Picture Viewer/Photo editor

[Simon]

Hi All,

Two problems, probably unrelated but both to do with photos. Very much
appreciate any input. Thank you.

1. if I right click a jpeg photo file in my folders I have, among other
things, options to open with "Microsoft Photo Editor" or with "Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer". Files open fine with the latter but Photo Editor
flashes an "unknown file format" error message. Why?

2. neither of the above programs appear to actually exist on my pc in as
much as they are nowhere on my "Start Menu" nor can I find any folder
containing them. Further, they do not appear in the Windows "Add or remove
Programs" utility, either in the main list or in the "Add/Remove Windows
Components" section. This is driving me crazy. If anyone can point me to the
..exe files for these programs I'd be very grateful.

Simon.
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[Wesley Vogel]

There is no *.exe file for Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer = shimgvw.dll

rundll32.exe (Run a DLL as an App) executes it.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll
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Microsoft Photo Editor is part of MS Office (previous to Office 2003).

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\PhotoEd\PHOTOED.EXE

In Add or Remove Programs, Microsoft Photo Editor would be listed under
whatever Office application(s) you have.

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[golferguy]

Photo editor:
"C:\Program Files\MSPhtoEdit3.01\PHOTOED.EXE"



I use two other viewers, so don't even know where the Win fax is at, 'cause
I think it's worthless!

Hope my post re: Photoeditor helps

 

[Simon]

Thank you for this info. I should have thought of Office as a possibility.

If I wanted to remove Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, would it be safe to
remove the dll??

Also, any idea why Photo editor can't open .jpeg extensions but is OK with
..jpg??

Thanks again.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Simon,

You can't delete shimgvw.dll, it's a protected system file. Disable it.

Disable Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak148.aspx

Follow the instructions here and change JPEG to Microsoft Photo Editor...

To change the program that opens a file
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...cs/en-us/windows_fcab_program_opens_file.mspx

some info...
MS Photo Editor
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=298



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[Wesley Vogel]

Simon,

I know nothing about Photo Editor. ;-(

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