shimgvw.dll
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
shimgvw.dll has 27 known versions, the most recent one is 6.00.3790.4822 (srv03_sp2_gdr.110121-0354). The average file size is about 846.89 KB.
What is shimgvw.dll?
An image or picture is a photograph, line drawing, or text document converted to digitized form, usually by a scanning device such as a digital camera, fax machine, or scanner. You can download your images from the device and save them in a folder. After downloading pictures to your computer, you can view them as a slideshow or view them using Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
About shimgvw.dll (from Microsoft)
“Use Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to work with your images without having to open an image editing application. If you store your picture files in the My Pictures folder, you see the preview window a”
 Details
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| File name: | shimgvw.dll |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Picture and Fax Viewer |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\shimgvw.dll |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of shimgvw.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Shell open commands
Autoplay handlers
Runs under the registry key 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers'
- Handler name 'MSPrintPicturesOnArrival'
Approved shell extensions
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved'
- 'Shell Image Property Handler' with CLSID {eb9b1153-3b57-4e68-959a-a3266bc3d7fe}
- 'HTML-Extrahierungsprogramm' with CLSID {EAB841A0-9550-11cf-8C16-00805F1408F3}
- 'Zusammenfassungs-Miniaturansichthandler (DOCFILES)' with CLSID {9DBD2C50-62AD-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}
- 'GDI+ Dateiminiaturansicht-Extrahierungsprogramm' with CLSID {3F30C968-480A-4C6C-862D-EFC0897BB84B}
- 'Shell Image Data Factory' with CLSID {66e4e4fb-f385-4dd0-8d74-a2efd1bc6178}
- 'Shell Image Verbs' with CLSID {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}
All file variations of shimgvw.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
100.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 38.85% of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
43.45% |
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| Intel |
13.64% |
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| Compaq |
13.29% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
6.46% |
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| Toshiba |
6.46% |
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| GIGABYTE |
5.03% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.41% |
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| Sahara |
3.23% |
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| Lenovo |
3.23% |
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| Acer |
1.80% |
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