Fix: Windows Live Photo Gallery Update 955359 Breaks Image File Associations
After installing the Update for Windows Live Photo Gallery (KB955359) to fix Quick Time Thumbnail issue in a Windows XP computer, you may be unable to open image files by double-clicking on them. However, you’re able to open/preview images in Windows Live Photo Gallery via the Open With dialog.

After working on this issue for some time, I found that the problem is caused by missing DLL registration. To fix the problem, execute the following command (using an administrator account) from the Start, Run dialog:
After running the command, you should see the following message:
DllRegisterServer in C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\PhotoViewerShim.dll succeeded.
Double-click and image file to check if the file associations are fixed.
Editor’s note: There is also a file named PhotoViewerShimx64.dll in the Photo Gallery folder. I guess this is the handler to register if you have a Windows XP 64-bit system.
Copyright © 2008 Ramesh Srinivasan. All rights reserved.
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September 11th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Yup, works like a charm! Thanks a bunch.
September 5th, 2008 at 9:54 am
hey man, thanks for the solution. Problem solved. :D
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Thank you for this post, I’ve been looking for the solution of this problem for a while, it worked well