REGSVR32 /i MSHTML.DLL Error

[Kent_Diego]

Hi All,
I am trying to fix .JPG preview error:
http://www.winxptutor.com/noimgpreview.htm
As was recommended in my post from yesterday. Thanks Ayush and Ramesh.

I get error running REGSVR32 /i MSHTML.DLL command.
Said entry point not found and that MSHTML.DLL does not appear to be a .DLL
or .OCX file.
So I copied mshtml.dll from working computer in Safe Mode but still get
error and preview still not working. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Kent

 

[Pennywise]

Hi All,
I am trying to fix .JPG preview error:
http://www.winxptutor.com/noimgpreview.htm
As was recommended in my post from yesterday. Thanks Ayush and Ramesh.

I get error running REGSVR32 /i MSHTML.DLL command.
Said entry point not found and that MSHTML.DLL does not appear to be a .DLL
or .OCX file.
So I copied mshtml.dll from working computer in Safe Mode but still get
error and preview still not working. Any ideas?

register shmedia.dll, the SHIMGVW.DLL should stay registered.

regsvr32 shmedia.dll

http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/3588p1.html

Register enough DLL's and it's got to work right

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Hi All,
I am trying to fix .JPG preview error:
http://www.winxptutor.com/noimgpreview.htm
As was recommended in my post from yesterday. Thanks Ayush and Ramesh.

I get error running REGSVR32 /i MSHTML.DLL command.
Said entry point not found and that MSHTML.DLL does not appear to be a
.DLL
or .OCX file.
So I copied mshtml.dll from working computer in Safe Mode but still get
error and preview still not working. Any ideas?

This is a normal response if IE7 is installed.
1. Do you have IE7?
2. Does the machine you copied mshtml.dll from have IE7?
3. What is the version number of your MSHTML.DLL?

 

[Kent_Diego]

.....

register shmedia.dll, the SHIMGVW.DLL should stay registered.

regsvr32 shmedia.dll

http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/3588p1.html

I ran that command, It said successful but still cannot register MSHTML>DLL
or get desktop properties background browser to work for .jpg files.

 

[Kent_Diego]

........

This is a normal response if IE7 is installed.
1. Do you have IE7?
2. Does the machine you copied mshtml.dll from have IE7?
3. What is the version number of your MSHTML.DLL?

Both machines have IE7.
7.0.5730.11

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

.......
Both machines have IE7.
7.0.5730.11

Okay. <Whew> That is a normal response. Did you also do
REGSVR32 /i SHIMGVW.DLL
and
REGSVR32 /i SHELL32.DLL ?
Is the problem fixed?

 

[Kent_Diego]

.....

Okay. <Whew> That is a normal response. Did you also do
REGSVR32 /i SHIMGVW.DLL
and
REGSVR32 /i SHELL32.DLL ?
Is the problem fixed?
...

I have the problem described here:
http://www.winxptutor.com/noimgpreview.htm

I ran all three commands to fix including the two you have asked about and
still no fix.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Kent,

Mshtml.dll can't be registered if you have IE7 installed. This is normal.

Regarding the preview problem, download FileExtInfo from the following page and generate a report for .HTM file type.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

It may look inappropriate, but there is relation between the HTML association and JPG previews.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

.....
Okay. <Whew> That is a normal response. Did you also do
REGSVR32 /i SHIMGVW.DLL
and
REGSVR32 /i SHELL32.DLL ?
Is the problem fixed?
...

I have the problem described here:
http://www.winxptutor.com/noimgpreview.htm

I ran all three commands to fix including the two you have asked about and
still no fix.

 

[Kent_Diego]

Regarding the preview problem, download FileExtInfo from the following page
and generate a report for .HTM file type.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

It may look inappropriate, but there is relation between the HTML
association and JPG previews.

OK, I hope you can find the problem with browsing from desktop background
..jpg. Here it is:


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FileExtInfo v1.0 - Log file
12/30/2006 11:03:01 PM

Complete File association information for ---> .HTML
Useful for troubleshooting File association and other problems
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.HTML]
"PerceivedType"="text"
@="htmlfile"
"Content Type"="text/html"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.HTML\PersistentHandler]
@="{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile]
@="HTML Document"
"FriendlyTypeName"="@ieframe.dll,-912"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\BrowseInPlace]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\CLSID]
@="{25336920-03F9-11cf-8FD0-00AA00686F13}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE,-17"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\ScriptHostEncode]
@="{0CF774D0-F077-11D1-B1BC-00C04F86C324}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell]
@="opennew"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\Edit]
@="&Edit"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\Edit\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\msohtmed.exe\" %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open]
@="Open in S&ame Window"
"MUIVerb"="@ieframe.dll.mui,-5732"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE\" -nohome"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\ddeexec]
@="\"file://%1\",,-1,,,,,"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\ddeexec\Application]
@="IExplore"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\ddeexec\Topic]
@="WWW_OpenURL"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew]
"MUIVerb"="@ieframe.dll.mui,-5731"
@="&Open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE\" %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\ddeexec]
@="\"%1\",,-1,0,,,,"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\ddeexec\Application]
@="IExplore"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\ddeexec\IfExec]
@="*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\ddeexec\Topic]
@="WWW_OpenURLNewWindow"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\Print]
@="&Print"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\Print\command]
@=hex(2):72,00,75,00,6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,\
00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,\
25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,73,\
00,68,00,74,00,6d,00,6c,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,\
6e,00,74,00,48,00,54,00,4d,00,4c,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\printto]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\printto\command]
@=hex(2):72,00,75,00,6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,\
00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,\
25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,73,\
00,68,00,74,00,6d,00,6c,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,\
6e,00,74,00,48,00,54,00,4d,00,4c,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,20,00,22,\
00,25,00,32,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,33,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,34,00,\
22,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\ShellEx\IconHandler]
@="{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,35,\
00,32,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\OpenWithList\Notepad.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\OpenWithList\WordPad.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell\edit]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell\edit\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\
00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\
00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.HTML]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.HTML\OpenWithList]
"a"="iexplore.exe"
"MRUList"="a"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.HTML\OpenWithProgids]
"htmlfile"=hex(0):

 

[Kent_Diego]

.......
Regarding the preview problem, download FileExtInfo from the following page
and generate a report for .HTM file type.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
......
My mistake, .HTML. Here it report for .HTM files:


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FileExtInfo v1.0 - Log file
12/30/2006 11:25:30 PM

Complete File association information for ---> .HTM
Useful for troubleshooting File association and other problems
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.HTM]
"PerceivedType"="text"
@="htmlfile"
"Content Type"="text/html"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.HTM\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.HTM\OpenWithList\EXCEL.EXE]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.HTM\OpenWithList\MSPUB.EXE]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.HTM\OpenWithList\notepad.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.HTM\OpenWithList\WINWORD.EXE]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.HTM\PersistentHandler]
@="{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile]
@="HTML Document"
"FriendlyTypeName"="@ieframe.dll,-912"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\BrowseInPlace]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\CLSID]
@="{25336920-03F9-11cf-8FD0-00AA00686F13}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE,-17"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\ScriptHostEncode]
@="{0CF774D0-F077-11D1-B1BC-00C04F86C324}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell]
@="opennew"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\Edit]
@="&Edit"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\Edit\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\msohtmed.exe\" %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open]
@="Open in S&ame Window"
"MUIVerb"="@ieframe.dll.mui,-5732"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE\" -nohome"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\ddeexec]
@="\"file://%1\",,-1,,,,,"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\ddeexec\Application]
@="IExplore"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\ddeexec\Topic]
@="WWW_OpenURL"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew]
"MUIVerb"="@ieframe.dll.mui,-5731"
@="&Open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE\" %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\ddeexec]
@="\"%1\",,-1,0,,,,"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\ddeexec\Application]
@="IExplore"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\ddeexec\IfExec]
@="*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\ddeexec\Topic]
@="WWW_OpenURLNewWindow"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\Print]
@="&Print"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\Print\command]
@=hex(2):72,00,75,00,6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,\
00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,\
25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,73,\
00,68,00,74,00,6d,00,6c,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,\
6e,00,74,00,48,00,54,00,4d,00,4c,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\printto]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\printto\command]
@=hex(2):72,00,75,00,6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,\
00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,\
25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,73,\
00,68,00,74,00,6d,00,6c,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,\
6e,00,74,00,48,00,54,00,4d,00,4c,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,20,00,22,\
00,25,00,32,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,33,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,34,00,\
22,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\ShellEx\IconHandler]
@="{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,35,\
00,32,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\OpenWithList\Notepad.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\OpenWithList\WordPad.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell\edit]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell\edit\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\
00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\
00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.HTM]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.HTM\OpenWithList]
"a"="iexplore.exe"
"MRUList"="a"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.HTM\OpenWithProgids]
"htmlfile"=hex(0):

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Kent,

It's correctly registered (was looking for the htmlfile entries and they look correct). Then this must be caused by something else.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


.......
Regarding the preview problem, download FileExtInfo from the following page
and generate a report for .HTM file type.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
......
My mistake, .HTML. Here it report for .HTM files:


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FileExtInfo v1.0 - Log file
12/30/2006 11:25:30 PM

Complete File association information for ---> .HTM
Useful for troubleshooting File association and other problems
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Are you seeing a blank white screen in the preview window?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Kent,

It's correctly registered (was looking for the htmlfile entries and they look correct). Then this must be caused by something else.

 

[Kent_Diego]

Are you seeing a blank white screen in the preview window?

No the Preview Window does not change and continues to display present
background. I will Browse to a .jpg, select it and nothing happens. If I
Browse to a .bmp it will work fine.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Type in Start, Run:
(It's a single-line command)

REG EXPORT HKCR\CLSID\{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3} "%userprofile%\desktop\thumb.txt"

Post the contents of thumb.txt (present in the Desktop). The above key is necessary for generating the preview images for HTM/JPE/JPEG/JPG files.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Are you seeing a blank white screen in the preview window?

No the Preview Window does not change and continues to display present
background. I will Browse to a .jpg, select it and nothing happens. If I
Browse to a .bmp it will work fine.

 

[Kent_Diego]

Ramesh,
Thanks for responding, I was starting to think you gave up. I
will keep checking for replies. I ran the command and here is the results:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}]
@="HTML Thumbnail Extractor"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\SHIMGVW.DLL"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}\ProgID]
@="Shell.ThumbnailExtract.HTML.1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}\VersionIndependentProgID]
@="Shell.ThumbnailExtract.HTML.1"

Thanks,
Kent

Type in Start, Run:
(It's a single-line command)

REG EXPORT HKCR\CLSID\{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}
"%userprofile%\desktop\thumb.txt"

Post the contents of thumb.txt (present in the Desktop). The above key is
necessary for generating the preview images for HTM/JPE/JPEG/JPG files.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Are you seeing a blank white screen in the preview window?

No the Preview Window does not change and continues to display present
background. I will Browse to a .jpg, select it and nothing happens. If I
Browse to a .bmp it will work fine.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Kent,

The registry export looks perfectly normal. I don't have any further ideas. Sorry.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ramesh,
Thanks for responding, I was starting to think you gave up. I
will keep checking for replies. I ran the command and here is the results:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}]
@="HTML Thumbnail Extractor"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\SHIMGVW.DLL"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}\ProgID]
@="Shell.ThumbnailExtract.HTML.1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}\VersionIndependentProgID]
@="Shell.ThumbnailExtract.HTML.1"

Thanks,
Kent