Windows 7: Windows 7 Gif Viewer Works perfectly

Garth123 · 11 Nov 2012

I realize this is the Windows 7 forum, but does anyone know of something that will do this in Windows 8?

bernard · 18 Nov 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by Garth123

I realize this is the Windows 7 forum, but does anyone know of something that will do this in Windows 8?

I also would like to know it.

Phanjam · 18 Dec 2012

My big thanks to you Goofwear!

Perks · 04 Feb 2013

Great job on this, i was looking for some kind of fix for a long time.
Unfortunately I have a problem which was stated here before:
If I custom sort my files (say by date), the gif viewer just keeps showing gifs and jpgs by name when I'm flipping through them. Is there any way to fix this (Or did I miss something during the setup)?
Regards, Perks

Arriens · 14 Feb 2013

[QUOTE=BigPie;1968772]

Quote: Originally Posted by senselocke

Quote: Originally Posted by BigPie

1) Right-click .jpg file
2) Open With...
3) Browse
4) Navigate to root directory: C:\
5) Select "All Files" from file type box
6) Select shimgvw.dll (this is the "program" that is Windows 7 GIF Viewer)
7) Make sure "always use this program" is selected.
8) Repeat with .jpeg and .jpe if you wish

We I Do That the error message comes up "C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Spongebob.jpg is not a valid Win32 application"
I have wins 7 home (64bit) if that helps

I receive the same error.
No matter what compatibility I use.

The odd thing is, before I reinstalled Windows 7 it worked as intended.

corgano · 27 Feb 2013

Your registry work is a little sloppy, as you place the files in the root of the C drive, and assume all computers are installed on C: (Mine is in fact D

. I've come up with a little fix:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.GIF]
@="GIFImage.Document"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.GIF]
@="GIFImage.Document"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document]
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,44,00,69,00,72,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,67,00,69,00,66,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,69,00,6d,00,67,00,76,00,77,00,\
  2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,33,00,30,00,36,00,00,00
"ImageOptionFlags"=dword:00000000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008
@="GIF Image"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,44,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,67,00,69,00,66,\
  00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,69,00,6d,00,67,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,\
  2c,00,34,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell\open]
"MuiVerb"="@shimgvw.dll,-550"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,44,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,67,00,69,00,66,\
  00,5c,00,72,00,75,00,6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
  65,00,20,00,25,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,44,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,67,00,69,\
  00,66,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,69,00,6d,00,67,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,\
  6c,00,2c,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,5f,00,46,\
  00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,\
  00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell\open\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{E84FDA7C-1D6A-45F6-B725-CB260C236066}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell\printto]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell\printto\command]
@="C:\\rundll32.exe C:\\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_PrintTo /pt \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\""
"New Value #1"=hex(2):25,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,44,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,67,\
  00,69,00,66,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00,6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,\
  65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,25,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,44,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,\
  00,67,00,69,00,66,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,69,00,6d,00,67,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,\
  64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,\
  00,5f,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,6e,00,74,00,54,00,6f,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,74,00,\
  20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,32,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,\
  00,33,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,34,00,22,00,00,00

As well, I don't care for the installer or modified DLL, and found a way to set compatability through registry. For simplicity's sake, I wrote a one click installer. Literally double click and you're done(Now run again to un install), as well as source below source. The installer doesn't need autoit, and you don't need to set the compatiability settings - it does everything for you

Code:

#RequireAdmin
#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Outfile=XP Photo and fax viewer (For GIFS on Win 7).exe
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseUpx=n
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Fileversion=1.1.0.0
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_requestedExecutionLevel=asInvoker
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#cs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 AutoIt Version: 3.3.8.1
 Author:         Corgano, CorganoWade@gmail.com

 Purpose:
	This script provides a one-click instalation for easy gif viewing experience identical (literally!)
	to that of windows XP

 Terms of use:
	This script is free to use, distribute, modify, and what else have your fancies be as long as these
	three conditions are met
		1: This header must remain intact with any mods or copies of this script
		2: You may not sell or in any way make profit off of this script. It's free, for free use by
		anyone, anywhere.
		3: This is by no means an official fix. It's just a workaround to make windows XP's photo viewer
		work on win 7. May work for win 8, may **** up your computer. I'm not responcable for any loss of
		data or hair as result of this program

  What it does:
	This is based off of this idea - http://www.goofwear.com/windows/
	However, there were many errors. All the addresses were static, and assumed that the system drive was
	C:. It doesn't work if your system drive isn't C:, so I re-wrote it to use %WinDir% making it much, MUCH more robust. I also moved the
	files to windows\gif, which is cleaner IMO. Replaced the modified "shimgvw.dll" with the real file
	and wrote a simpler installer

  1.1
	Added an uninstal option
	Fixed spelling mistakes (derp)
	Added message confirming instal

  Enjoy

#ce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


$path = @WindowsDir&"\gif"
if RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MECHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers", $path&"\rundll32.exe") = "WINXPSP3" or FileExists($path&"\rundll32.exe") Then
	if msgbox(36,"Already installed!","Do you want to uninstal XP Photo and Fax Viewer (for gifs)?") = 6 Then
		ConsoleWrite("Remove"&@CRLF)
		RegDelete('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.GIF')
		RegDelete('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document')
		FileDelete($path)
		Exit
	Else
		Exit
	EndIf
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Instal"&@CRLF)
DirCreate($path)
FileInstall("rundll32.exe",$path&"\rundll32.exe",1)
FileInstall("shimgvw.dll",$path&"\shimgvw.dll",1)

RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.GIF','','REG_SZ','GIFImage.Document')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document','EditFlags','REG_DWORD','65536')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document','FriendlyTypeName','REG_EXPAND_SZ','@%WinDir%\gif\shimgvw.dll,-306')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document','ImageOptionFlags','REG_DWORD','0')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document','BrowserFlags','REG_DWORD','8')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document','','REG_SZ','GIF Image')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\DefaultIcon','','REG_EXPAND_SZ','%WinDir%\gif\shimgvw.dll,4')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell','','REG_SZ','')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell\open','MuiVerb','REG_SZ','@shimgvw.dll,-550')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell\open\command','','REG_EXPAND_SZ','%WinDir%\gif\rundll32.exe %WinDir%\gif\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell\open\DropTarget','Clsid','REG_SZ','{E84FDA7C-1D6A-45F6-B725-CB260C236066}')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell\printto\command','','REG_SZ','C:\rundll32.exe C:\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_PrintTo /pt "%1" "%2" "%3" "%4"')
RegWrite('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\shell\printto\command','New Value #1','REG_EXPAND_SZ','%WinDir%\gif\rundll32.exe %WinDir%\gif\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_PrintTo /pt "%1" "%2" "%3" "%4"')
RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MECHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers", $path&"\rundll32.exe", "REG_SZ", "WINXPSP3")

MsgBox(0,"Installed!","Try opening a gif now. Run again to uninstal")

To run the source you will need Autoit installed, and the Rundll32 and shimgvw.dll files in the script's folder. I hope someone learns something or finds this useful :P

Arriens · 28 Feb 2013

My virus scanner (Fsecure) popped up and claimed it was a trojan virus...

Golden · 28 Feb 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by Arriens

My virus scanner (Fsecure) popped up and claimed it was a trojan virus...

Upload the file/s for a second opinion using this:

Online Scanners - Scan Suspicious Files on your PC

Regards,
Golden

corgano · 28 Feb 2013

False positives is an odd, but not an uncommon problem for AutoIt; see Are my AutoIt EXEs really infected? - General Help and Support - AutoIt Forums. It';s probably caused because the script runs in administrator, has calls to the registry, and installs files. However the script is completely harmless. Don't trust me? You don't even have to, just get Autoit, rundll32.exe, and shimgvw.dll (grey download zip now button) and you can run it for yourself.

I'll try to simplify the code so the antivir don't flag it, but it's safe.
EDIT
I decided to run a series of scans to see what causes it to be flaged. A full report here
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...WWOQPn_a-M/pub
The results are that some antivirus' see fileinstall() as bad, but because the purpose of the script is to INSTALL something, these can be safely called false positives.
Most of the other results see it as an AutoIt EXE and instantly flag it bad, regaurdless of what it does.
Even an EMPTY exe isn't immune to this.

I also realized I could just copy the rundll32.exe from windows, making it smaller.

Windbrand · 08 Mar 2013

How do I uninstall this?
It doesn't come with an uninstaller and doesn't show up in control panel?
This program causes that "do you want this program to make changes to your computer?" popup to open up every time I open a gif, so damn annoying.

Windows 7: Windows 7 Gif Viewer Works perfectly

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