April 2002
Beginner
640 pages
27h 54m
English
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Name
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
Synopsis
Simple
image viewer, capable of displaying
.bmp, .emf,
.gif, .jpeg,
.png, .tif, and
.wmf files.
To Open
Double-click any .emf,
.gif, .jpeg,
.bmp, .png,
or .tif file
Usage
rundll32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen filename
Description
The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer isn’t a standalone application in the traditional sense, but rather a simple viewer window. When Windows XP is first installed, it is the default viewer for the following file types:
- .emf
Enhanced Meta File
- .gif
Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format
- .jpeg
Joint Photographic Experts Group
- .bmp
Windows Bitmap
- .png
Portable Network Graphics
- .tif
Tagged Image File Format
- .wmf
Windows Meta File
Warning
An unfortunate design in the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer becomes
evident when you use the File Types dialog (see Folder Options, earlier in this chapter) to
try to change the default application for any of the above image file
formats. The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will still be opened when
you double-click on any image file. Furthermore, the only way to fix
this is to edit your Registry. To do this, open the Registry Editor
(described in Chapter 8), navigate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ SystemFileAssociations\
image\ ShellEx\ ContextMenuHandlers, and delete
the ShellImagePreview key entirely. Close the
Registry Editor when you’re done; the change will
take effect immediately.
Notes
The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is really a poor image viewer; just about any ...
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