Re: WMF Patch Question

Wesley

That does work, but is it wise?.. are we to assume that the MS patch will
prevent the exploit even with the dll registered?..

There have been many articles, some conflicting in advice given.. certainly,
for users of Win 9x, the patch is useless, but I think that unregistering
the dll works..

Maybe an expert would like to step in and clarify these points..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eDtKl4uEGHA.1032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Try this:
>
> Click Start |Click Run | Paste: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll | Click OK
>
> If that doesn't work, make sure Preview default is set correctly.
>
> When you open an image file in Windows XP the default action is to preview
> it using the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\
> ShellImagePreview
> Value Name: (Default)
> Value Type: REG_SZ
> Value Data: {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}
>
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:Oiyvf.10352$%D1.8880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Sweet-P <SweetP@xxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>> After I applied the latest patch, I do not have Microsoft Picture and Fax
>> Viewer available to open up JPEGs and/or GIFs. It is not in the file
>> association list of programs. Does Microsoft wipe out this altogether
>> with
>> the patch? Can someone tell me what has happened?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sweet-P
>


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