re: Question about 'How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?'
Saturday, May 15, 2004 at 4:45 pm
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Posted by kwaide
(2 messages posted)
To begin with: Solution 1 is Not in my Registery,
Solution 2 Did Not work,
When I done a search for the value {e84 ___6066}.
Found IT in HKEY_Local_machine\software\M$\Win$\
CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved
Now should I delete it here, TOO ????????
Or is the unregistering the dll doing this? in this area?
I would like to know more about Where M$ keeps the files,
that it sees in this useless annoying software.
email me direct for better communications PLEASE,
Thank You...................
To disable the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, you can unregister shimgvw.dll. This
can be done by opening a MS-DOS command prompt and typing this into it: regsvr32
/u shimgvw.dll . Set a restore point first.... To find any lost pictures do a wildcard
search,(including hidden folders, and searching the whole computer) ie *jpg or *bmp
or *png etc. Once rounded up, why not specify a default folder where uploads from
your camera etc. are to be put.
On Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 3:15 pm, lb wrote:
>How do I turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer?
>
>Intended For
>Windows XP only
>
>Once again, Microsoft isn't following their own rules. The Windows Picture and Fax
>Viewer is set as the default image viewer for all sorts of file types in Windows
>XP. Unfortunately, choosing a new program as the default in the File Types window
>won't change this, and there's no option in the Windows interface that can disable
>this component. It's a really stupid design, and it takes a Registry change to fix
>it:
>Solution #1:
>
>Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
>Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ SystemFileAssociations\ image\ ShellEx\ ContextMenuHandlers.
>Delete the ShellImagePreview key.
>Close the Registry Editor when you're done; the change will take effect immediately.
>Solution #2:
>
>Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
>Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\ {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}\ shellex.
>Delete the MayChangeDefaultMenu key.
>Close the Registry Editor when you're done; the change will take effect immediately.
>
>
>
>LB
>
>
On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 2:51 pm, James wrote:
>To disable the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, you can unregister shimgvw.dll. This
>can be done by opening a MS-DOS command prompt and typing this into it:
>regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll .
> Set a restore point first....
>
>To find any lost pictures do a wildcard search,(including hidden folders, and searching
>the whole computer) ie *jpg or *bmp or *png etc. Once rounded up, why not specify
>a default folder where uploads from your camera etc. are to be put.
>
>
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