Get IE6 To Use Irfanview?

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Win XP Pro (SP1 + updates) + IE6 with updates. Any way to get IE6 to use Irfanview so I can read TIF/TIFF files on-line?

Win XP Pro has no "File Association" capability outside of the Registry?

Thanks.
 
Open a command window and enter:

ftype | find "TIFI"

FWIW when I do that I see

<example>
TIFImage.Document=rundll32.exe D:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
</example>

If you want the same you could either re-register that module
e.g. Run... (press Win-R and enter:)
regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll
or you could use Folder Options, File Types to change
the settings for just that one file type.

Note that that command reinitializes more filetypes
than just the one for TIF files.

FWIW here is the complete list I see:

ftype | find /i "shimgvw"
Click to expand...
emffile=rundll32.exe D:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
giffile=rundll32.exe D:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
jpegfile=rundll32.exe D:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
Paint.Picture=rundll32.exe D:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
pjpegfile=rundll32.exe D:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
pngfile=rundll32.exe D:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
TIFImage.Document=rundll32.exe D:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
wmffile=rundll32.exe D:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
</example>

So if you only want to try it with TIF, open Folder Options
and edit the Open action of TIF Image so that it has
the above command. Also Use DDE: is checked.
The DDE Application: is shimgvw
and the DDE Topic: is System.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
 
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