Eduard Koller [MSFT]
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:28 am Post subject:
Re: shimgvw.dll - Why Does It Get Unregisterd |
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If you allow Quick Time to register itself as the default JPG viewer, it
will most likely "unregister" the previous default viewer. Re-registering
shimgvw should fix your problems.
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"TomB" <TomB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | David, thanks again. Perhaps I'm one of those "idiots" but I haven't been
to
the store lately. My system has Quick Time (which was what usually opened
standalone .JPG files on my hard drive), Photoshop and Dell Picture
Studio.
My wife's system (she actually created the troublesome CD) also has some
Kodak camera/photo software. In the context of our dialog, perhaps my
initial question should have been why WPFV didn't run against the .JPG
files
on the CD.
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Tom Buggy
"David Candy" wrote:
Because the user went to the shop with money and bought a program. Then
took it home and installed it. The program assumes the user wants to use
what they just paid money for so sets itself to open graphic files. As
most users are idiots and a lot of modern stuff comes with crappy image
editors you will find they will have multiple image programs installed.
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"TomB" <TomB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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David, thanks. You've explained well the associations aspect versus
"unregistration." However, I don't understand "breaking the user's
installed
software preference." I'm not aware that such a preference was ever
set by
me. WPFV worked on my computer before I attempted to use it on this
CD.
Then it didn't work on any other CD. How did the "preference" get
reset to
cause WPFV not to work?
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Tom Buggy
"David Candy" wrote:
It's taking back associations from programs that have been installed.
It is not unregistered, it is that registration also sets file
associations (for this specific file). Registration isn't about
associations - it's an added bonus. The only reason a user would type
regsvr32 on a file is if this does something more than registration.
In this case you are breaking the users installed software preference
and forcing them to use Window's components.
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Read David defending the concept of violence.
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"TomB" <TomB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I created multiple CDs from a folder of .JPG files via the "Write
Files to
CD" feature of XP. When the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (WPFV)
slideshow
is selected after inserting a CD it works on some computers and not
on
others. On computers where WPFV doesn't work (and now on any CD not
just the
newly created CDs), use of "regsvr32 shimgvw.dll" from Start/Run
resolves the
situation. I realize that what this does is re-register the DLL.
But, why
did the DLL get unregistered (or whatever)?
My concern is that the situation can/may/will occur again and create
an
exposure for those to whom I send photo CDs (some of whom don't know
a DLL
from a brick, let alone how to -re-register one).
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Tom Buggy
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