in the Agent newsreader to launch the
Microsoft Photo Editor, and so in Agent (not Windows Explorer), I
associated the jpg file type with the application address
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE" "%1"

What was the purpose of the "%1" at the end?

%1 represents the current file/folder name.

Now, I want a jpg file type in the Agent newsreader to launch the
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer instead, but I can't locate this
application. What do I use as the address for the Windows Picture
and Fax Viewer?

Use :
rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1"

 

[Ayush]

rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1"

Windows Picture and Fax viewer is not an executable file. It is a dll
located in "C:\Windows\system32\" named "shimgvw.dll". When you put the
above line in Run dialog, it will not work because %1 doesn't exist in this
case. It is a variable that is replaced by the current file name. This line
will work :
rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen
This will work too only if "C:\XX\XX.jpg" is a valid file:
rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "C:\XX\XX.jpg"


When you launch :
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE" "%1"
This works because it is a executable file.


Info on Windows Pic And Fax Viewer :
http://ask-leo.com/what_if_i_want_windows_picture_and_fax_viewer.html

Info on %1 :


--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
-------------
Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
-------------


Replid to [Prindaville]s message :
-----------------------------------------------------------

rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1" didn't work in
Agent "rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen" "%1" didn't
work in Agent either.

However, I tried deleting the Microsoft Photo Editor's address in
Agent's association dialog, and now Agent defaults to the Windows
association.

Since Agent defaults the Windows association, my next questions are
about what happens in Windows Explorer:

I would like to use the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to look at jpg
files in a Windows Explorer folder which contains a mixed collection
of avi files, mpg files, shortcuts, and "shortcuts to nowhere" --
plus a number of subfolders which themselves contain mixed
collections of all these file types.

(Re: "shortcuts to nowhere" -- I create shortcuts to large video
files that
I don't want to download again. Then I delete the video files and
use the shortcuts as a list of the names of files that I don't want
to download again. This is much faster than cutting and pasting file
names.)

When I try to use the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to view jpg
files in a folder containing the mixed collection of file types
described above, the Viewer spends a huge amount of time churning
before it lets me see the first image. (I guess it's trying to
locate all available jpg files, including jpgs identified by
shortcuts and jpgs in subfolders so it can flip through them quickly
in a slide show.) This very long churning is why I have been using
Microsoft Photo Editor instead. Is there a way to get around this
problem with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer?


Also, you notice that Microsoft Photo Editor has an executable with a
specific address: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE" "%1"
If I enter this address in Start |Run... it launches Photo Editor.

Nothing happens with Start | Run... if I enter rundll32.exe
shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1"
What is the specific address in a specific folder for Windows Picture
and
Fax Viewer?

Thanks for your help.

Replid to [Prindaville]s message {SEE INLINE}:
-----------------------------------------------------------

I wanted a jpg file type in the Agent newsreader to launch the
Microsoft Photo Editor, and so in Agent (not Windows Explorer), I
associated the jpg file type with the application address
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE" "%1"

What was the purpose of the "%1" at the end?

%1 represents the current file/folder name.

Now, I want a jpg file type in the Agent newsreader to launch the
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer instead, but I can't locate this
application. What do I use as the address for the Windows Picture
and Fax Viewer?

Use :
rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen "%1"