No Slide Show Option on Fax and Picture Viewer

Recently I worked with MS to reinstall a clean version of Windows XP Home
(long story). Since then, when I open my photo files with Windows Fax and
Picture Viewer, there is no option anymore to view the photos in a slide show
manner. I did try that registry fix but it didn't work for that problem.
Any ideas, please?

Thank you.

Lori wrote:
> Recently I worked with MS to reinstall a clean version of Windows XP
> Home (long story). Since then, when I open my photo files with
> Windows Fax and Picture Viewer, there is no option anymore to view
> the photos in a slide show manner. I did try that registry fix but
> it didn't work for that problem. Any ideas, please?
>
> Thank you.
====================================
First...just as an experiment...open a folder that
contains photos and double click one of them to
launch WP&F Viewer...now press your F11 key...
maybe it will launch the slideshow.

If that fails...try the following command to force a
reinstall of WP&F Viewer.

Go to...Start / Run and type
(or copy/paste):

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll
(yes, the space after the 2 and the space
after the i is required)

Press...Enter...

You should see a dialog box that says:
DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shimgvw.dll succeeded

--

John Inzer
MS Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

John,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, F11 did cause a slide show to start. Does that
mean I shouldn't do the "run" command? If it worked through F11, what does
that tell me?

Thanks for your help,
Lori

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Lori wrote:
> > Recently I worked with MS to reinstall a clean version of Windows XP
> > Home (long story). Since then, when I open my photo files with
> > Windows Fax and Picture Viewer, there is no option anymore to view
> > the photos in a slide show manner. I did try that registry fix but
> > it didn't work for that problem. Any ideas, please?
> >
> > Thank you.
> ====================================
> First...just as an experiment...open a folder that
> contains photos and double click one of them to
> launch WP&F Viewer...now press your F11 key...
> maybe it will launch the slideshow.
>
> If that fails...try the following command to force a
> reinstall of WP&F Viewer.
>
> Go to...Start / Run and type
> (or copy/paste):
>
> regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll
> (yes, the space after the 2 and the space
> after the i is required)
>
> Press...Enter...
>
> You should see a dialog box that says:
> DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shimgvw.dll succeeded
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

Lori wrote:
> John,
> Thanks for the reply. Yes, F11 did cause a slide show to start.
> Does that mean I shouldn't do the "run" command? If it worked
> through F11, what does that tell me?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Lori
======================================
Doing the "run" command won't hurt anything but
if F11 works that means WP&F Viewer is working
correctly.

It's possible that your WP&F Viewer window needs
to be resized or repositioned to fit your screen?
IOW...maybe part of it is hidden at the bottom is
why you cannot see the slideshow button.

Try this...open a picture in WP&F Viewer and close
*all* other windows...*nothing* open but the one
WP&F Viewer window...

Now...Right click your Windows Taskbar and from
the menu...choose...Tile Windows Horizontally...this
should force the WP&F Viewer window to reposition
itself and fill your screen.

--

John Inzer
MS Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

John,
None of this worked. I tried to tile horizontally, no change. Then I
copied the line into "Run" and I got the box that it succeeded, but no
change, either.

I used to have the options on the left side of my screen, to the left of the
thumbnails. No longer are they present. I guess my only option will be to
use the F11, which I thank you for. If you have any other ideas, I'm open to
trying them.

I appreciate your efforts. Thank you.



"John Inzer" wrote:

> Lori wrote:
> > John,
> > Thanks for the reply. Yes, F11 did cause a slide show to start.
> > Does that mean I shouldn't do the "run" command? If it worked
> > through F11, what does that tell me?
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Lori
> ======================================
> Doing the "run" command won't hurt anything but
> if F11 works that means WP&F Viewer is working
> correctly.
>
> It's possible that your WP&F Viewer window needs
> to be resized or repositioned to fit your screen?
> IOW...maybe part of it is hidden at the bottom is
> why you cannot see the slideshow button.
>
> Try this...open a picture in WP&F Viewer and close
> *all* other windows...*nothing* open but the one
> WP&F Viewer window...
>
> Now...Right click your Windows Taskbar and from
> the menu...choose...Tile Windows Horizontally...this
> should force the WP&F Viewer window to reposition
> itself and fill your screen.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

http://pcworld.about.com/news/Jan112005id119005.htm

Fixed!

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Lori wrote:
> > Recently I worked with MS to reinstall a clean version of Windows XP
> > Home (long story). Since then, when I open my photo files with
> > Windows Fax and Picture Viewer, there is no option anymore to view
> > the photos in a slide show manner. I did try that registry fix but
> > it didn't work for that problem. Any ideas, please?
> >
> > Thank you.
> ====================================
> First...just as an experiment...open a folder that
> contains photos and double click one of them to
> launch WP&F Viewer...now press your F11 key...
> maybe it will launch the slideshow.
>
> If that fails...try the following command to force a
> reinstall of WP&F Viewer.
>
> Go to...Start / Run and type
> (or copy/paste):
>
> regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll
> (yes, the space after the 2 and the space
> after the i is required)
>
> Press...Enter...
>
> You should see a dialog box that says:
> DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shimgvw.dll succeeded
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

Lori wrote:
> http://pcworld.about.com/news/Jan112005id119005.htm
>
> Fixed!
========================================
Ok...I'm glad you solved the problem.

--

John Inzer
MS Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

John,
Thank you for trying with me. Your support helped a lot.

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Lori wrote:
> > http://pcworld.about.com/news/Jan112005id119005.htm
> >
> > Fixed!
> ========================================
> Ok...I'm glad you solved the problem.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>