Windows Picture Viewer?

[George]

Am using a WinXP-pro PC. If I click a ____.jpg, it launches and brings up
the picture in the "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer", which is really handy
because while you're in the folder with your other pictures, you just press
PgDown (or PgUp) and you can cycle through and look at ALL your pictures.

But I can't find this application anywhere on the Start menu. There's no
Start < Windows Picture Viewer. Sure, I already looked under Accessories
and logical places (but could have missed it somewhere).

Can anyone tell me where it is on the Start menu, or why it's not there now,
or how I can install it. Would you put it under communications accessory
(it's a fax viewer), or graphics (it's a picture viewer).

Thanks,
George

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi George,

It's powered by a DLL (Shimgvw.dll) and the Picture and Fax viewer is a
function within that DLL file, which the Rundll32.exe executes. The
parameter would be:

rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
Example:
rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen C:\Test.jpg

So, you won't find this shortcut anywhere in the Start Menu. Secondly, the
Picture and Fax Viewer does not have a menu. Say you can launch it's user
interface by typing "rundll32.exe shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen", but
can't open files from that interface.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Am using a WinXP-pro PC. If I click a ____.jpg, it launches and brings up
the picture in the "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer", which is really handy
because while you're in the folder with your other pictures, you just press
PgDown (or PgUp) and you can cycle through and look at ALL your pictures.

But I can't find this application anywhere on the Start menu. There's no
Start < Windows Picture Viewer. Sure, I already looked under Accessories
and logical places (but could have missed it somewhere).

Can anyone tell me where it is on the Start menu, or why it's not there now,
or how I can install it. Would you put it under communications accessory
(it's a fax viewer), or graphics (it's a picture viewer).

Thanks,
George

 

[George]

Ramesh,

Thanks, you're exactly correct, as always. Actually, even if you "manually"
launch the viewer, there's no "File > open" so you can't get to a ___.jpg
anyway.

Is there any other simple viewer that comes with a PC, or is popular (I have
most of the mainstream suites like Adobe Photoshop, etc.) that would have
the capability to flip through all the photos in a given folder (like the
viewer does by pressing PgDown), without having to do lots of "File > Open"
for every ___.jpg?

Thanks,
George

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

You're welcome George. The Shimgvw.dll is the most compact and effective
viewer I've seen (in terms of the speed, resources occupied and it's close
integration with XP Shell) and I'm don't recall of any other utility which
can integrate with the shell to preview images directly from a folder or so.
Most widely used program is Irfanview, but don't think it integrates with
the Shell. If you're a developer, read the MSDN article below:

Replacing the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Application Using the Preview
Verb:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...uide/shell_basics/replacepicturefaxviewer.asp

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Ramesh,

Thanks, you're exactly correct, as always. Actually, even if you "manually"
launch the viewer, there's no "File > open" so you can't get to a ___.jpg
anyway.

Is there any other simple viewer that comes with a PC, or is popular (I have
most of the mainstream suites like Adobe Photoshop, etc.) that would have
the capability to flip through all the photos in a given folder (like the
viewer does by pressing PgDown), without having to do lots of "File > Open"
for every ___.jpg?

Thanks,
George

 

[C.Joseph Drayton]

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Hi George,

I use SlideShow v4.00. It is a very simple program that will show all the pictures in a directory automatically (you can set the
time per picture), or you can manually cursor through the directory list.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

That which a man buys too cheaply . . .
~ He esteems too lightly

George wrote:
| Ramesh,
|
| Thanks, you're exactly correct, as always. Actually, even if you "manually"
| launch the viewer, there's no "File > open" so you can't get to a ___.jpg
| anyway.
|
| Is there any other simple viewer that comes with a PC, or is popular (I have
| most of the mainstream suites like Adobe Photoshop, etc.) that would have
| the capability to flip through all the photos in a given folder (like the
| viewer does by pressing PgDown), without having to do lots of "File > Open"
| for every ___.jpg?
|
| Thanks,
| George
|
|
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