photoviewershim.dll
Windows Live Photo Gallery by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Overview
There are 5 versions of photoviewershim.dll in the wild, the latest version being 16.4.3528.0331_ship.client.main.w5m4 (ship). The average file size is about 49.72 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation. Numerous variations of photoviewershim.dll have been installed with both Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Essentials.
What is photoviewershim.dll?
Windows Photo Gallery is a photo editing software that is a part of Microsoft's Windows Essentials software suite. Windows Photo Gallery provides management, tagging, and searching capabilities for digital photos. It provides an image viewer that can replace the default OS image viewer, and a photo import tool that can be used to acquire photos from a camera or other removable media.
About photoviewershim.dll (from Microsoft Corporation)
“Windows Live Photo Gallery has everything you need to edit, organize and share your photos. Photo Gallery even makes publishing your photos to websites like Facebook, Flickr and Windows Live SkyDrive ”
 Details
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| File name: | photoviewershim.dll |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Live Photo Gallery |
| Description: | Windows Live Photo Gallery |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows live\photo gallery\photoviewershim.dll |
| Original name: | DropTargetShim.dll |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Monday, December 7, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, March 7, 2011 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Windows Live Photo Gallery.)
Windows Photo Gallery is a photo editing software that is a part of Microsoft's Windows Essentials software suite. Windows Photo Gallery provides management, tagging, and searching capabilities for d...
Windows Live Essentials is a suite of freeware applications by Microsoft that aims to offer integrated and bundled e-mail, instant messaging, photo-sharing, blog publishing, and security services. Ess...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of photoviewershim.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Autoplay handlers
Runs under the registry key 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers'
- Handler name 'MSLiveShowPicturesOnArrival'
- Handler name 'MSLivePhotoAcquireDropHandler'
Approved shell extensions
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved'
- 'Windows Live Photo Gallery Autoplay Drop Target Shim' with CLSID {00F30F90-3E96-453B-AFCD-D71989ECC2C7}
- 'Windows Live Photo Gallery Editor Drop Target Shim' with CLSID {00F3712A-CA79-45B4-9E4D-D7891E7F8B9D}
- 'Windows Live Photo Gallery Viewer Drop Target Shim' with CLSID {00F346CB-35A4-465B-8B8F-65A29DBAB1F6}
- CLSID: {00F33137-EE26-412F-8D71-F84E4C2C6625}
All file variations of photoviewershim.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
53.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
15.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
12.25% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.00% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
2.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8 |
1.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
1.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 48.25% of Windows Live Photo Gallery.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
18.46% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
17.95% |
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| Toshiba |
14.36% |
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| Lenovo |
14.36% |
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| Sony |
13.68% |
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| ASUS |
9.57% |
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| Acer |
6.15% |
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| Medion |
2.05% |
|
| Alienware |
1.37% |
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| Samsung |
1.03% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.03% |
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