How do I make something other than "Picture and FAX Viewer" the default for viewing pictures?

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Thanks!!!

I recently got a new computer with Windows XP on it, everything is pretty much the same as my old PC which also had XP on it, but it seems as if the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer has changed. Before it had an additional toolbar that let me resize, crop, and edit pictures. Now, it is nowhere to be found. Anyone have any idea on this? Thanks, Yury

I've tried everything I can think of or ideas I've found but nothing or no one seems to be able to help. My picture and fax viewer doesn't work. When I click on a folder with pics in it and try to view the thumbnail pics, all I get is a square box with a little picture of a sailboat and sunset in it. When I double click or try to open the pics I get nothing. I click on a pic one time and it highlights itself with a blue frame around it and thats it...

I have the same problem as Jim G.
I am unable to view any images in explorer; I can't preview them on the bar on the left, the thumbnail doesn't display, and windows fax and picture viewer doesn't work(slide shows, etc).
This problem started occurring after I updated my XP SP2.
Any help would be great.

Great fix...albeit simple enough, I've overlooked that......Thank you so much..

Ahh, i'm having the same exact problem as Jim and Jordan...sort of. When I double click any image (doesn't matter what extension it is) it won't open up in Picture and FAX Viewer anymore, and it used to...So when I want to view pictures I can't. Any help would be appreciated.

I have the same problem as Jim, Jordan, and Shawn.

I've got my problem solved, so for Jim, Jordan and Darwin try this: Click on the Start Menu -> Go to Run... and type in regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll and hit OK.

(I found this in another tutorial, http://ask-leo.com/what_if_i_want_windows_picture_and_fax_viewer.html )

Hi Shawn,

I had the same issue and it got resolved with the solution you posted. Thanks a million.

Hey, Shawn,

Thank you so much! I also had the same problem with
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer not responding.
I entered your script, and the viewer WAS RESTORED!
Thanks again, buddy!

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