Solved Windows 7 Gif Viewer Works perfectly

[cablecar]

@YoukaiChoGonou if you still have my windows 7 gif installer,. then use 7zip and extract the installer and then find gig.reg and right click and edit it
replace gif and GIF with the extension like png and PNG then when all done save as something like png.reg and then double click it and install the registry key. and then keep doing that for all the extensions you want., I'm not sure there might be and easier way do do it ill look into it

Hi goofgear! Thanks a ton for making this patch - nice to be able to view gifs w/o IE or quicktime. I'm trying to get this to work for other image types, but when I try to run the edited registry files, it doesn't work. (Cannot import png.reg, Error accessing registry.) Help?

 

[Corgyll]

Is there any simple way to uninstall this or do I have to fiddle through the registry?

 

[RudeBoySes]

guys.. i use irfanview.
It supports all animated formats.

In addition: it's portable, free, light, fast, customizable, and most important.. you can use ESC to close !

To switch from Windows Photo Viewer to irfanview for a specific format:
Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations

then highlight the extension and browse for irfanview.

If you don't mind installation: install and it will register the extensions automatically.

Note: (PAF makes this stealth)
PortableApps.com has the old version posted here.
If you want the latest version 4.32 as a PAF format, i've updated it here.

 

[MissSherlock]

Hi goofwear,

Many thanks for the Windows 7 Gif Viewer. It's works perfectly just like the old WinXP. I had used Corgano's giftview.exe but he has referred us to your new programme.

Thanks again, MS

 

[vanhyde]

great , work nice
thank you

but when i set it become default program

my thumbnails detail become like this

looks like a broken extension without default program to open

altho when i open it, it open normaly
please help

 

[rm89]

uninstall

How do I uninstall this program completely from my computer?

 

[KMan94]

UAC pops up for run32dll

I installed this and enabled the run32dll to be XP compatible. I am running W7 32. Whenever I click on a gif, the UAC control dialog comes up. How can I stop that?

 

[Someone516]

Only having two problems:

1. When using it as default, the thumbnails are totally broken. :sarc: anyway to fix this?
((FIXED: Looks like this is only an issue in "detailed" view, in normal thumb view it works fine ))
2. Would there be any way to get "Open File Location" in the menu? (rlyrlywantthizplxxxxx )

Btw I built a .jpg and .png and .jpeg reg stuff and uploaded it here:
Free Cloud Storage - MediaFire

Enjoy guys! =)

 

[BigPie]

Help

Only having two problems:

1. When using it as default, the thumbnails are totally broken. :sarc: anyway to fix this?
((FIXED: Looks like this is only an issue in "detailed" view, in normal thumb view it works fine ))
2. Would there be any way to get "Open File Location" in the menu? (rlyrlywantthizplxxxxx )

Btw I built a .jpg and .png and .jpeg reg stuff and uploaded it here:
Free Cloud Storage - MediaFire

Enjoy guys! =)

I like that fact that you got .jpg, .png, .jpeg for the gif viewer (I like using one program) but how do I get those to work all the come up as is text documents.

 

[senselocke]

great , work nice
thank you

but when i set it become default program

my thumbnails detail become like this

looks like a broken extension without default program to open

altho when i open it, it open normaly
please help

I still see this. I did figure out how to associate other image files with this without a script or reg hack--simply point to c:\shimgvw.dll (you'll have to pick "all files" first). However, .gif files show blank icons like that when using List or Details view. List is my default--is there a way to fix this? Some kind of icon--ANY icon--would look better than this. Overall a very nice prog though, just trying to get it tweaked just right.

 

[Someone516]

Only having two problems:

1. When using it as default, the thumbnails are totally broken. :sarc: anyway to fix this?
((FIXED: Looks like this is only an issue in "detailed" view, in normal thumb view it works fine ))
2. Would there be any way to get "Open File Location" in the menu? (rlyrlywantthizplxxxxx )

Btw I built a .jpg and .png and .jpeg reg stuff and uploaded it here:
Free Cloud Storage - MediaFire

Enjoy guys! =)

I like that fact that you got .jpg, .png, .jpeg for the gif viewer (I like using one program) but how do I get those to work all the come up as is text documents.

? What do you mean they come up as txt docs? Have you tried just renaming them to .txt, and then changing the file extension back to .reg? That should work..

great , work nice
thank you

but when i set it become default program

my thumbnails detail become like this

looks like a broken extension without default program to open

altho when i open it, it open normaly
please help

I still see this. I did figure out how to associate other image files with this without a script or reg hack--simply point to c:\shimgvw.dll (you'll have to pick "all files" first). However, .gif files show blank icons like that when using List or Details view. List is my default--is there a way to fix this? Some kind of icon--ANY icon--would look better than this. Overall a very nice prog though, just trying to get it tweaked just right.

Yeah, the only thing I've found to work is to set the default back to default viewer, and then opening stuff with Windows 7 Gif using the rightclick > openwith menu =/ which kind of sucks. But at least nothing's broken, and I can see the tiles properly... cept GIFs, those I have defaulted to Windows 7 Gif 100% of the time...

 

[BigPie]

Only having two problems:

1. When using it as default, the thumbnails are totally broken. :sarc: anyway to fix this?
((FIXED: Looks like this is only an issue in "detailed" view, in normal thumb view it works fine ))
2. Would there be any way to get "Open File Location" in the menu? (rlyrlywantthizplxxxxx )

Btw I built a .jpg and .png and .jpeg reg stuff and uploaded it here:
Free Cloud Storage - MediaFire

Enjoy guys! =)

I like that fact that you got .jpg, .png, .jpeg for the gif viewer (I like using one program) but how do I get those to work all the come up as is text documents.

? What do you mean they come up as txt docs? Have you tried just renaming them to .txt, and then changing the file extension back to .reg? That should work..

great , work nice
thank you

but when i set it become default program

my thumbnails detail become like this

looks like a broken extension without default program to open

altho when i open it, it open normaly
please help

I still see this. I did figure out how to associate other image files with this without a script or reg hack--simply point to c:\shimgvw.dll (you'll have to pick "all files" first). However, .gif files show blank icons like that when using List or Details view. List is my default--is there a way to fix this? Some kind of icon--ANY icon--would look better than this. Overall a very nice prog though, just trying to get it tweaked just right.

Yeah, the only thing I've found to work is to set the default back to default viewer, and then opening stuff with Windows 7 Gif using the rightclick > openwith menu =/ which kind of sucks. But at least nothing's broken, and I can see the tiles properly... cept GIFs, those I have defaulted to Windows 7 Gif 100% of the time...

I'm Not Tech Savvy at. The three reg files are in my C folder, should they be somewhere else or am I suppose to run them some how. And I tired to change jpg. to open with Windows 7 Gif viewer, But all I get is a error message saying "blank.jpg is not a vaild Win32 application."

 

[senselocke]

I'm Not Tech Savvy at. The three reg files are in my C folder, should they be somewhere else or am I suppose to run them some how. And I tired to change jpg. to open with Windows 7 Gif viewer, But all I get is a error message saying "blank.jpg is not a vaild Win32 application."

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

 

[BigPie]

I'm Not Tech Savvy at. The three reg files are in my C folder, should they be somewhere else or am I suppose to run them some how. And I tired to change jpg. to open with Windows 7 Gif viewer, But all I get is a error message saying "blank.jpg is not a vaild Win32 application."

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

 

[Albrtd3]

I joined just to tell you how badass this is! For real, my folder of lulz and sexy gifs thank you!

 

[Maxkhoon]

works like a charm！
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[dohowdy]

First of all, allow me to say "Excellent work goofwear!" I'm so glad to have this fix to view images with.

I came looking for a way to view animated gifs and I also followed the guide to use your viewer as the default program for all image files and it works great!

I do have one question/issue though. I have a healthy amount of files on my machine that are hidden (mostly from my children) and when I have windows set up to "Show hidden files and folders" your viewer will display these files, but won't scroll through them.

Is there a way to easily fix that? If not, it's okay. It isn't that much of a bother to switch the hidden attribute on and off for groups of files.

Thanks again! http://www.sevenforums.com/member.php?u=86789

 

[rpsgc]

I know I'm a bit late but to change the .gif icons back to the default ones you just have to change a registry entry.

Go to:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GIFImage.Document\DefaultIcon]

and replace "shimgvw.dll" with "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\imageres.dll,-71"

 

[Muffins]

Hello! this is an awesome program! but some of my gif kinda lags the animation with this...home can I make it faster?

thanks!

 

[Muffins]

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