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Windows Photo Gallery\PhotoViewer.dll

Anonymous
2010-04-03T15:02:28+00:00

When I right clip on a jpeg file and select "edit", the following eror message appears.  "There was a problem starting c:\Program Files\Windows Photo Gallery\PhotoViewer.dll   THe specified module could not be found."  How do I fix this?

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Ramesh 176.3K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2010-04-04T03:00:48+00:00

If you upgraded from Windows Vista to Windows 7 and Windows Photo Gallery was the default program used to open pictures, you might get the following error when you right-click a photo and click Edit:

“There was a problem starting C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Gallery\PhotoViewer.dll. The specified module could not be found.”

Why can't I right-click a picture to edit it?:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Why-cant-I-right-click-a-picture-to-edit

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP (since 2003) for Windows Desktop Experience. The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ (Windows 7/Vista/XP Troubleshooting)

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-09-29T04:04:32+00:00

    When I got this message in Windows 10 I found that downloading and installing Windows essentials removed the error message.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-10T04:13:02+00:00

    Thank you for this! :)

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  4. Ramesh 176.3K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2010-04-04T06:40:13+00:00

    Update: I have a write up here.

    Fix Error "There was a problem starting PhotoViewer.dll" When Editing Image Files in Windows 7:

    http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-error-problem-starting-photoviewer-dll-edit-image-windows-7/

    Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP (since 2003) for Windows Desktop Experience. The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ (Windows 7/Vista/XP Troubleshooting)

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