Can't view images with WinFx Beta 2?

Some folks are hitting an issue where they cannot view images after installing WinFx Beta 2 on Windows XP. We're currently investigating this issue further, however a work around is available. If you happen to be hitting this problem, please follow these steps:

1. Uninstall WinFx Beta 2.
2. Uninstall the WIC redistributable package by running: %windir%\$NtUninstallWIC$\spuninst\spuninst.exe
3. Reinstall WinFx Beta 2.
4. (optional) Verify that WindowsCodecs.dll and WindowsCodecsExt.dll are in %windir%\system32.

Thank you everyone who's reported this issue to us, and who have helped in the investigation of the problem.

Comments

• Anonymous
  May 25, 2006
  See Robert's posting if you cannot view images after installing WinFX Beta 2:
  http://blogs.msdn.com/rwlodarc/archive/2006/05/25/607131.asp...

• Anonymous
  June 23, 2006
  If you are having problems where the EID menus don't drop down, and shortcut keys cause a crash (or opening...

• Anonymous
  January 23, 2007
  See Robert's posting if you cannot view images after installing WinFX Beta 2: http://blogs.msdn.com/rwlodarc/archive/2006/05/25/607131.aspx

• Anonymous
  June 28, 2008
  If you are having problems where the EID menus don't drop down, and shortcut keys cause a crash (or opening a .csproj causes a crash) in the design surface assembly, be sure to check out this blog entry . It may help. The problem is related to the image

• Anonymous
  January 21, 2009
  PingBack from http://www.keyongtech.com/1062302-crashing-issues-with-expression-interactive