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Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Donniesito, 2002/04/18.

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  1. 2002/04/18
    Donniesito

    Donniesito Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hey everyone:
    I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to disable WinXP's built in picture viewer? I have my own viewer I prefer to use, but when I double click on a picture, WinXP's built in viewer pops up. I've tried re-assigning the file types so it automatically opens my preferred program, but it doesn't work....

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
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    Daizy

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    Hi Donniesito
    How comfortable are you working with your registry? I found this:
    Run regedit Change the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit\command to be the photoeditor you prefer. For example, from "%systemroot%\system32\mspaint.exe" "%1" to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\PhotoEd\Photoed.exe" "%1" close regedit.

    Daizy
     
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    unixfan

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    Unregister Picture Viewer - Start > Run...

    regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll

    To get PV back, re-register:

    regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

    See also Picture and Fax Viewer
     
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  5. 2002/04/19
    Donniesito

    Donniesito Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hey -- Thanks for the info everyone ;-) Much appreciated
     
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