re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 7:56 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Bob Cerelli (2137 messages posted) If the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is set as the default for many of your graphic file types, you can remove it so other graphics programs can be used. Run Regedit Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT / SystemFileAssociations / image / ShellEx / ContextMenuHandlers Rename or Delete the key ShellImagePreview Bob Cerelli On Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 7:13 pm, Paul wrote: >I have a question about How >do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?: > >I tried the obvious (Tools->Folder Options, File Types, change the associations), >and then the unobvious (the two registry changes in the article), and nothing keeps >Windows Picture and Fax Viewer from being the default viewer for jpg and gif instead >of Image Eye. I even looked in the Image Eye help file - it give the same two registry >changes that didn't work. > >Anyone have any other ideas? > >Thanks, >Paul Written in response to: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Paul: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 7:13 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Paul: Thursday, March 27, 2003 at 2:48 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Laurie: Monday, April 14, 2003 at 9:21 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (James King: Monday, September 8, 2003 at 5:31 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Paul: Wed, Mar 26, 2003, 7:13 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Bob Cerelli: Wed, Mar 26, 2003, 7:56 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Paul: Thu, Mar 27, 2003, 2:48 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Laurie: Mon, Apr 14, 2003, 9:21 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (James King: Mon, Sep 8, 2003, 5:31 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Casey: Wed, Mar 26, 2003, 8:01 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Adam Bradley: Wed, Mar 26, 2003, 9:36 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Paul: Thu, Mar 27, 2003, 3:28 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Chris Wilks: Tue, Jun 24, 2003, 4:32 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Wedge: Wed, Jul 16, 2003, 4:55 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum