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I have disabled the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer using the command
"regsvr32 /u shimgvw" and installed ACDSee as my default image viewer.
However, a reference to the MS program still shows up in the "Open
with....." right-click menu. Does anyone know, short of hunting through the
Registry, to remove this unwanted item? Maybe this function is part of a
tweaking utility someone has come across. There's nothing in TweakUI.
Thanks.
 
I have disabled the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer using the command
"regsvr32 /u shimgvw" and installed ACDSee as my default image viewer.
However, a reference to the MS program still shows up in the "Open
with....." right-click menu. Does anyone know, short of hunting through the
Registry, to remove this unwanted item?
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Try this. I used it a long time ago to clean things up.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm#Directories

It will reduce the "hunt" time.
 
I am familiar with the Registry locations mentioned on that website, but
looking there I found no references to Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Only
ACDSee is there. Disabling the former probably removed the entries, but for
some reason the right-click name remains.
 

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