Veiwing photos (i cant)

cookyr · Post by **cookyr** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:28 am

Ok guys heres my problem

I downloaded service pack 2 and when i tried to go onto my online game it wouldn't let me so i wiped it from my pc now when i try and view a picture i get nothing not even a blank screen its as if i haven't clicked to view the pic

please help

ghettoside · Post by **ghettoside** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:48 am

try My Computer> Tools (from drop down menu)>Folder Options>File Types

reassociate your .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .bmp, .bmp files with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (set them to open with the viewer)

see if that does it

cookyr · Post by **cookyr** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:00 pm

still wont work they only way i can view them is to right click and open with paint

ghettoside · Post by **ghettoside** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:08 pm

cookyr wrote:still wont work they only way i can view them is to right click and open with paint

what app are they associated with right now?

ghettoside · Post by **ghettoside** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:12 pm

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer

If for some reason it's not already in the list, you can force the association by following these steps, still in Windows Explorer:

* On the Tools menu, click Folder Options...
* Click on the File Types tab.
* Scroll down to the extension you care about, for example "JPG".
* Press the Restore button, if it exists.
* Press the Advanced button.
* Click on the Open action.
* Click on Edit...
* In the Application used to perform action: enter C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1. Where "C:\WINDOWS" is the directory containing your Windows installation.
* Press OK

You'll want to repeat that for every extension (GIF, JPG, JPEG, etc.) for which you want to change the behavior.

Update: Another approach to re-installing Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is to click on Start, Run... and type in:

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

I've never seen this problem before. I have seen a problem on a few boxes after removal of AOL, but re-assocaiting the pics w/ pic and fax viewer has always fixed it.