Viewing WinXP thumbnails in something other than Windows Picture and Fax Viewer ('cuz it's gone)
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From: Tom on 30 Jun 2008 13:53 Does anyone know what program is used to view WinXp thumbnails by default? ('cuz mine is gone) I think I did get rid of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, but, now I can't see thumbnails in Windows XP! Can we set the program to view thumbnails? Here's what happened so far (drat): 0. Here is what I still HAVE in my menu when right clicking on a JPEG Open With: - Windows picture and fax viewer - Irfanview - Paint.Net - Paint - Choose Program Here's what I WANT in that JPEG context menu: Open With: - Irfanview - Paint.Net - Paint - FastoneFS - Choose Program NOTE: I'd never open with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer so that's why I want it out of that JPG context menu! How do we replace "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" with "FastoneFS" without losing the ability to view thumbnails in Windows XP?
From: Tom on 30 Jun 2008 13:57 On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:53:55 -0700, Tom wrote: > Does anyone know what program is used to view WinXp thumbnails by default? > ('cuz mine is gone) > How do we replace "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" with "FastoneFS" without > losing the ability to view thumbnails in Windows XP? Here's what I had TRIED to get rid of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. BTW, I think I did get rid of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, but, now I can't see thumbnails in Windows XP! 1. I got really tired of always having to scroll when right clicking on photos to open them up in secondary freeware photo editors such as FastoneFS so I wanted to put FastoneFS on this "Open With" context menu. 2. Since I never use "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" (or so I had thought), I looked up how to delete the "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer". 3. Now that I've deleted the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, I don't see my thumbnails in Windows XP anymore. Sigh. Two questions: What does Windows use to view thumbnails? (Windows Picture & Fax Viewer???) How should I have added FastoneFX to the JPG context menu anyway? Can we change the Windows default thumbnail viewer to Irfanview???
From: Tom on 30 Jun 2008 14:04 On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:57:03 -0700, Tom wrote: > Two questions: > What does Windows use to view thumbnails? (Windows Picture & Fax Viewer???) > How should I have added FastoneFX to the JPG context menu anyway? > Can we change the Windows default thumbnail viewer to Irfanview??? OK. That's THREE questions! To help you help me, here is the advice I had followed to get rid of the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer in my JPG OpenWith context menu. Start -> Run -> regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll But that didn't work to remove Windows Picture and Fax Viewer from the JPG openwith context menu. Googling some more, I found this page: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/03/17/how-to-turn-off-image-preview-thumbnail-and-disable-windows-picture-and-fax-viewer-in-windows-xp/ titled How to Turn Off Image Preview Thumbnail and Disable Windows Picture and Fax Viewer in Windows XP But, I didn't want to remove the thumbnail preview ...... I just wanted to remove the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer from my JPG congtext menu! I just ran: Start -> Run -> regsvr32 shimgvw. And my thumbnails are back! That leaves two questions: How can I add FastoneFX freeware to the JPG context menu to replace Windows Picture and Fax Viewer? Can we change the Windows default thumbnail viewer to Irfanview freeware?
From: Tom on 30 Jun 2008 14:09 On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:04:47 -0700, Tom wrote: > That leaves two questions: > How can I add FastoneFX freeware to the JPG context menu to replace > Windows Picture and Fax Viewer? > Can we change the Windows default thumbnail viewer to Irfanview freeware? I tried removing the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer but it doesn't show up in the CCLeaner remove programs GUI. It didn't work (nothing changed) to delete the "ShellImagePreview" key in the registry as described in a lot of web pages (so I had to put it back). HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview Does everyone have a (rather useless) Windows Picture and Fax Viewer in their open with context menu when they right click on a JPG in Windows? Did YOU replace that context menu item with something more useful? How?
From: tony cooper on 30 Jun 2008 15:05
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:57:03 -0700, Tom <twilson3(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:53:55 -0700, Tom wrote: > >> Does anyone know what program is used to view WinXp thumbnails by default? >> ('cuz mine is gone) > >> How do we replace "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" with "FastoneFS" without >> losing the ability to view thumbnails in Windows XP? > > >Here's what I had TRIED to get rid of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. > >BTW, I think I did get rid of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, but, now I >can't see thumbnails in Windows XP! > >1. I got really tired of always having to scroll when right clicking on >photos to open them up in secondary freeware photo editors such as >FastoneFS so I wanted to put FastoneFS on this "Open With" context menu. > >2. Since I never use "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" (or so I had >thought), I looked up how to delete the "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer". > >3. Now that I've deleted the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, I don't see my >thumbnails in Windows XP anymore. Sigh. > >Two questions: >What does Windows use to view thumbnails? (Windows Picture & Fax Viewer???) >How should I have added FastoneFX to the JPG context menu anyway? >Can we change the Windows default thumbnail viewer to Irfanview??? If you are in "My Computer" (XP), and you want to open a .jpg file in FastStone, find any image in the list of .jpgs, right click on that file, in the drop-down go to OPEN WITH. Choose "FSViewer" and the image will open in FastStone. If "FSViewer" is not on the list, and it won't be until you add it, go to CHOOSE PROGRAM in the drop-down, pick "FSViewer" and check the box that says "Always open with this program". Now, every time you click on a .jpg file name or icon in MY COMPUTER, the image will open in FastStone. You don't delete Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. You merely choose another program to automatically open .jpg files. WP&FV is the default. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |