Delete Picture and Fax Viewer

If you find the default Picture and Fax Viewer more of an annoyance than a help, it can be removed as follows:

[Start] [Run] type regedit.exe and click [OK]
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/SystemFileAssociations/image/ShellEx /ContextMenuHandlers
Delete the Folder ShellImagePreview under ContextMenuHandlers

If you change your mind and want to restore the Picture and Fax Viewer

Create the ShellImagePreview folder and create the String Value (Default)
Assign it the value {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}