Fix: Windows Live Photo Gallery Update 955359 breaks image file associations

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:

regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\PhotoViewerShim.dll"

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.

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3 Responses to “Fix: Windows Live Photo Gallery Update 955359 Breaks Image File Associations”

GeekTieGuy

said this on Thursday, September 11th 2008 9:58 am

Yup, works like a charm! Thanks a bunch.
JiaJin

said this on Friday, September 5th 2008 9:54 am

hey man, thanks for the solution. Problem solved. :D
Pablo

said this on Tuesday, September 2nd 2008 9:24 pm

Thank you for this post, I’ve been looking for the solution of this problem for a while, it worked well

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