Shimgvw.dll - Windows Picture & Fax Viewer

[torrmundi]

Hi,

I'm trying to restore the default Windows Picture and Fax
Viewer. I began by unregistering shimgvw.dll, then
registering it newly (regsvr32 shimgvw.dll), which
succeeded. Then I used Windows explorer to set the file
association for all JPEG-type files (open = "rundll32.exe
c:\winnt\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1").
Then when I double-clicked on a .jpg file, I got this
error: "Error in c:\winnt\system32\shimgvw.dll Missing
entry:ImageView_Fullscreen"

My shimgvw.dll is 52,496 bytes, version 5.00.2134.1, dated
05/08/2001.

Here's a really weird thing: If I delete it, it is restored
within a few seconds! If I copy over a newer version onto
the existing version, same thing - it gets restored within
a few seconds.

I thought maybe I had a spy that had overwritten this file,
so I ran AdAware and Spybot S&D. Got rid of a few cookies
and bookmarks, but no active spies.

What's up? Any ideas about the missing entry or the file
restoration?

Thanks,
Torrmundi

 

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Try this without quotes
rundll32.exe C:\Winnt\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1

 

[Guest]

Problem resolved. Win2000 did not support the image
browsing function (it was introduced in WinXP). So the
solution is to use a 3rd party application, like XnView.

The automatic replacement of the shimgvw.dll file is
probably due to Windows File Protection.

/Torrmundi