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re: Question 'How do I make the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer work in Windows 98?'
Monday, March 3, 2003 at 3:51 am
Posted by Jim Kennedy
(1 messages posted)
Windows 98 had what most people consider to be a superior viewer (it has a fit-to-width
option for example). Find it in C:\WINDOWS\KODAKIMG.EXE. To make it your default,
find a .tif file in explorer, use shift-right-click and select "open with"; point
to the Kodakimg.exe program and tick the option to always use this program.
On Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 8:32 pm, Shiva wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?:
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Windows XP picture and fax viewer
Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at 1:27 am
Posted by Hassan Mezal
(1 messages posted)
What is the file name of Windows XP picture and fax viewer ... I want the EXE file
name and the location.
In which directory this file located
Thanks
Hassan
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re: Question 'How do I make the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer work in Windows 98?'
Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 6:59 pm
Posted by Chollie
(5 messages posted)
While C:\Windows\Kodakimg.exe is a great editor, if you just want to preview, then
go Right-Click on a *.jpg or a *.gif file and set it to C:\Windows\Kodakprv.exe.
Once this opens up, you will have the opportunity to Edit using the bigger family
member of the C:\Windows\Kodakimg.exe, (but don't set it as the default as it takes
just a smidgen of time more to load for each photo).
However, I'm like you. I want the quick "Next and Previous" Feature of Windows Picture
and Fax Viewer. So, I'm toying with trying to get it to work. You might search
the web to find:
C:\Windows\system32\shimgvw.dll
As the "shimgvw.dll" is the key, but apparently it needs a library helper file (and
so far I haven't gotten it to work)... I'll post what I've done so far, and maybe
someone can see clearly what needs to be done for it the Windows XP Fax and Picture
Viewer to work in Windows 98.
You can create a text file with the extension *.reg
and place this text inside, and double click on the file. It's hard to read as there
are no line breaks in this Post...
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\Open\command]
@="rundll32.exe C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\Open\ddeexec]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\Open\ddeexec\Application]
@="shimgvw"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\Open\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
You will need the Windows XP shimgvw.dll file and some other Library file, (rundll32.exe)
- {both located at C:\Windows\System32}.
Chollie
On Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 8:32 pm, Shiva wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?:
>
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re: Windows XP picture and fax viewer
Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 1:48 pm
Posted by Mark
(1 messages posted)
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SHIMGVW.DLL
On Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at 1:27 am, Hassan Mezal wrote:
>
> What is the file name of Windows XP picture and fax viewer ... I want the EXE file
>name and the location.
>
> In which directory this file located
>
>
> Thanks
> Hassan
>
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re: Question 'How do I make the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer work in Windows 98?'
Friday, January 7, 2005 at 10:40 am
Posted by Brian Boatright
(1 messages posted)
Did you ever get the viewer to work in Windows 98?
On Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 6:59 pm, Chollie wrote:
>While C:\Windows\Kodakimg.exe is a great editor, if you just want to preview, then
>go Right-Click on a *.jpg or a *.gif file and set it to C:\Windows\Kodakprv.exe.
> Once this opens up, you will have the opportunity to Edit using the bigger family
>member of the C:\Windows\Kodakimg.exe, (but don't set it as the default as it takes
>just a smidgen of time more to load for each photo).
>
>However, I'm like you. I want the quick "Next and Previous" Feature of Windows
Picture
>and Fax Viewer. So, I'm toying with trying to get it to work. You might search
>the web to find:
>
>C:\Windows\system32\shimgvw.dll
>
>As the "shimgvw.dll" is the key, but apparently it needs a library helper file (and
>so far I haven't gotten it to work)... I'll post what I've done so far, and maybe
>someone can see clearly what needs to be done for it the Windows XP Fax and Picture
>Viewer to work in Windows 98.
>
>You can create a text file with the extension *.reg
>
>and place this text inside, and double click on the file. It's hard to read as
there
>are no line breaks in this Post...
>
>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>REGEDIT4
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\Open\command]
>@="rundll32.exe C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1"
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\Open\ddeexec]
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\Open\ddeexec\Application]
>@="shimgvw"
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\Open\ddeexec\Topic]
>@="System"
>
>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>You will need the Windows XP shimgvw.dll file and some other Library file, (rundll32.exe)
>- {both located at C:\Windows\System32}.
>
>Chollie
>
>
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re: Question 'How do I make the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer work in Windows 98?'
Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 5:10 pm
Posted by Erik
(19 messages posted)
Hi, I think I have found a simple solution for those users on win98/200 wishing to
have windows xp picture viewer. Its a program caleld XPicture 1.5, download it from
this link. Has the look and feel of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer without alot
of registry modding.
http://www.sixfiles.com/dbase/graphic-apps/viewers
Hope this helps some people
Erik
On Friday, January 7, 2005 at 10:40 am, Brian Boatright wrote:
>Did you ever get the viewer to work in Windows 98?
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re: Question 'How do I make the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer work in Windows 98?'
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 7:04 am
Posted by JCCheiffy
(1 messages posted)
Hi, I think I have found a simple solution for those users on win98/200 wishing
to
have windows xp picture viewer. Its a program caleld XPicture 1.5, download
it from
this link. Has the look and feel of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
without alot
of registry modding.
http://www.sixfiles.com/dbase/graphic-apps/viewersInternet Fax
Hope this helps some people
Erik
______________________________________
Noticed post is 5 years
old..is that right? Still a question folks have though. Some basic info. The viewer
program will auto start if any of the picture format files is opened. It is not accessible
from the Windows Start but is implemented as a dynamic link library file called shimgvw.dll;
there is no executable file
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re: Question 'How do I make the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer work in Windows 98?'
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 8:14 am
Posted by Ed
(741 messages posted)
For anyone who chances across this thread, the following information might be
helpful.
The program recommended by user JCCheiffy in this thread is not available any
longer on the link he mentions. In any case, it appears to be a Windows XP program,
and therefore would not run under Windows 98.
The typical solution to the problems which dog Micro$oft's Windows Picture and
Fax Viewer for Windows 98 is to uninstall it, because fixing the problems it suffers
from is not worth the effort. Instead, install the image viewer IrfanView, which
runs fine on Windows 98/ME (I use IrfanView v3.98 on Win98SE), available from http://www.irfanview.com
It comes with a mind-bogglingly large number of plugins, each of which supports
a different image file format. Some of these will even play audio files (e.g. mp3's) or video
files (e.g. AVI video).
IrfanView is available without charge; but optionally you might like to make a
voluntary donation of $10.
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re: Question 'How do I make the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer work in Windows 98?'
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 8:44 am
Posted by Ed
(741 messages posted)
On the separate question of how to make a Windows XP application (such as Micro$oft's
Picture and Fax Viewer) work in Windows 98, there are two approaches.
On the one hand, some WinXP software can be enticed to run in Win9x by installing
the Microsoft Layer for Unicode. This is a single .dll file named UNICOWS.DLL that
supplies certain Unicode functions not included in Win9x. The only requirement is
that it must be copied to the directory in which the WinXP program in question resides
(as it can't supply system-wide Unicode support). You end up with a lot of copies
of UNICOWS.DLL but at least there are no Registry entries or other settings to complicate
matters.
Microsoft Layer for Unicode -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/magazine/cc301794.aspx
On the other hand, some WinXP software can only be induced to run on a Win9x system
if you install KernelEx on the Windows 9x system, which replaces KERNEL32.DLL (the
living heart of Windows 98!) with a new version of that file which includes support
for some routines ("function calls") needed by WinXP, that Win9x doesn't ordinarily
have.
KernelEx homepage -
http://x86.neostrada.pl/KernelEx/
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