Missing Picture and fax viewer icon

[Guest]

Hi Guy's,
I can't seem to find the picture and fax viewer icon in "all programs" or in
accessories or anywhere else!! only when I "open with" it opens up.. I want
to make it my defalt prog for opening pictures. when I search thruogh c/
drive, it find nothig.
can anyone help?
Regards..

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Ranger,

The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is a DLL file, and the shortcut will not
be present in Start menu Programs. By default WPFV is the handler for image
file types in Windows XP. If the file associations in your system are messed
up, you can restore the settings using the fixes available here:

File association fixes:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi Guy's,
I can't seem to find the picture and fax viewer icon in "all programs" or in
accessories or anywhere else!! only when I "open with" it opens up.. I want
to make it my defalt prog for opening pictures. when I search thruogh c/
drive, it find nothig.
can anyone help?
Regards..

 

[Trevor]

Hi Guy's,
I can't seem to find the picture and fax viewer icon in "all programs" or in
accessories or anywhere else!! only when I "open with" it opens up.. I want
to make it my defalt prog for opening pictures. when I search thruogh c/
drive, it find nothig.
can anyone help?
Regards..

You can create a shortcut on your desktop and insert the following:

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen

That will launch the application. As you can see, it is not a
standalone application.

You could always associate this program with pictures and have it
always open your pictures by using the "Always use the selected
program to open this type of file" option.
When you right click the file click "choose program" instead of
selecting the viewer in the first window.

Good Luck,

Trev

 

[Trevor]

Hi Guy's,
I can't seem to find the picture and fax viewer icon in "all programs" or in
accessories or anywhere else!! only when I "open with" it opens up.. I want
to make it my defalt prog for opening pictures. when I search thruogh c/
drive, it find nothig.
can anyone help?
Regards..

I forgot to mention that if that if this line doesn't work:

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen


To re-install Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is to click on Start,
Run... and type in:

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

Good Luck,

Trev

 

[Trevor]

I forgot to mention that if that if this line doesn't work:

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen


To re-install Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is to click on Start,
Run... and type in:

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

Good Luck,

Trev

One more tidbit...after testing this there is no way to open a file so
you must do the following:

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen
[c:\pictures]

Where [c:\pictures] is whatever folder contains the pictures you want
to view. You should add a space between the last text called,
"ImageView_Fullscreen" and [c:\pictures]


Good Luck,

Trev

 

[Guest]

Hi Ranger,

The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is a DLL file, and the shortcut will not
be present in Start menu Programs. By default WPFV is the handler for image
file types in Windows XP. If the file associations in your system are messed
up, you can restore the settings using the fixes available here:

File association fixes:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi Guy's,
I can't seem to find the picture and fax viewer icon in "all programs" or in
accessories or anywhere else!! only when I "open with" it opens up.. I want
to make it my defalt prog for opening pictures. when I search thruogh c/
drive, it find nothig.
can anyone help?
Regards..


Thanks Ramesh, MS-MVP

Thankyou for taking the time to help, I'll give it a try tonight,
Best Regards, Ranger

 

[Guest]

I forgot to mention that if that if this line doesn't work:

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen


To re-install Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is to click on Start,
Run... and type in:

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

Good Luck,

Trev

One more tidbit...after testing this there is no way to open a file so
you must do the following:

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen
[c:\pictures]

Where [c:\pictures] is whatever folder contains the pictures you want
to view. You should add a space between the last text called,
"ImageView_Fullscreen" and [c:\pictures]


Good Luck,

Trev
Hi Trevor,

I'll take my time to go through this lot, I'm still working on my computer
wizard skill's. Right now I'm the Masters apprentice! and thankyou very much
for your help, I'll get into it tonight.
Best Regards, Ranger

 

[Guest]

I forgot to mention that if that if this line doesn't work:

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen


To re-install Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is to click on Start,
Run... and type in:

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

Good Luck,

Trev

One more tidbit...after testing this there is no way to open a file so
you must do the following:

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen
[c:\pictures]

Where [c:\pictures] is whatever folder contains the pictures you want
to view. You should add a space between the last text called,
"ImageView_Fullscreen" and [c:\pictures]


Good Luck,

Trev
Hi Trevor,

I replied a minute ago but I can't find it so I'm doing it again!
Thankyou also, for your help.. I'll work my way through your lot tonight,
I'm still working on my computer wizard skill's right now I'm the masters
apprentice!
Once again, Thankyou.
Best Regards, Ranger

 

[Guest]

On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 05:26:01 -0700, Ranger

Hi Guy's,
I can't seem to find the picture and fax viewer icon in "all programs" or in
accessories or anywhere else!! only when I "open with" it opens up.. I want
to make it my defalt prog for opening pictures. when I search thruogh c/
drive, it find nothig.
can anyone help?
Regards..


I forgot to mention that if that if this line doesn't work:

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen


To re-install Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is to click on Start,
Run... and type in:

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

Good Luck,

Trev

One more tidbit...after testing this there is no way to open a file so
you must do the following:

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen
[c:\pictures]

Where [c:\pictures] is whatever folder contains the pictures you want
to view. You should add a space between the last text called,
"ImageView_Fullscreen" and [c:\pictures]


Good Luck,

Trev
Hi Trevor,

I'll take my time to go through this lot, I'm still working on my computer
wizard skill's. Right now I'm the Masters apprentice! and thankyou very much
for your help, I'll get into it tonight.
Best Regards, Ranger

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