Delete Picture and Fax Viewer

If you find the default Picture and Fax Viewer more of an annoyance than a help, it can be removed as follows:

[Start] [Run] type regedit.exe and click [OK]

Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/SystemFileAssociations/image/ShellEx /ContextMenuHandlers


Delete the Folder ShellImagePreview under ContextMenuHandlers .

If you change your mind and want to restore the Picture and Fax Viewer Create the ShellImagePreview folder and create the String Value (Default)


Assign it the value {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}