Disable Image Preview!

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by gibletpie, 2001-03-17 21:49

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2001-03-17 22:49

Okay, I HATE MS's shitty Image Preview launching by default when I double-click an image. I'd MUCH rather have it open in ACDSee. So, I went at my registry and figgered this out:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}\shellex\MayChangeDefaultMenu

Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}\shellex\

and delete the subkey:

MayChangeDefaultMenu

Reboot. Images will now open in your default viewer by double-clicking. You can still right-click and select PREVIEW if you want to open it in Image Preview.

If you want to get rid of the PREVIEW menu option entirely, you can go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}\InProcServer32

and for the (Default) Value, change the data to the exact location of your preferred image viewer, in my case: "G:\Program Files\ACD Systems\ACDSee\ACDSee.exe"

Reboot. No more "Preview" option on right-click.

Thought some of you might dig it,
Gibletpie

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jdulmage

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#43782

2001-03-17 23:07

whatever

Four and Twenty

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#43783

2001-03-18 00:24

You are a sh1thead jd.

Toby

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#43784

2001-03-18 00:50

gibletpie, thanks for the info and welcome to this forum.

Pay no attention to that wanker jdulmage

/Toby

bug_666

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#43785

2001-03-18 02:27

can't you just go to folder options and then mess around with file types tab? you can change the default action performed upon a double click.
JD, please stfu if you got nothing to say.

[This message has been edited by bug_666 (edited 18 March 2001).]

gibletpie

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#43786

2001-03-18 17:25

No, you can't change that with the File Types tab. That's what pissed me off. Under all the image file types, OPEN is the default action, and you can set it to whatever program you like. When you right-click on an image file, however, PREVIEW is the default. PREVIEW isn't even listed in options for the image file types. Only way I know to disable it is by modifying the registry.

Now if anyone knows how to make the DETAILS panel stay open in folders in Webview, I'd be eternally indebted...

Gibletpie