Picture and Fax Preview is gone

[Wolfmight]

Well, Windows XP doesnt allow me to open "Picture and Fax Preview" anymore. I tried manually opening images with it and nothing happends. How can I solve this? If not, are there any programs out there that are similare or even less on resources that allow you to open images fast and use arrow keys to check through them. I used this alot for my Digital Camera shots and really need it bad. Why is it gone anyways? wtf

[tesco]

infranview, acdsee.
if you have a legal\bought version of windows xp then you can get the new microsoft "photostory" but i dunno if it's any good since it wont work for me :(

[fkdup74]

think i saw some kinda fix for that here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
browse it and see :)

[Wolfmight]

think i saw some kinda fix for that here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
browse it and see :)
didnt work, I'll try that other microsoft program

edit: nvm.. new activation crap.. i aint touchin that.

any other ideas? Infraview doesnt seem to have a previewer as fast as the Picture and Fax one.. or is there one? How do I find it? ACD see sorta had one, but it used twice as many resources

[Jon L. Obscene]

Are you sure you hav'nt installed something which has altered the default viewer?
Right click a pic and see what it's set to open with.

Otherwise maybe a system restore is your only option :)

Jonno :cool:

[Wolfmight]

i beilieve ACD See took it away. Well, i uninstalled that and it didnt put it back! Dammit.

btw, I never use system restore... it's allways bad.

[fkdup74]

didnt work, I'll try that other microsoft program

edit: nvm.. new activation crap.. i aint touchin that.

any other ideas? Infraview doesnt seem to have a previewer as fast as the Picture and Fax one.. or is there one? How do I find it? ACD see sorta had one, but it used twice as many resourceswell, i did say i THOUGHT
(now you know a little about my thinking, its kinda fkdup) :P
anyway, glad to see ya got it sorted :)
oops, misread, it DIDNT put it back..hmmm...
have you tried going into your file associations through windows explorer?

[Wolfmight]

well, i did say i THOUGHT
(now you know a little about my thinking, its kinda fkdup) :P
anyway, glad to see ya got it sorted :)
oops, misread, it DIDNT put it back..hmmm...
have you tried going into your file associations through windows explorer?
yep... I dont know why it's so hard to find.. maybe I can find it in Add/Remove

[fkdup74]

well, this aint gonna fix windows, but...
if you have paintshop or photoshop installed, they have browsers :P
if not, dont worry about it, you dont need a 150-300 MB install just to see pics :P


-edit- quote from another forum:

Type this into the run command box and it should then start opening in the picture viewer
regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll
worth a shot i guess :P