How to run Photoviewer.dll in command line

Question

When I run the following code below in a command prompt (as administrator):

"C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll" "C:\00012.tif"

it produces error as shown below :

"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an associated in the Default Programs control panel."

Both .tif and .tiff are associated in the Default programs control panel.

I am trying to call this from a .net windows app.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

It's not necessary to run PhotoViewer directly, let explorer do the work for you. As a bonus, it works with relative paths as far as I can tell.

C:\Users\alphaniner> explorer Documents\test.png

Answer 2

Windows 7

rundll32 "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll", ImageView_Fullscreen path_to_image

• path_to_image must not be quoted!

Answer 3

rundll32 "C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll" "C:\00012.tif"

For running a dll, there is rundll32.