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Can someone please help me. I want to make Windows Picture Viewer the default
program on my pc. It always was until I installed an Adobe program which has
now installed itself as the default viewer. Thanks in advance.
 
Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top
Scroll down to
80. Disable or Restore Picture and Fax Viewer
Click on Restore

pictureandfaxrestore.reg is the file that will download.

And try this...

Click Start | Click Run | Paste: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll | Click OK

If that doesn't work, make sure Preview default is set correctly.

When you open an image file in Windows XP the default action is to preview
it using the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\
ShellImagePreview
Value Name: (Default)
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}

Also if that doesn't work...
[[Installing a third-party image editor or viewer applications may sometimes
hijack the image file associations. In those cases, this utility allows you
repair the file associations for the following image file types to Windows
XP defaults:

BMP DIB EMF GIF JFIF JPG JPE JPEG PNG TIF TIFF WMF ]]

Repair image file type associations in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgassofix.htm


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
John

Locate a picture file that has associated itself with Adobe.. right click
and select 'Open with'.. select your preferred program for this task, and
elect also to set as the default program for the file type..
 
Thanks. I used the solution from Mike Hall. It worked great.

Wesley Vogel said:
Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top
Scroll down to
80. Disable or Restore Picture and Fax Viewer
Click on Restore

pictureandfaxrestore.reg is the file that will download.

And try this...

Click Start | Click Run | Paste: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll | Click OK

If that doesn't work, make sure Preview default is set correctly.

When you open an image file in Windows XP the default action is to preview
it using the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\
ShellImagePreview
Value Name: (Default)
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}

Also if that doesn't work...
[[Installing a third-party image editor or viewer applications may sometimes
hijack the image file associations. In those cases, this utility allows you
repair the file associations for the following image file types to Windows
XP defaults:

BMP DIB EMF GIF JFIF JPG JPE JPEG PNG TIF TIFF WMF ]]

Repair image file type associations in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgassofix.htm


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
johncon612 said:
Can someone please help me. I want to make Windows Picture Viewer the
default program on my pc. It always was until I installed an Adobe
program which has now installed itself as the default viewer. Thanks in
advance.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks Mike. Worked great. Problem solved.

Mike Hall said:
John

Locate a picture file that has associated itself with Adobe.. right click
and select 'Open with'.. select your preferred program for this task, and
elect also to set as the default program for the file type..
Click to expand...
 
More than one way to skin a cat. ;-)

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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johncon612 said:
Thanks. I used the solution from Mike Hall. It worked great.

Wesley Vogel said:
Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top
Scroll down to
80. Disable or Restore Picture and Fax Viewer
Click on Restore

pictureandfaxrestore.reg is the file that will download.

And try this...

Click Start | Click Run | Paste: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll | Click OK

If that doesn't work, make sure Preview default is set correctly.

When you open an image file in Windows XP the default action is to
preview it using the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\
ShellImagePreview
Value Name: (Default)
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}

Also if that doesn't work...
[[Installing a third-party image editor or viewer applications may
sometimes hijack the image file associations. In those cases, this
utility allows you repair the file associations for the following image
file types to Windows XP defaults:

BMP DIB EMF GIF JFIF JPG JPE JPEG PNG TIF TIFF WMF ]]

Repair image file type associations in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgassofix.htm


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
johncon612 said:
Can someone please help me. I want to make Windows Picture Viewer the
default program on my pc. It always was until I installed an Adobe
program which has now installed itself as the default viewer. Thanks in
advance.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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