Re: Photoshop CS3 usurped Preview function

Barry_M wrote:
Thanks, John, you put me on the right track, there. I had not come across the Folder Options dialog before. As you recommended, the following sequence "Start -> Run -> control folders -> File Types -> BMP -> Advanced" opened the Edit File Type dialog, which listed four actions: edit, open, print (none of which I wished to alter) and Preview. I selected Preview and clicked the Edit button. This opened the 'Editing action for type:' dialog, which contains a field titled 'Application used to perform action:'. This contained a file path to Photoshop. I then did some research on the Internet to find the following string: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1, with which I replaced the Photoshop file path, Clicked OK, OK, Close, and the preview function for .bmp files was restored to Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. The process also changed the file association for .bmp files to Photoshop CS3, but I was easily able to change it back to Photo Editor in the usual manner, i.e. right click -> Properties -> Change etc. Problem solved - I can now preview my .bmp files.
The file icon for .bmp files is still the Photoshop CS3 icon, but I can live with that.

The same File Types path you went down also has a "Change Icon" button
that will allow you to change the icon associated with the files.

"John Inzer" wrote:


Barry_M wrote:

Yes, no doubt I am confused, but I did not request help with changing
file associations, nor did I mention "default image editor".

Let me attempt again to explain my problem. One of the tasks I
performed after installing Windows XP Professional was to associate
all image file types with Microsoft Photo Editor, so that when I
double-click any image file, including a .bmp file, then the image
will open in Photo Editor. That remains the case and I do not wish to
change it. I do not wish to change any file associations.

The default Preview application, on the other hand, is Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer. Thus, after installing the operating system
and before altering any settings, if I right-click on any image file
and select Preview, then the image is displayed in Windows Picture
and Fax Viewer.

My problem is this: since I installed Photoshop CS3 the Preview
application for one file type, .bmp, has been usurped by Photoshop
CS3, i.e. when I right-click on a .bmp file and select Preview, then
Photoshop CS3 launches with the image opened. This is not what I
want. I wish to restore the status quo, so that I can Preview .bmp
files in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

Perhaps a registry key has become corrupted?

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I only offer the following as a suggestion...

Maybe you can find an option to correct
this issue at the following location...some
experimentation may be required....

Good luck.....

Go to...Start / Run and Type:
control folders
press...enter.

On the Folder Options screen...
Choose...File Types tab.

Scroll down to and select BMP...maybe left
clicking the Restore button will be worth a try.
After clicking the Restore button it should
change to Advanced...

Left click Advanced and you will have
options to change...the edit, open and
printto associations.

For example...if you left click Open you can
enter the following path that opens Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer:

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1

Maybe if you compare the entries for your
other file types to the entries for BMP you
can discover what is causing the problem.

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John Inzer
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