Photoviewer no longer working


  1. gallicbear
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    Windows 7 and XP
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    Photoviewer no longer working


    Hi there. All of a sudden my windows photo and fax viewer no longer works. I click on a picture and nothing happens. It always worked. Even when I click to open it with the photo galley, no response either. Nothing, zilch. Online, people talk about shimgvw.dll. When I try those things, there is always an error about it not being a valid dll. My pictures still have in properties to be open by Windows Photo and fax viewer. I didn't install anything before this happened. Thanks for helping.
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  3. ThrashZone
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    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
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    You might try turning Media features off and boot when prompted then return and turn them back on ?
    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5023-windows-features-turn-off.html
    Troubleshooting for win-7,
    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/220165-troubleshooting-steps-windows-7-a.html
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  4. gallicbear
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    Thanks, ThrashZone. Turning Media features off hasn't done anything for me. I'm looking into other troubleshooting steps as suggested.
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  6. Stephanie
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    Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, Linux Light x86
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    Hi gallicbear

    This is not a fix but do have a look at JPEGView - Image Viewer and Editor its free and very customisable.



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  7. gallicbear
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    I appreciate the tip, Stephanie. Will install it and try it out.
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  8. gallicbear
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    I like JPEGview! In a sense more practical than Windows Photo Viewer. Thanks.
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  10. ThrashZone
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    Almost anything is a better alternative to windows photo viewer,
    Never heard of jpegview but I'm glad you found a workaround,
    Cheers.
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