hi folks.

ive recently not been able to view my pics in the "MY PICS" folder.
The jpeg icons show but im not able to see the small thumbnail version of my
photos.

when i do double click on the icon this message comes up;

"ERROR LOADING the system cannot find the file specified.
c:\windows\system32\shimgvw.dll"

Windows Picture & Fax Viewer does not run.

although i can open the photos with Microsoft Photo Editor

hope someone can help
thanks

Try to run the following:
Click on Start, click on Run and type the following in the textbox:
REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL
and press the Enter key.
Note that there is a space between ...32 and SHI...
This will take a second to run and you should get a success message. If you
get an error message, tell us what the error is.


"niall" <nastyniall@hotmail.com> wrote in message
newsD5C1F3B-C4DC-4CBA-B03C-0370965D68B9@microsoft.com...
> hi folks.
>
> ive recently not been able to view my pics in the "MY PICS" folder.
> The jpeg icons show but im not able to see the small thumbnail version of
my
> photos.
>
> when i do double click on the icon this message comes up;
>
> "ERROR LOADING the system cannot find the file specified.
> c:\windows\system32\shimgvw.dll"
>
> Windows Picture & Fax Viewer does not run.
>
> although i can open the photos with Microsoft Photo Editor
>
> hope someone can help
> thanks
>

HI,

THANKS FOR THE SUGGESTION UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDNT WORK.

THE ERROR MESSAGE SAID: LoadLibrary "shimgvw.dll" failed.
The system cannot find the specified file"


any clues?


thanks

Niall

"Yves Alarie" wrote:

> Try to run the following:
> Click on Start, click on Run and type the following in the textbox:
> REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL
> and press the Enter key.
> Note that there is a space between ...32 and SHI...
> This will take a second to run and you should get a success message. If you
> get an error message, tell us what the error is.
>
>
> "niall" <nastyniall@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> newsD5C1F3B-C4DC-4CBA-B03C-0370965D68B9@microsoft.com...
> > hi folks.
> >
> > ive recently not been able to view my pics in the "MY PICS" folder.
> > The jpeg icons show but im not able to see the small thumbnail version of
> my
> > photos.
> >
> > when i do double click on the icon this message comes up;
> >
> > "ERROR LOADING the system cannot find the file specified.
> > c:\windows\system32\shimgvw.dll"
> >
> > Windows Picture & Fax Viewer does not run.
> >
> > although i can open the photos with Microsoft Photo Editor
> >
> > hope someone can help
> > thanks
> >
>
>
>

niall wrote:
> HI,
>
> THANKS FOR THE SUGGESTION UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDNT WORK.
>
> THE ERROR MESSAGE SAID: LoadLibrary "shimgvw.dll"
> failed. The system cannot find the specified file"
>
>
> any clues?
================================
Downloading a new copy of shimgvw.dll
and placing it in your System32 folder
might be worth a try. Also you'll need to
re-register it...go to...Start / Run and type:

"REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL"
(without the quotes)(Yes, there's
a space between 2 and S)

Click...OK.

A dialog box should report the following:

"DllRegisterServer in SHIMGVW.DLL succeeded"

download shimgvw.dll
http://tinyurl.com/6wmta


And...it might be worth a try to reinstall
WinXP SP2.

If you search google groups for the error:

"LoadLibrary "shimgvw.dll" failed"

You'll find that several users reported that
it solved the issue.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Type in Start Run
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"niall" <nastyniall@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:2E69F3B7-E3E9-499D-949C-F287D7A9FDC8@microsoft.com...
> HI,
>
> THANKS FOR THE SUGGESTION UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDNT WORK.
>
> THE ERROR MESSAGE SAID: LoadLibrary "shimgvw.dll" failed.
> The system cannot find the specified file"
>
>
> any clues?
>
>
> thanks
>
> Niall
>
> "Yves Alarie" wrote:
>
>> Try to run the following:
>> Click on Start, click on Run and type the following in the textbox:
>> REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL
>> and press the Enter key.
>> Note that there is a space between ...32 and SHI...
>> This will take a second to run and you should get a success message. If you
>> get an error message, tell us what the error is.
>>
>>
>> "niall" <nastyniall@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> newsD5C1F3B-C4DC-4CBA-B03C-0370965D68B9@microsoft.com...
>> > hi folks.
>> >
>> > ive recently not been able to view my pics in the "MY PICS" folder.
>> > The jpeg icons show but im not able to see the small thumbnail version of
>> my
>> > photos.
>> >
>> > when i do double click on the icon this message comes up;
>> >
>> > "ERROR LOADING the system cannot find the file specified.
>> > c:\windows\system32\shimgvw.dll"
>> >
>> > Windows Picture & Fax Viewer does not run.
>> >
>> > although i can open the photos with Microsoft Photo Editor
>> >
>> > hope someone can help
>> > thanks
>> >
>>
>>
>>