Regsvr32.exe /i shdocvw.dll ran for IE6 - any potential harm ?

[Michael]

Running W98 with IE6 and lost ability to show jpg previews in Win Explorer.
I found following 'fixes':

IE4: run 'Regsvr32.exe /i shdocvw.dll' then 'Regsvr32.exe /i mshtml.dll'
IE5: run 'Regsvr32.exe /i shdoc401.dll' then 'Regsvr32.exe /i mshtml.dll'

In an odd moment I tried both these methods and wonder if they did any harm
as I run IE6. They ran successfully and do not appear to have caused any
damage. They did not fix the preview problem and in case anyone has similar
the correct fix is described here:

Image Previews Not Displayed in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;192573

 

[Ron Badour]

Those commands register the .dlls so no harm should have been done.

You could have downloaded the Thumbnail fix .reg file from my web site:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/reg_files.html



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