Restore Image Preview as Default Action?

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Somehow the default action for images in my desktop context menu was changed
to Open. The Preview option is still there, it's just not the default. How
can I make Preview the default action?

I tried editing the registry key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\
ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview but that only had the effect of
removing or restoring the Preview option from the context menu; it didn't
have any effect on which action is the default.

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>> chosen "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" permanently

Any other application / third-party viewer.

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@online.mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi Steve,
>
> If you've used the open-with option for that file-type and chosen "Windows
> Picture and Fax Viewer" permanently, "open" action becomes the default.
> Open Folder Options applet, and switch to File Types tab. Select the file
> type (example.. .JPG) from the list, and then click "Restore". Click OK to
> close the dialog.
>
> Or, edit the registry and delete the "ProgID" and "Application" values in
> this key:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.jpg
> (Assuming for .jpg files)
>
> Then, type this in Start-Run if needed:
>
> regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Steve J." <Steve J.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:48FA780F-4A2F-4307-8092-5A69A7EA2E12@microsoft.com...
>> Somehow the default action for images in my desktop context menu was
>> changed
>> to Open. The Preview option is still there, it's just not the default.
>> How
>> can I make Preview the default action?
>>
>> I tried editing the registry key
>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\
>> ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview but that only had the effect of
>> removing or restoring the Preview option from the context menu; it didn't
>> have any effect on which action is the default.
>