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7-ZIP can't open pictures in Windows default photo viewer (Windows 7)
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I updated 7-ZIP to the latest version 9.2, but when I try to open e.g. jpg from zip archive I always get a message "Windows Photo Viewer can't open this picture because either this picture is deleted, or it's in a location that isn't available." At the same time most other picture viewers can't ope…
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Fix for: 7-ZIP can't open pictures in Windows default photo viewer (Windows 7)
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In fact, it is a bug in 7-Zip. As program's author Igor Pavlov explains, the following happens when Windows Photo Viewer is set as default image viewer in Windows: The Program1 (some photo file handler) calls another Program2 (windows photo viewer) …
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