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Raistlin · 25-02-2009, 16:17

Item 80 on this page (http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm) gives two registry hacks, one to disable the Picture and Fax Viewer the other to enable it.

Back up your registry before doing ANYTHING with any of these files, they have the potential to seriously screw up your system!!!!!

Try saving the Enable one to your desktop (make sure it saves as "pictureandfaxrestore.reg") and then run it. That should (hopefully) restore all the settings for the viewer).

Looking at what it does it should restore this for all users by default. Failing that you might want to temporarily make the other account an Admin account, make the changes, then revert it back to a normal user.

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Also, this little application might help (not tried it myself, so the usual caveats apply):

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgassofix.htm

25-02-2009, 16:17	#2
Raistlin Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Services: Depends on the person and the price they're offering Posts: 12,384	Re: Changing the default picture viewer in XP (SP3) user accounts Item 80 on this page (http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm) gives two registry hacks, one to disable the Picture and Fax Viewer the other to enable it. Back up your registry before doing ANYTHING with any of these files, they have the potential to seriously screw up your system!!!!! Try saving the Enable one to your desktop (make sure it saves as "pictureandfaxrestore.reg") and then run it. That should (hopefully) restore all the settings for the viewer). Looking at what it does it should restore this for all users by default. Failing that you might want to temporarily make the other account an Admin account, make the changes, then revert it back to a normal user. ---------- Post added at 15:17 ---------- Previous post was at 15:14 ---------- Also, this little application might help (not tried it myself, so the usual caveats apply): http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgassofix.htm