Viewing WinXP thumbnails in something other than Windows Pictureand Fax Viewer ('cuz it's gone)
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From: Paul Furman on 30 Jun 2008 18:04 tony cooper wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:57:03 -0700, Tom <twilson3(a)hotmail.com> 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??? > > 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. One other possibility is adding shortcuts to the "Send To" menu which can be found here: C:\Users\paul\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo\ What I do is set irfanview as the default then set up Alt-F-E in irfanview to open the file in photoshop. -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam
From: Lord Possum on 30 Jun 2008 18:09 Paul Furman wrote: > tony cooper wrote: >> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:57:03 -0700, Tom <twilson3(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Two questions: >>> What does Windows use to view thumbnails? (Windows Picture & Fax >>> Viewer???) ========================================= You get get rid of the pesky default Win Pix & Fax View by entering the following on a RUN Command Line, then return: regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll Lord Possum
From: Paul Furman on 30 Jun 2008 19:17 Tom wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:05:27 -0400, tony cooper wrote: >> You don't delete Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. You merely choose >> another program to automatically open .jpg files. WP&FV is the >> default. > > That's the whole point. Apparently we only get four (4) slots for programs > in the short list of the Windows JPEG context menu. I've got 11 options for 'Open With' right-clicking a jpeg. > The top slot is taken by Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, which I've never > used so I don't want WPAFV to take up the premier menu position. It's option number 8 on my system. Maybe that's a bonus with the Vista Ultimate edition? > If I try your method to make FastoneFX in that top-four list, it simply > kicks out one of the other three (3) programs, such as the tried and true > Irfanview! That's not what I want. I want to kick out Windows Picture and > Fax Viewer. > > There must be some way to replace the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer slot > in the JPEG context menu with a useful program (such as Irfanview, > Paint.Net, FastoneFX, Exifer, etc.) > > Does someone know how to remove Windows Picture and Fax Viewer from the jpg > context m -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam
From: David Catterall on 2 Jul 2008 18:01 Tom wrote: > David Catterall wrote: > >>> Is there a way to manually add a new context menu item to the right click >>> on a JPEG? >> What did you dislike about the third tab in Explorer's Folder Options? > > The first tab is File, the second is Edit, the third is View. > Under View, it's set to Thumbnails, Arrange Icon by Name. Tom, I'm talking about "Folder Options" found under "Tools" in the top menu of Explorer. When the window stops filling with types you can quickly (three strokes within a second) type "J P G" to highlight "JPEG Image" which can be edited with the button marked "Advanced". David
From: David Catterall on 2 Jul 2008 19:04
Tom wrote: > I tried the following: > Edit File Type -> New Action -> > - Action: openwith > - Application used to perform action: > C:\freeware\editors\fastone\FSViewer.exe > > The interesting thing is this created a brand new JPG menu right-click item > called "openwith" which opened in Fastone, but it didn't add to the open > with sub menu. Tom, Let the "Open with" submenu go its own sweet way! One small change to the above points the way to a great right-click Menu for the JPEGs: - Action: View with Fast One <------------ - Application used to perform action: C:\freeware\editors\fastone\FSViewer.exe so you can now add things like - Action: Irfan View - Application used to perform action: C:\freeware\editors\Irfan\Irfan.exe to fill up your right-click menu. It's midnight in Ireland so ... "Nighty-night" David |