Re: How do I

--- In [email protected], Sharon <gensha_2006@...> wrote:
>
> get GIMP to stop opening image attachments in my email? I prefer to
open 
> them with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer and now I can't find that
program.
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Sharon
>
hi found the following instructions with a google search. it gives you
a few alternative options to restore the windows print and fax viewer
sa yr default. 

restoring Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as the viewer for images:

    * Note what file extension you want to change the default for.
That's the ".jpg", ".gif", and so on at the end of the filename. It
indicates the type of picture, and more importantly, it's what Windows
uses to decide what program to use to display it.
    * Open up Windows Explorer. (The Windows Key + E, on many keyboards.)
    * Find any file with that same extension.
    * Right-click on the filename, and select Open With ....
    * Select Choose Program at the bottom of the list that's displayed.
    * In the resulting dialog box, "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer"
should already be listed. Click on it.
    * Check the box labeled "Always use the selected program to open
this kind of file".
    * Press OK

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

and press OK. Then press OK again on the resulting success message



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