re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? Sunday, July 9, 2006 at 12:35 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jarvis (1 messages posted) I was having the same problem with the viewer and found your post. The first step didn't work, but the second step got everything up and running in good order again. I just wanted to say thank you. On Friday, January 27, 2006 at 6:19 pm, James Nairn wrote: >Fix is three stages >First, to restore Preview capability to Windows Explorer: > >Create a .reg file in notepad with the following contents: > >Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > >[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellEx] >[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}] >@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}" >[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx] >[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}] >@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}" > >Note: Repeat ShellEx pair for each root class (image extension) you want to repair > >Save the file as ShellEx.reg or something similar. Double click on it to update your >registry. > >Step two, to repair the Windows Picture and FaxViewer launch (default double-click >action). > >Enter at the Command/Run prompt: > >regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll > > >Finally, if you have changed default applications to offset the loss of FaxViewer, >you will need to set the default OPEN action back to Windows Picture and FaxViewer >(see earlier posts in this thread). >The Ctrl E function of WPFV will follow the EDIT action associated with that file >extension. > >It appears this functionality was disabled by an MS Patch application, though I have >yet to read which one it was. > > > > > Written in response to: re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (James Nairn: Friday, January 27, 2006 at 6:19 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Jessica: Wed, Oct 2, 2002, 4:05 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Bob Cerelli: Wed, Oct 2, 2002, 5:47 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Kersef: Thu, Feb 20, 2003, 8:26 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (John: Sun, Oct 5, 2003, 1:49 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Matt: Fri, Apr 16, 2004, 12:05 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Jim Atwood: Sun, Jan 22, 2006, 2:28 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Nicki: Thu, Jan 26, 2006, 4:56 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (James Nairn: Fri, Jan 27, 2006, 6:19 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (StevenF: Sat, Feb 18, 2006, 8:12 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (jai: Thu, Feb 23, 2006, 9:50 am) re: This fix works! (Kinnear Penman: Thu, Mar 30, 2006, 12:51 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Kaps: Fri, Apr 28, 2006, 11:19 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Trenika: Sat, Jul 29, 2006, 8:48 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (ATSS: Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 4:53 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Paradiso: Mon, May 14, 2007, 11:14 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Lida: Tue, Feb 19, 2008, 11:19 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (tpkdrummer: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 1:21 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Jay: Tue, May 9, 2006, 10:02 am) re: How Do I Associate Windows Picture & Fax Viewer in Firefox? (Patrick: Wed, May 10, 2006, 12:22 pm) re: Thanks (iiianydayiii: Wed, May 31, 2006, 2:15 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Jarvis: Sun, Jul 9, 2006, 12:35 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (nicky: Wed, Jul 26, 2006, 11:21 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (LALIT: Fri, Jun 22, 2007, 10:55 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Gary Collins: Fri, Jul 27, 2007, 10:33 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (gal: Tue, Aug 3, 2004, 10:23 am) How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On and how do i view my picture with preview (Austin: Sun, Aug 30, 2009, 5:56 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Richard: Sun, Sep 26, 2004, 10:48 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (ed: Mon, May 8, 2006, 6:13 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (fred vansamang: Wed, Dec 1, 2004, 6:25 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (fred: Sat, Dec 4, 2004, 7:19 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (rob b: Tue, Aug 23, 2005, 8:12 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (jk: Wed, Dec 7, 2005, 4:32 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Chuck C: Sat, Dec 17, 2005, 4:51 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (l3ft3r1s: Sun, Jan 22, 2006, 12:03 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Chuck C: Sat, Jan 28, 2006, 8:52 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Stitch: Wed, Feb 1, 2006, 5:35 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (l3ft3r1s: Sun, Jun 11, 2006, 9:16 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (James: Wed, Jan 25, 2006, 5:42 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (Howard: Wed, Sep 17, 2003, 5:37 pm) that fixes my problem with jpg images loading in view32 instead of W.P.&F.V. (Daniel: Thu, Oct 9, 2003, 8:52 pm) re: that fixes my problem with jpg images loading in view32 instead of W.P.&F.V. (Miles: Tue, Dec 16, 2003, 12:59 pm) re: that fixes my problem with jpg images loading in view32 instead of W.P.&F.V. (Keith: Tue, Jul 13, 2004, 5:17 pm) re: that fixes my problem with jpg images loading in view32 instead of W.P.&F.V. (michael: Sat, Apr 15, 2006, 11:24 am) re: that fixes my problem with jpg images loading in view32 instead of W.P.&F.V. (Yakov: Mon, Sep 10, 2007, 8:47 pm) re: that fixes my problem with jpg images loading in view32 instead of W.P.&F.V. (Joe Bowman: Wed, Sep 12, 2007, 8:18 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (RichardH: Thu, Jan 12, 2006, 6:51 am) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (katsunakii: Sat, Oct 13, 2007, 9:34 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (TailsK: Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 9:01 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? (: Wed, Jul 20, 2005, 6:46 pm) re: How Do I Turn Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Back On? 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