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From: "Sven" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] xp photo e-mail


> Hi Daniel,
>
> The option in the My Pictures folder to "E-mail this file" and the option
> on
> the right click menu to "Send To \ Mail Recipient" is a function of the
> "sendmail.dll" file located in C:\ WINDOWS \ system32. You have the wrong
> version of this file to perform that function, probably due to how Windows
> XP was installed on your system or possibly an update.
>
> First, you need a copy of version 6.0.2900.2180 of the file. It's 54 KB in
> size. You can copy it from a friend's system or anyone, including me, who
> has it can send it to you. You will have to restart your computer in safe
> mode in order to replace the file as Windows won't allow it when running
> normally. When in safe mode, go to where the new file is located, right
> click on the file and choose "Copy". Next, in Windows Explorer, navigate
> to
> C:\ WINDOWS \ system32 and locate the sendmail.dll file. Either rename the
> file or move it to another location (My Documents). Now right click on a
> blank area and choose "Paste". Restart the computer and that should do it.
>
> Here is another nice "fix" for XP. Are you tired of Internet Explorer's
> insistence on automatically adding "Your files are attached and ready to
> send with this message" to your e-mail message? Even at their best,
> Microsoft sometimes only makes things worse. This fix adds an "E-mail
> Page"
> option when you click your right mouse button in Internet Explorer. The
> text
> in the message is now simply the name of the Web site along with a
> clickable
> link, and the subject line is also straightforward - just the name of the
> site. The file is from Kelly's Korner. Look for: "EMail Page - IE (right
> click) w/ Clickable Link".
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm#util
>
> Sven Swanson, Sr.
>
Thanks for the info. I fixed it by simply typing "REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL"
(without quotations) into the run dialog box and OKing it. After that the
"make all my pictures smaller" function worked as it was supposed to.

Regards,

Daniel Medley

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