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Old 03-06-2007   #5 (permalink)
MeNotKnow


 
 

Re: Windows Picture and Fax Viewer

I just noticed that when I double-click a JPEG it opens in a Photo Gallery
thing. Is that what you meant, or are yours actually opening in a thing
called Photo Editor? I don't even see Photo Editor as an option in Open
With.


"Dennis" <Dennis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have nothing against new OS's, etc - but newer is NOT always better. The
> Windows Picture & Fax Viewer was simply a better interface to viewing and
> printing one's photos than the Photo Editor - they should have done away
> with
> the latter and enhanced/improved the former and kept it. Just my 2 cents
> <g>
>
> "MeNoKnow" wrote:
>
>> Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is a goner. I don't think there's an
>> installation program for it, so I don't see how you could bring it into
>> Vista. Besides, take it from a guy who has been beta testing OS's since
>> the
>> DOS era. The less "old stuff" you throw at a new OS, the better.
>> Especially
>> on a major revamp like this, which only comes along every 10 or 15 years.
>>
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>>
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>> "Dennis" <Dennis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> newsC0A5D19-E27F-4FC1-B5EE-D41C5A4FE6AF@microsoft.com...
>> >I really dislike the Microsoft Photo Editor in Vista. What happened to
>> >the
>> > Picture and Fax Viewer that was in XP? Is it possible to run the
>> > Picture
>> > and
>> > Fax Viewer in Vista? I have searched for the .exe for this in XP but
>> > am
>> > unable to find it - anyone know where it is?
>> >
>> > Thanks

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