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[Guest]

I have downlaoded photos from my Samsung camera, rotated them and then
renamed them in my camera software Digimax Viwer 2.1. After a few days some
of the photos - and in some cases all the photos - cannot be viewed and come
up with the message "preview not available". It is intermittent and does not
happen to all photos.

This problem seems to only have been occuring since using XP. All my other
photos saved to disc when I was using Windows 2000 are fine. Please advise.

 

[Kelly]

Hi David,

If you are wanting to change the default program, follow the same process.
Once another program is selected, the Preview option will be replaced with
Open as the default.

Start/Run and type in: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll or regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

Restore Auto Image Resize Setting to Active (Line 234)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Disable Picture and Fax Viewer
Start/Run: regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll

Or...

Disable or Restore Picture and Fax Viewer (Line 80)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

If you disabled the fax/picture viewer by using regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll,
then changing user icons fail to work: You need to re-load the dll and it
will work. Have only tried this w/ XP Pro. Reload by typing in regsvr32
shimgvw.dll.
--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[Guest]

Hi Kelly

Thank you - I tried your suggestions and still nothing - the photos still
show "No Preview Available" no matter in what viewer I try to view them.

--
regards
David H

Hi David,

If you are wanting to change the default program, follow the same process.
Once another program is selected, the Preview option will be replaced with
Open as the default.

Start/Run and type in: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll or regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

Restore Auto Image Resize Setting to Active (Line 234)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Disable Picture and Fax Viewer
Start/Run: regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll

Or...

Disable or Restore Picture and Fax Viewer (Line 80)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

If you disabled the fax/picture viewer by using regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll,
then changing user icons fail to work: You need to re-load the dll and it
will work. Have only tried this w/ XP Pro. Reload by typing in regsvr32
shimgvw.dll.
--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[Elmo]

I have downloaded photos from my Samsung camera, rotated them and then
renamed them in my camera software Digimax Viewer 2.1. After a few days some
of the photos - and in some cases all the photos - cannot be viewed and come
up with the message "preview not available". It is intermittent and does not
happen to all photos.

This problem seems to only have been occurring since using XP. All my other
photos saved to disc when I was using Windows 2000 are fine. Please advise.

What type of file, jpg, tif, or other? Can you open a file that can't
display a preview? If so, you might try converting the file to a
different file type. Just a suggestion.. no reason for this to help.