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Comment from Charles on 2008-04-15

2008-04-15T15:21:32Z

i use windows fax for my fax. when i clickon view, adobe photoshop opens the file with only the first page showing.
how do i get it to show all the pages? how do i change the viewer to some other program? like windows pic and fax view?
thanks
a fast answer is appreciated.
Charles

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Comment from André Beauséjour on 2008-02-05

2008-02-05T22:59:55Z

I don't like W.P.&F.V. because every damn picture I happen to see anywhere on the web and/or receive through e-mail as an attached document goes into the WPFV memory of which I did not find any way of getting rid of AT ONCE.

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Comment from nathan on 2007-11-01

2007-11-01T08:17:24Z

Thanks for your help. You answered other peoples questions and therefore helped me. Sincere thanks

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Comment from Boyd Campbell on 2007-09-06

2007-09-06T18:17:54Z

So here's one for you: I already knew everything you've said in this article. However, concerning my GIF files, when I check the "Always use the selected program..." checkbox and click ok, it'll open the file that one time in my app (IE 7). But after that, it auto-defaults back to Windows Pic & Fax viewer. I even unregistered the DLL as stated above. Now, when you double click the file, the hourglass flashes for a split second and then nothing happens. I've been up and down looking at everything I could find to make the change permanent...no go. Could it possibly have something to do with IE 7? Thanks much for any help you can lend!

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Comment from Francisco Leo Hortillosa on 2007-08-08

2007-08-08T08:22:23Z

When I am trying to download my picture in the required box,it won't print and I can't send it ,even do how many times I have tried it.I Installed it in my computer as Picture.jpg under "Piicture and Fax Viewer" Can you help me how to download it in appropiate box

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Comment from Harika on 2007-08-01

2007-08-01T09:27:20Z

when i am trying to open my pictures with windows picture and fax viewer i am getting this error "Error in loading shimgvw.dll". How can i overcome this problem?Please help me.

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Comment from marc on 2007-05-22

2007-05-23T06:49:24Z

hi, when i open a file in hotmail with pictures attached they are displayed as a box with a red "x" in the corner. how can i view it in the first hotmail screen, without having to click on the file itself to download it?

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Comment from Rick Huff on 2007-04-28

2007-04-29T03:17:42Z

I do want Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to be the default image viewer, but I want to change the Edit Picture button from Paint to Photoshop, how can this be done while keeping WPFV the default?

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Comment from Terry Hollett on 2007-03-31

2007-03-31T21:26:07Z

I had to disable that piece of crap called the 'picture/fax viewer'. It wouldn't let me change and use my choice of program 'ACDSee'.

to do this:
click on 'Run' and then type in the box:

regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll

I was setting up WinXP on my nephews computer for them and discovered one fault of this procedure, you cannot change your picture on your account.

to reverse it:

regsvr32 %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll

One question: I noticed on your page you have certain words underlined and when you pass the mouse over them a ballon ad appears. When I do this in 'Opera', the fonts go crazy; then get large and start merging together. Becomes a jumbled mess. Refreshing clears it up unless I do it again.

I also have the 'Seamonkey' browser on my system. It seems to be just an 'Opera' issue.

WinXP Home and 'Opera 9.10' - the latest version.

http://www.geocities.com/terryhollett2003/shimgvw.html

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Comment from oldanalyst on 2007-03-31

2007-03-31T14:14:00Z

Using the right mouse button and selecting a viewer would not work for me. XP would always try to use Notepad if I tried this approach. Using the Tools/Folder options approach worked fine.

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Comment from Roman Haraburda on 2006-12-08

2006-12-08T20:29:52Z

Un fortunately your simple fix does not work for microsoft Photoeditor. Even messing with the registry and changing file types did not make photoed.exe the default viewer and image editor.

In addition, with me messing about with the registry, I think that I have manged to dissociate MS paint from WP&F viewer i.e. if I open an image with WP&F viewer, clicking on the edit icon, the WP&F viewers closes but NO image editor opens. Can you help with either problem?
Hope you can help.

Thanks

Roman

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Comment from albert on 2006-09-01

2006-09-02T03:20:38Z

help. i'new to this so please be gentle. when I get apic from somone [email] often it is a thumbnail. to see it i clk on scan and save then i have to click on download atachment, then the pic appears on the sceen in the "microsof pics and fax window. problem is there are hundreds of odd ball pics sines dots ,and partial images. thers porn dots bits and pieces of logos..... hundreds of them. also I cant access this any other waybut thru email whats up how do istop it and how do i erasethi garbage thax aj

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Comment from Martin on 2006-06-11

2006-06-11T07:51:41Z

Hi Leo This is a related question. I DO want WPFV to be my defult viewer, and it is - BUT, I want to open Adobe Photoshop, when I press the Edit Image button (Last but one -ie just b4 the question mark - on the toolbar below the pic in WPFV.) This USED to work, but stopped after some other change... Can you help, pls? Many thanks, Martin

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2006-05-31

2006-05-31T16:09:45Z

I believe you want this article: http://ask-leo.com/what_if_i_want_windows_picture_and_fax_viewer.html

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Comment from Sheila Kinney on 2006-05-31

2006-05-31T14:45:47Z

Dear Leo,
My question is opposite. I want my default to be windows picture and fax viewer. It was my default until I installed Photo Explosion and then that software took over. I had so much trouble with it that I finally had to uninstall it. When I did, the default picture opener became some fragment of a piece of software that I had removed over a year ago. I can go to 'open with' dropdown and it will go to windows pictures and fax viewer, but I want it as default. Also, and maybe most important, when I emailed a picture or scanned document from windows pictures and fax viewer, there was a pop up box that would come up automatically and ask if I wanted to resize the picture. I ALWAYS used it so the pictures would send quickly and they could be opened and weren't too big. Now that feature does now come up! I am in a world of hurt without that as I send a lot of artwork in my business. Please, Please tell me how to make windows picture and fax veiwer my default and restore the pop up resizer! I have done two computer searches and can't even find were it is installed so I can put in the exe. path. P.S. I have XP Pro.
Thanks very much for your help,
Sheila Kinney

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Comment from john on 2006-05-14

2006-05-14T19:57:03Z

hi i have been trying to download windows picture and fax viewer.
i did have it but for some reason my pictures will not preview,
all i see is a pic of a boat in the sunset.
so when i try to upload pics to my site i cant please help

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Comment from abhay zulkanthiwar on 2006-03-29

2006-03-30T04:32:47Z

pls give me file nae that use windows picture and fax viewer application
for ex. if we user microsoft word then it user winword.exe applciation files

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Comment from G on 2006-03-28

2006-03-28T11:55:32Z

Hey shawn ,my hats off to you m8 ,that problems been on my back for over a month now ,thanks alot

regards

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Comment from John Reineman on 2006-03-21

2006-03-22T03:36:16Z

Your suggestion on how to restore the picture and fax viewer worked perfectly! Thank you for your expertise!

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Comment from tea on 2006-03-21

2006-03-21T09:07:21Z

Thank you Shawn. I had the same problem with my windows picture and fax viewer which is now solved thanks to you.

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Comment from Hal on 2006-02-11

2006-02-11T22:02:09Z

Hi Leo,

Based on your suggestion on you February 7, 2006 10:39 AM post, you use and recommend Firehand Ember. Since I couldn’t get WPFV to work on my Win2K machine, I decided to go for your suggestion. I downloaded Firehand Ember and its companion software Firehand Lightning. I had the following experience.

First, Ember was a viewer but did not have a “rotate” option unless you get the paid version. Both Ember and Lightning did not meet my needs so I uninstalled them. Second, as a normal part of pc maintenance, I ran a DEEP/Full scan using Lavasoft, Spybot and Microsoft’s Anti-Spyware (MSAS). Lavasoft and Spybot did not pick up anything other than adware. However, MSAS found a password stealing Trojan (PWS.Bancos.A) and classified the treat as severe. This Trojan had embedded itself into the system registry and I had to clean it. Afterwards, my company’s network Norton Anti Virus program no longer worked and our tech support still has to fix it. I also no longer am able to successfully update MSAS definitions since each time I do so, it says it is successful downloading the latest update but when I try it again, MSAS re-downloads the same update. Redownloading MSAS did not fix that issue either.

Although I can not say definitively that my Win2K got the Trojan through Firehand’s software, I had not downloaded any other software on my Win2K machine anytime recently. I also did a scan on my 2nd WinXP machine (which sits side by side with my Win2K machine) which I did not download the Firehand’s software and it's scan came up clean. For me to definitively say that Firehand’s software was the culprit for the Password Stealing Trojan, I would have to reinstall the two Firehand software after I cleaned my machine and rescan. Having encountered other problems (and considering Password stealing software scares me greatly), I don’t want to do this test. Just a word of warning to those who plan to download free software from unfamiliar sources, downloader beware!

After all this, I downloaded Google’s free picture viewer/editor Picasa. From what I have seen, I love it. It has viewing, rotating, editing (contrast, color, red eye removal, etc.) capabilities and a lot more. The only thing I didn’t like was it automatically scanned in ALL pictures in my computer. Wanting to have full control of what Picasa has access to, I just went in and changed the setting of which folders I want Picasa to scan and quickly make available to you. My recommendation, download Picasa. It is great (and free).

Hal

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Comment from Ted M. on 2006-02-10

2006-02-11T00:33:39Z

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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Comment from Varun on 2006-02-03

2006-02-04T04:30:46Z

Hi Shawn,

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

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Comment from Shawn on 2006-01-28

2006-01-28T17:07:39Z

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 )

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Comment from Darwin on 2006-01-27

2006-01-27T19:09:37Z

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

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Comment from Shawn on 2006-01-26

2006-01-26T23:48:33Z

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.

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Comment from Ralph on 2006-01-26

2006-01-26T17:20:16Z

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

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Comment from Jordan S. on 2006-01-09

2006-01-09T16:14:04Z

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.

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Comment from Jim G. on 2006-01-01

2006-01-02T00:12:34Z

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...

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Comment from Yury P on 2005-10-29

2005-10-29T20:16:23Z

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

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Comment from Matt on 2005-06-25

2005-06-25T15:22:50Z

Thanks!!!

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