Fixing Microsoft Fax Viewer
Often, after installing Apple QuickTime Player, you may find the ability to view multi-page faxes received as TIFF files may be lost. In many cases removing the offending Apple product does not correctly restore the functionality of the original Microsoft Picture and Fax Viewer. This article describes how to achieve this.
Supported Releases
Tested on Windows XP up to and including Service Pack 3.
Configuration
Ensure you log into an account with Administrative rights and download the following registry file:
- fix_ms_fax_viewer.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tiff] "Content Type"="image/tiff" "PerceivedType"="image" @="TIFImage.Document" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tiff\OpenWithProgids] "TIFImage.Document"=hex(0): [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tiff\PersistentHandler] @="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tif] "Content Type"="image/tiff" "PerceivedType"="image" @="TIFImage.Document" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tif\OpenWithProgids] "TIFImage.Document"=hex(0): [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tif\PersistentHandler] @="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TIFImage.Document] "EditFlags"=dword:00010000 "FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\ 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\ 32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,69,00,6d,00,67,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\ 00,2c,00,2d,00,33,00,30,00,36,00,00,00 "ImageOptionFlags"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TIFImage.Document\DefaultIcon] @="shimgvw.dll,4" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TIFImage.Document\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TIFImage.Document\shell\open] "MuiVerb"="@shimgvw.dll,-550" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TIFImage.Document\shell\open\command] @="rundll32.exe C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TIFImage.Document\shell\open\DropTarget] "Clsid"="{E84FDA7C-1D6A-45F6-B725-CB260C236066}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TIFImage.Document\shell\printto] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TIFImage.Document\shell\printto\command] @="rundll32.exe C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_PrintTo /pt \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\"" [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Plugins\Extension\.tif]
Double-click the downloaded .reg
file and click Yes
to confirm you wish to add the settings to your registry. You should then receive a message indicating the information has been successfully imported.
Test opening a .tif
Fax and ensure that the Microsoft Picture and Fax Viewer is launched.