"Win:" Usage on Xp Gives PhotoViewer Error
Posted: 2013-01-13T18:45:37-07:00
"WIN:" is broken on Xp due to a Windows-version-specific delegation. A workaround and a suggested fix are presented.
After installing ImageMagick-6.8.1-9-Q16-x86-dll.exe a message containing a two-command "confidence test" is displayed:
convert wizard: wizard.jpg
convert wizard.jpg win:
The second command should result in the wizard being displayed. Instead, it fails on Xp Pro SP3 with the error:
RUNDLL
Error loading C:\Program Files/Windows Photo Viewer/PhotoViewer.dll
The specified module could not be found.
This viewer exists on Win 7, but not on Win Xp.
A workaround is to replace the three occurences of:
"cmd.exe /C %%SystemRoot%%/System32/rundll32.exe "%%ProgramFiles%%/Windows Photo Viewer/PhotoViewer.dll", ImageView_Fullscreen file:///%i"
with this:
"imdisplay.exe "%i.""
This restores the previous behaviour of having "WIN:" use imdisplay for viewing.
If the intention is to use the native viewer, consider using "Cmd /C Start "%i." "%i.""
After installing ImageMagick-6.8.1-9-Q16-x86-dll.exe a message containing a two-command "confidence test" is displayed:
convert wizard: wizard.jpg
convert wizard.jpg win:
The second command should result in the wizard being displayed. Instead, it fails on Xp Pro SP3 with the error:
RUNDLL
Error loading C:\Program Files/Windows Photo Viewer/PhotoViewer.dll
The specified module could not be found.
This viewer exists on Win 7, but not on Win Xp.
A workaround is to replace the three occurences of:
"cmd.exe /C %%SystemRoot%%/System32/rundll32.exe "%%ProgramFiles%%/Windows Photo Viewer/PhotoViewer.dll", ImageView_Fullscreen file:///%i"
with this:
"imdisplay.exe "%i.""
This restores the previous behaviour of having "WIN:" use imdisplay for viewing.
If the intention is to use the native viewer, consider using "Cmd /C Start "%i." "%i.""