"Natural" viewer for .jpg files?

  • Thread starter Thread starter RichardOnRails
  • Start date Start date
R

RichardOnRails

Hi,

I recently install Nero 7 and foolishly allowed the installer to reset
all relevant extensions to its utilities. I just realized the error
of my ways when I double-clicked the name of a .jpg file in Windows
Explorer.

I remapped that extension to Windows Media Player (because that's all
I could think of), and it displayed the icon satisfactorily, but
surrounded with it a slew of stuff irrelevant to my little icon.

Somehow, double-clicking used to open a window sized exactly to the
icon's content. What viewer in WinXP/SP2 which does that?

I'll post a message to Nero on how to undo all those installation
settings, but it'll take a week or so before I get a reply. I'd like
to solve this sooner.

Thanks in Advance,
Richard
 
RichardOnRails said:
Hi,

I recently install Nero 7 and foolishly allowed the installer to reset
all relevant extensions to its utilities. I just realized the error
of my ways when I double-clicked the name of a .jpg file in Windows
Explorer.

I remapped that extension to Windows Media Player (because that's all
I could think of), and it displayed the icon satisfactorily, but
surrounded with it a slew of stuff irrelevant to my little icon.

Somehow, double-clicking used to open a window sized exactly to the
icon's content. What viewer in WinXP/SP2 which does that?

I'll post a message to Nero on how to undo all those installation
settings, but it'll take a week or so before I get a reply. I'd like
to solve this sooner.

Thanks in Advance,
Richard
Click to expand...
You can install IrfanView (http://irfanview.com). That is a better
viewer than the Windows viewer.

Best regards, Hans
 
message
Hi,

I recently install Nero 7 and foolishly allowed the installer to reset
all relevant extensions to its utilities. I just realized the error
of my ways when I double-clicked the name of a .jpg file in Windows
Explorer.

I remapped that extension to Windows Media Player (because that's all
I could think of), and it displayed the icon satisfactorily, but
surrounded with it a slew of stuff irrelevant to my little icon.

Somehow, double-clicking used to open a window sized exactly to the
icon's content. What viewer in WinXP/SP2 which does that?

I'll post a message to Nero on how to undo all those installation
settings, but it'll take a week or so before I get a reply. I'd like
to solve this sooner.

Thanks in Advance,
Richard
Click to expand...

If it were me...I'd *uninstall* Nero...then go to control panel, folder
options, file types...find jpeg. jpg, jpe, highlight...then change what
program you want to open it (I use Windows Picture and Fax) another poster
has given you their choice. *Then* I'd re-install Nero for whatever reason
you wanted to use it for except this time don't allow the installer certain
permissions.
 
You can install IrfanView (http://irfanview.com). That is a better
viewer than the Windows viewer.

Best regards, Hans
Click to expand...

Hi Hans,

Thanks for your response. IrfanView is indeed a nice viewer. In my
search, I have looked at:

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
M/S Office Picture Manager
Internet Explorer => Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
mspaint.exe

and a number of others I had found on the Web.

But what I really want -- and used to have unless I'm hallucinating,
which is not impossible for a septuagenarian :-) -- is a viewer that
opens, centers and populates a window which is sized precisely for and
presents the large image embedded in a JPeg without any other frills.

This is no big deal. I'm just displaced that my system doesn't work
the way I want it to. And if I don't find a viewer with the desired
behavior, I think I'll take a look a the JPEG standard a write one in
C and the WinAPI. Actually, I'll come up to speed on FxRuby for that
purpose. That'd be fun.

Again, thanks for your reply,
und guten tag aus die Vereinigte Staaten (I had to look up the
spelling of the last two),
Richard
 
message
Hi,

I recently install Nero 7 and foolishly allowed the installer to reset
all relevant extensions to its utilities. I just realized the error
of my ways when I double-clicked the name of a .jpg file in Windows
Explorer.

I remapped that extension to Windows Media Player (because that's all
I could think of), and it displayed the icon satisfactorily, but
surrounded with it a slew of stuff irrelevant to my little icon.

Somehow, double-clicking used to open a window sized exactly to the
icon's content. What viewer in WinXP/SP2 which does that?

I'll post a message to Nero on how to undo all those installation
settings, but it'll take a week or so before I get a reply. I'd like
to solve this sooner.

Thanks in Advance,
Richard
Click to expand...

The default viewer is Windows Fax & Image Viewer.
Jim
 
Richard,
RtClk on a .jpg file || Open with... || Choose Program... || select the
program you would like to use or use the Browse button || checkmark "Always
use the selected program to open this kind of file." || OK your way out.

karl snooks


message
news:[email protected]...
 
message








If it were me...I'd *uninstall* Nero...then go to control panel, folder
options, file types...find jpeg. jpg, jpe, highlight...then change what
program you want to open it (I use Windows Picture and Fax) another poster
has given you their choice. *Then* I'd re-install Nero for whatever reason
you wanted to use it for except this time don't allow the installer certain
permissions.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the suggestion. I installed or found WP&F and, without
having to uninstall Nero, pointed the jpg extension to it. As I said
at greater length in reply to the previous responder, it's not what
I'd like to find.

Best wishes,
Richard
 
Hi,

I recently install Nero 7 and foolishly allowed the installer to reset
all relevant extensions to its utilities. I just realized the error
of my ways when I double-clicked the name of a .jpg file in Windows
Explorer.

I remapped that extension to Windows Media Player (because that's all
I could think of), and it displayed the icon satisfactorily, but
surrounded with it a slew of stuff irrelevant to my little icon.

Somehow, double-clicking used to open a window sized exactly to the
icon's content. What viewer in WinXP/SP2 which does that?

I'll post a message to Nero on how to undo all those installation
settings, but it'll take a week or so before I get a reply. I'd like
to solve this sooner.

Thanks in Advance,
Richard
Click to expand...

Hi Jim and Karl,

I'm trying to find a viewer that will dislay JPEGs (and maybe GIFs and
other image forms) in a window sized to the exact pixel dimension of
the image. All the ones I've tried recently have embedded the image
in a much larger window with menus, toolbars, etc. I may have to
write my own using C and the WinAPI or maybe a dynamic HTML script,
but I like to avoid the work.

Hopefully, someone will post a location where I can find the utility
I thought I once had.

Regards,
Richard
 
Richard,
If you use google's search feature and search on JPEG viewer, do any of the
listings look familiar or desirable?

karl snooks


message
 
RichardOnRails said:
I'm trying to find a viewer that will dislay JPEGs (and maybe GIFs and
other image forms) in a window sized to the exact pixel dimension of
the image.
Click to expand...

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will size the image to your screen, but
a simple click will show it full sized.
 
If you right click a file and choose "open with...", one of the ones listed
will (should) be the one you were using. Try each one in turn, then set the
one you want as default.
 
If you right click a file and choose "open with...", one of the ones listed
will (should) be the one you were using. Try each one in turn, then set the
one you want as default.
Click to expand...

Good idea, but no luck. Thanks.
 
Try the FREE FastStone image viewer.

Opens a jpg into full screen mode.

Has a neat little Zoom tool. Just left-click on image to Zoom

Right-click to get menus if you want them.

http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
Click to expand...

Hi Gord,

That's almost exactly what I want. I'd like to omit the creation of
the background, i.e. just center the image on the topmost window,
with DnD capability. Maybe that's too much to ask for, so may have
to roll my own.

But the viewer's got lots of options that I haven't looked at yet, so
I'm optimistic that it will be perfect for my purposes.

Thank you very much for posting a link to it.

Best wishes,
Richard
 
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will size the image to your screen, but
a simple click will show it full sized.
Click to expand...

Hi Uncle,
a simple click will show it full sized.
Click to expand...

Thanks for that. But I want the the viewer to shrink to the exact
dimensions of the JPEG (thus hiding its caption, menu bar, etc.),
not blow up the JPEG to the client area of the viewer. I'm checking
out Gord's suggestion of FastStone Image Viewer.

Best wishes,
Richard
 
RichardOnRails said:
Hi Uncle,


Thanks for that. But I want the the viewer to shrink to the exact
dimensions of the JPEG (thus hiding its caption, menu bar, etc.),
not blow up the JPEG to the client area of the viewer. I'm checking
out Gord's suggestion of FastStone Image Viewer.
Click to expand...

This one looks interesting:

http://www.stereopsis.com/vjpeg/
 
RichardOnRails said:
Hi Daave,

It looks perfect. I only looked at it for a minute, but I'll check
it out more thoroughly tomorrow. But I'm very optimistic!!

Many thanks,
Richard
Click to expand...

You're welcome, Richard.
 
You're welcome, Richard.
Click to expand...

Hey Daave,

vjpeg worked great!! Just one curiosity: The site for downloading it
indicated that version 2 handled JPG, BMP, and GIF ... But the
installed version doesn't handle GIFs. I checked the version of the
exe, which Windows Explorer reported as 1.0.0.1. So it seems clear
that we've got ver. 1.

No big deal. I rarely come across gif's nowadays. And we've got
other viewers. But I have plenty of occasions to view jpg's, so this
viewer is perfect in my eyes.

Best wishes,
Richard
 
RichardOnRails said:
Hey Daave,

vjpeg worked great!! Just one curiosity: The site for downloading it
indicated that version 2 handled JPG, BMP, and GIF ... But the
installed version doesn't handle GIFs. I checked the version of the
exe, which Windows Explorer reported as 1.0.0.1. So it seems clear
that we've got ver. 1.
Click to expand...

Hmmm, perhaps you should shoot Richard an e-mail:

stereopsis att mherf dt com
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Windows Photo Viewer can’t display this picture because there might not be enough memory available on your computer. 3
Help re Picture and Fax Viewer 6
Change icon for an associated file type 2
file type fight !! 4
JPG files veerryyy slloooowww to open 2
How to fix Steam game icons appearing as .url files 1
The default icon for jpg's is gone 1
Missing File Icons 3

Back
Top