Picture and Fax Viewer

[MarkC]

Using XP Pro SP2 and when I double click on a jpg file the "Windows and Fax
Viewer" opens to view the picture. That part is ok, but when I click on the
button "Closes the program and opens the image for editing" button. A third
party Hex Editor that I have, opens up. I don't want that, and like to set
it to open with a photo editing program. How do I change that setting? I
did look in the Hex Editor program and there's no setting to make it the
editing program.

Thanks,
MC

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Change the default image editor application, invoked from Windows Picture
and Fax Viewer:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgeditor.htm
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/imgeditor.zip

 

[MarkC]

Thanks for the help.

I tried the suggested program below and sorry to report, it did not fix the
problem. The Hex Editor still over rides everything. I uninstalled the Hex
Editor, then used the image editor program to set the editor. Still it did
not fix my problem, and this time nothing happens, that is, no editor at all
opens. I went to the reg location and the info is being written to like it
should. I even restarted the computer.

Any other suggestions??? Like to get this fix if possible. I think the Hex
Editor must have corrupted the reg file for this feature.

MC

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Have you tried the "Restore image editor default settings button" once? If
you've tried that already, then download FileExtInfo.zip from
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/fileextinfo.zip. Unzip and run the tool.
Select JPG file type from the list and create a log. Post the entire
information here.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

MC,

The image editor entry is well set as you indicated. Wondering if a shell
extension is blocking the image editor from being opened. If that's the
case, you can troubleshoot it using the procedure given in this page.

http://www.winhelponline.com/slowrightclick.htm
Pls ignore the article title and symptoms.

One thing I noted is that the JPG files have been associated with MS Paint.
If you want to reset the association, type this in Start, Run and press
Enter:

cmd /c assoc .jpg=jpegfile

 

[MarkC]

Hi,

I downloaded and ran "shexview" and a pretty long list came up. I
really lucked out and chose the first entry to disable. It worked, I
now have the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Editor button working. I went
ahead and ran "imgeditor" and used All file types and set the photo program
I wanted to be the editor, clicked apply. Choosing All File Types didn't
work, MS Paint still showed up. So I had to choose each file ext
individually, which did work.

Oh! I reinstalled the Binary Hex Editor, and yes, the Windows Picture & Fax
Viewer used it instead. However, I ran shexview again, disabled the Hex
Editor entry which fixed it.

A Big THANK YOU for taking the time to solve this problem.
MC

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Excellent, Mark. BTW, which shell extension do you think was causing the
problem?

 

[MarkC]

There are two actually:

This is the main one, which after disabling it, everything worked
like it should.
[***...Yes Context Menu Advanced System Optimizer 1, 0, 1, 2 Advanced System
Optimizer Systweak Inc No No No C:\Program Files\Advanced System
Optimizer\ShellExt.dll {90A07ACC-0331-4aee-9AAD-A854A9C37667} 10/30/2004
12:26:44 PM 6/11/2005 10:45:00 PM No *, Directory A 192,000...***]

Of course after installing the Binary Hex Editor, then it too
conflicted which I had to disable it also.
[***...ShellExt Class Yes Context Menu Hex Editor Shell Extension Module 2,
0, 0, 1 Hex Editor 3 HHD Software No No No C:\Program Files\HHD Software\Hex
Editor 3.x\heshell.dll {B95713CD-06FF-4D35-A9DA-4DBDFE5FD7F4} 7/4/2005
4:03:26 PM 10/8/2005 10:56:30 PM No * A 49,152...***]

The funny thing is, these are Context Menu commands which means these would
showup in Windows Explorer when doing a right click. I never used these so
I won't miss it being disabled. Maybe I should inform the two software
makers about the conflicts their program is causing?

MC

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Thanks for the information. Duly noted down.

Yes, that's a good idea and would help.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

There are two actually:

This is the main one, which after disabling it, everything worked
like it should.
[***...Yes Context Menu Advanced System Optimizer 1, 0, 1, 2 Advanced
System
Optimizer Systweak Inc No No No C:\Program Files\Advanced System
Optimizer\ShellExt.dll {90A07ACC-0331-4aee-9AAD-A854A9C37667} 10/30/2004
12:26:44 PM 6/11/2005 10:45:00 PM No *, Directory A 192,000...***]

Of course after installing the Binary Hex Editor, then it too
conflicted which I had to disable it also.
[***...ShellExt Class Yes Context Menu Hex Editor Shell Extension Module
2,
0, 0, 1 Hex Editor 3 HHD Software No No No C:\Program Files\HHD
Software\Hex
Editor 3.x\heshell.dll {B95713CD-06FF-4D35-A9DA-4DBDFE5FD7F4} 7/4/2005
4:03:26 PM 10/8/2005 10:56:30 PM No * A 49,152...***]

The funny thing is, these are Context Menu commands which means these
would
showup in Windows Explorer when doing a right click. I never used these
so
I won't miss it being disabled. Maybe I should inform the two software
makers about the conflicts their program is causing?

MC

Excellent, Mark. BTW, which shell extension do you think was causing the
problem?