Windows Picture and Fax Viewer stopped working

[Barb711]

Today, I downloaded and ran the WMF Hotfix and did the Un-register the
"shimgvw.dll" file.
Ever since I have done this, I can no longer open jpegs, gifs, pictures
period...with my Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. It no longer works.
How can I fix this?
Barb

 

[Galen]

In Barb711 <u17303@uwe> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Today, I downloaded and ran the WMF Hotfix and did the Un-register the
"shimgvw.dll" file.
Ever since I have done this, I can no longer open jpegs, gifs,
pictures period...with my Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. It no
longer works. How can I fix this?
Barb

Umm... Don't download patches from companies who aren't Microsoft? The whole
WMF vulnerability is largely FUD assuming you practice safe browsing and
maintain current malware definitions and real-time scanning engines. Myself
and another MVP spent a good three hours intentionally TRYING to get
infected at known exploiting sites today and we weren't able to really do so
without a lot of work.

You can TRY this (I don't know if it will work) perhaps?

Press Start
Click on Run
Type "regsvr32 %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll" without the quotes
Hit enter
Click Okay at the prompt

For future reference, check before patching with stuff not from Microsoft.
Many of us here have test bed systems and will happily test strange stuff
out for you. See also this link:

Malware Cleaners and Repair:
http://www.kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Barb,

Leave it as it is till Jan 10th.

Microsoft Security Advisory (912840): Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering
Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution.:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx

<excerpted>
To un-register Shimgvw.dll, follow these steps:
1.Click Start, click Run, type "regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll"
(without the quotation marks), and then click OK.
2.A dialog box appears to confirm that the un-registration process has
succeeded. Click OK to close the dialog box.

Impact of Workaround: The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will no longer be
started when users click on a link to an image type that is associated with
the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

</excerpted>

--
Regards,

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


Today, I downloaded and ran the WMF Hotfix and did the Un-register the
"shimgvw.dll" file.
Ever since I have done this, I can no longer open jpegs, gifs, pictures
period...with my Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. It no longer works.
How can I fix this?
Barb

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-001
Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution
(912919)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-001.mspx

--
Regards,

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


Barb,

Leave it as it is till Jan 10th.

Microsoft Security Advisory (912840): Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering
Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution.:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx

<excerpted>
To un-register Shimgvw.dll, follow these steps:
1.Click Start, click Run, type "regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll"
(without the quotation marks), and then click OK.
2.A dialog box appears to confirm that the un-registration process has
succeeded. Click OK to close the dialog box.

Impact of Workaround: The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will no longer be
started when users click on a link to an image type that is associated with
the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

</excerpted>

--
Regards,

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


Today, I downloaded and ran the WMF Hotfix and did the Un-register the
"shimgvw.dll" file.
Ever since I have done this, I can no longer open jpegs, gifs, pictures
period...with my Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. It no longer works.
How can I fix this?
Barb