Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is missing on my computer

Anonymous
2009-10-19T14:07:53+00:00

I am trying to upload pictures from my digital camera and it goes to a box for cds ,  (like I want to put it on a cd) not the normal one that comes up for putting pictures in a file. I looked for " Windows Picture and Fax Viewer " and can not find it on my computer anywhere. I have no idea where it went. PLEASE help me recover this. I did a system restore back to when it was there, and still it is not there.

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2009-10-19T22:04:21+00:00

I am trying to upload pictures from my digital camera and it goes to a box for cds ,  (like I want to put it on a cd) not the normal one that comes up for putting pictures in a file. I looked for " Windows Picture and Fax Viewer " and can not find it on my computer anywhere. I have no idea where it went. PLEASE help me recover this. I did a system restore back to when it was there, and still it is not there.

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Just to verify...you must be running Win XP (not Vista) to

have WP&FV...

The following command should force a reinstall of WP&FV...

Go to...Start / Run and type

         (or copy/paste):

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

(yes, the space after the 2 and the space

after the i is required)

Press...Enter...

You should see a dialog box that says:

DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shimgvw.dll succeeded

John Inzer - MS-MVP - Digital Media Experience

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-08-08T20:15:30+00:00

    i have found the solution to hardware assited virtulization....there is an update to remove HAV requirments for using XP in Windows 7.....use it if your computer does not support HAV only....now i have XP running on 7 as a program**....why didnt any Microsoft Techs know this info???????**

    I havent been able to get it to run correctly as a program

    can you explain how you got this to work?

    that's a fancy hat you have there!

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-08-17T16:08:34+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-09-05T23:17:28+00:00

    I had a similar problem whereby WP&FV appeared to "vanish", and my pics could only be viewed on a Quicktime Image viewer.  You solution solved the problem for me.

    Greatly appreciated!

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-09-05T23:48:58+00:00

    I had a similar problem whereby WP&FV appeared to "vanish", and my pics could only be viewed on a Quicktime Image viewer.  You solution solved the problem for me.

    Greatly appreciated!

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    I can only guess you are referring to "regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll"...

    You're welcome and thanks for the update.

    Volunteer J - MS-MVP - Digital Media Experience - Notice_This is not tech support_I am a volunteer - Solutions that work for me may not work for you - ***Proceed at your own risk***

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