Sorry, I'm not talking about the Windows Live Photo Gallery. I means the Windows Photo Gallery come with Windows Vista.
For Windows 2000, by default no one can view picture file unless we assign the proper permission in the registry listed below:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools
For Windows XP, I can turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as my default image viewer like below:
Solution #1:
- Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
- Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ SystemFileAssociations\ image\ ShellEx\ ContextMenuHandlers.
- Delete the ShellImagePreview key.
- Close the Registry Editor when you're done; the change will take effect immediately.
Solution #2:
- Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
- Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\ {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}\ shellex.
- Delete the MayChangeDefaultMenu key.
- Close the Registry Editor when you're done; the change will take effect immediately.
Is there a similar thing in Windows Vista to disable the default image viewer (Windows Photo Gallery)?
