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re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?'
Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 11:37 am
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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 
Delete the key ShellImagePreview 

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm#fax_viewer



On Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 10:12 am, Amanda B. wrote: >I have a question related toHow >do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?:

>Whenever I try to print .tif faxes, the wizard pops up that requires me to go through >a number of steps before being able to print the document. I would like to disable >this wizard...it wastes time. I just wants to be able to print my fax immediately! >




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Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Amanda B.: Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 10:12 am)

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*re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Brian Karwoski: Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 2:28 pm)

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-Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Amanda B.: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 10:12 am)
-re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Bob Cerelli: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 11:37 am)
*re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?' (Brian Karwoski: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 2:28 pm)
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