Bob

It is more than just copying the EXE file and setting the appropriate file associations.
You will need to modify the W2K registry, so you should take the usual precautions 
and the usual disclaimers apply.

1. If you have a NT machine with quick view installed, you need to make a copy all 
the files in the folder where quikview.exe is.  Normally the default location is 

c:\WINNT\System32\Viewers

2. Put all these files in the equivalent location on the W2K machine.  The default 
location should be

c:\WINNT\System32\Viewers.

You may have to create a new folder "Viewers" if it doesn't exist in c:\WINNT\System32

3. Next, you need to enter a whole load of entries in to the W2K registry.  The quickest 
way of doing this is as follows:

a. On the NT machine, run regedit and look for the following keywords "quikview.exe" 
(without the c in quick) and "SCC Quick Viewer"





On my NT machine, I found it under the following sections

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F0F08735-0C36-101B-B086-0020AF07D0F4}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\QuickView] 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{F0F08735-0C36-101B-B086-0020AF07D0F4}]

and

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\QuickView]

b. Use the registry editor and export these registry sections into .reg files and 
copy them to the W2K machine.  It may be convenient to place them into the same folder 
as the quikview files.

4. On the W2K machine, right click on the .reg files copied from the NT machine and 
select the edit option to check that they do indeed contain the correct information 
from the NT registry.
When you are satisfied, close the file.
Then right click on the .reg file and select the Merge option to merge the entries 
into the W2K registry.

5. When you have completed merging the .reg files, you're done.

I hope this works for you.

The list of file types it can preview is not large, but it should be adequate for 
the usual ones.

If you want something more substantial, then the JASC Quick View 7 Plus appears to 
be good value for money, except that it takes up a lot of disk space for installation 
and needs more RAM to run.

Philip





On Monday, December 9, 2002 at 10:12 am, Bob Schmerda wrote:
>Philip, how did you confiqure that in W2K?  I've got it copied, but not working. 
> I tried making a new File type of EXE to associate with it but hosed up all the 
>EXEs on the box.  The registry trick didn't work either. 
>
>Bob
>

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