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#1091 7-ZIP can't open pictures in Windows default photo viewer (W

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nobody
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2015-01-14
2012-04-01
yck
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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."

Is there any fix for this?

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  • Alan Horkan

    Alan Horkan - 2012-08-12

    This is an old and known issue, you can find out more in the discussion forums. If I recall there were some questions about what was the best way to try and fix this without creating other problem. What is happing is that as far as I know 7zip opens the files temporarily but often deletes them too quickly before the image viewer program has time to display them.

     

  • ducquoc

    ducquoc - 2014-12-04

    This is a known issue of 7-zip. Fortunately there is a workaround:

    Work-around: use another photo viewer as default (instead of Windows Photo Viewer). Make sure the format of pictures are associated with your new photo viewer before opening them in 7-zip.
    (for example: you may associate ".png" always open in Picasa, or ".jpeg" always open in FastStone, or ".gif" always open in XnView)

    hope this helps,

     

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