2. Expand the branches to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.ico\
ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview.
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3. Highlight the ShellImagePreview key, select File ??? Export, type a filename,
and click Save to back up this Registry key. (See Chapter 3 for
details.)
4. Delete the ShellImagePreview key and close the Registry Editor when
you??™re done.
If you don??™t want to mess around in the Registry, you can also do this with
Creative Element Power Tools (http://www.creativelement.com/powertools/):
1. Open the Creative Element Power Tools Control Panel, turn on the Edit
file type associations option, click Accept, and then close the Control
Panel.
2. Right-click any image file and select Edit File Type.
3. On the right side, right-click Windows Photo Gallery Viewer Image
Verbs, and select Open Registry Editor here.
4. In the Registry Editor, select File ??? Export, type a filename, and then
click Save to back up this Registry key. Close the Registry Editor to
return to File Type Doctor.
5. With Windows Photo Gallery Viewer Image Verbs still highlighted,
click the Remove button.
To re-enable the Windows Photo Gallery at any time, just double-click the
Registry patch you created.
Microsoft in its infinite wisdom created a new image file format
to be released along with Windows Vista, called HD
Photo. (I think that makes about 60 formats we now get to deal
with.
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