


Second Error: Cannot find the file ….(location of the file)…(or one of its components). This is odd since my shimgvw.dll is located in C:\WINNT\system32 However, when I try to open a JPG, I get two error messages.įirst Error: RUNDLL – Error loading C:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll. I then add “rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1” to the File Open properties for JPG. When I Go to Start/Run and type: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll, the RegSvr32 dialog box shows with the message: DllRegisterServer in shimgvw.dll succeeded. Trying to get it enabled on a Win2K machine but have not been successful. I have WPFV on my WinXP machine and love it. any help?ītw Leo – I own a small Coffee Shop, if you help me out, I’ll buy you a Viente Caramel Macciatto Triple-Shot.
IMAGE VIEWER FOR WINDOWS 7 RUN COMMAND INSTALL
So what I need is the WPFV install file…I can find lots of remove files, and things about it…but I can’t find the file itself. I right-click and choose to open with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, and I get nothing. Double-click a picture, I get an error that the pic (any of them) is not a valid WIN32 application. some of the older folders of pictures that I had have the file icon with the mini-thumbnails inside, but when I open the file, just picture icons again, no thumbnails. Start – My Pictures: I see the file names and “Icons” but the Icons are not the normal thumbnail pictures, but just a “Picture” Icon (the red sky with the sailboat).
IMAGE VIEWER FOR WINDOWS 7 RUN COMMAND PRO
Here’s whats happening on my XP Pro machine: but for some reason it stopped working about a year ago…I started using HP Image Zone Express as a stand-in, but it doesn’t find the files like I need… we’ve hit the proverbial Brick Wall …įinally…I’ve been looking for this page forever…(about 6 months). Make sure the pathĪnd filename are correct and that all required libraries are available.’ ‘Cannot find the file ‘C:\My Documents\My Pictures\Cliff in Clouds.jpg’ (or one of its components).

Got same RUNDLL error msg … and an error msg related to the JPG picture … Next tried right click and ‘Open With’ and selected ‘Shell Image View Control’ ‘Error in C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll Next tried double left-click to open a standard JPG picture. (as per your post) in the ‘Application used to perform action:’ textbox … Ĭlick Ok and then OK to close Edit File Type.and then click Close to close out the Folder Options form. WinExplorer – Tools/Folder Options/File TypesĮntered: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1 What I need is the procedure for enabling the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer….Īt the present time, it is not even one of the choices when using ‘Open With’ … on a JPG or GIF file … Search for: shimgvw.dll and found two instances: However, didn’t solve my problem to wit: getting Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to function in WIN 2K Pro. (Thanks to comment poster Leon for this suggestion.) Then press OK again on the resulting success message. Is to click on Start, Run… and type in: regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dllĪnd press OK. Update: Another approach to re-installing You’ll want to repeat that for every extension ( GIF, JPG, JPEG, etc.) for “C:\WINDOWS” is the directory containing your Windows installation. In the Application used to perform action: enter C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exeĬ:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1.Press the Restore button, if it exists.Scroll down to the extension you care about, for example “JPG”.If for some reason it’s not already in the list, you can force theĪssociation by following these steps, still in Windows Explorer: Check the box labeled “Always use the selected program to.In the resulting dialog box, “Windows Picture and Fax Viewer” should.Select Choose Program at the bottom of the list that’s.Right-click on the filename, and select Open With.Find any file with that same extension.(The Windows Key + E, on many keyboards.) Picture, and more importantly, it’s what Windows uses to decide what program to gif”, and so on at the end of the filename. Note what file extension you want to change the default for.Needed to use Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as an OLE object.Īs for the second, restoring Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as the viewer So, to answer the first question: shimgvw.dll probably exposes the objects The command to run Windows Picture and Fax viewer is:Ĭ:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw. Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is invoked. It took a little spelunking using Process Explorer to determine the command line that is used when Turns out it’s easier to get rid of than it is to restore.
