re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' Tuesday, November 23, 2004 at 12:44 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Neil (1 messages posted) Thanks for posting this, also been searching for a fix and none of the registry changes worked. Your solution worked perfectly! On Sunday, September 5, 2004 at 4:42 am, RichDavies wrote: >I tried all the previous suggestions, but none of them worked. I did find a solution >that worked for me. I'm posting it just in case others like me are still searching >for a fix. > >I opened windows explorer - tools - folder options - files types. I selected the >.jpg file type and choose advanced. I could not find a "preview" option there, so >I decided to add one. I clicked New... entered a new action of "Preview" and for >the application I entered >rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll, ImageView_Fullscreen %1 > >I clicked OK, then selected the new Preview choice and clicked Set Default. Voila! > I had the preview as the default option again with both Open and Edit still available. > In the Picture and Fax viewer, when I click "Closes this program and opens the file >for editing" it still starts Paint Shop Pro. > >I especially liked this option as it didn't require editing the registry directly. > I hope it works for others. > > Written in response to: re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (RichDavies: Sunday, September 5, 2004 at 4:42 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (Prettywomanoffl: Wed, Mar 12, 2003, 6:37 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (jbmcmillan: Wed, Mar 12, 2003, 7:44 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (Jeff: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 4:27 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (Chevise: Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 8:29 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (Jeff: Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 9:03 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (GM: Wed, Mar 12, 2003, 8:37 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (Jeff: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 4:33 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (Greg Slater: Wed, Dec 28, 2005, 11:12 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (Phoenix: Thu, Mar 13, 2003, 10:52 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (Jeff: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 4:35 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (superflydragon: Wed, Apr 7, 2004, 1:57 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (superflydragon: Wed, Apr 7, 2004, 2:00 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (superflydragon: Wed, Apr 7, 2004, 2:02 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (Valdimar Helgasonq: Sun, Aug 1, 2004, 11:17 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (lolwhites: Sun, Aug 22, 2004, 2:12 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (ebert: Tue, Oct 5, 2004, 11:20 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (RichDavies: Sun, Sep 5, 2004, 4:42 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (Neil: Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 12:44 pm) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (Funkbone: Sat, Oct 2, 2004, 8:10 am) re: Question about 'How do I turn on the Windows Picture and Fax Viewerand make it as my default image viewer?' (trancer: Mon, Aug 20, 2007, 4:18 pm) THE actual SOLUTION, No REG changes or arguing. (Josh: Mon, Feb 21, 2005, 6:43 pm) 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