Photo Application Associations for Windows 10


 Product(s):ProjectWise Integration Server
 Version(s):10.00.02.265
 Area: ProjectWise Administrator
 Subarea: Application Configurations
 Original Author:Dana Guthrie, Bentley Technical Support Group

Background

User wants to create an Application in PW Admin to set images to use the "Windows Photo Viewer" for their Windows 10 computers.

Steps to Accomplish

Using the "Launch Windows App" association

If the "Launch Windows app" is not restricted on the machine, you can run through the 'Windows app launcher'. 

Follow these steps for global setting

  1. If the "Launch Windows app" is not restricted on the machine, you can run through the 'windows app launcher'.
  2. In ProjectWise Administrator, double click the Applications node,
  3. Double click on 'Images'
  4. Choose the actions tab
  5. Click Create,
  6. Set the action to 'Open',
  7. Click the browse button next to program class name, choose "Launch Windows App" click okay,
  8. Provide a program description, click okay, and okay

For individual user association:

  1. Have the user launch PW explorer and log in
  2. Right click an image file, and choose open with
  3. In the program list choose "Launch Windows App" click okay
  4. On the next dialog check the box to "always use this program".

Using the command line path location

If the "Launch Windows app" is not available then you can set the program associations using the C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe as the Program executable path and C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll", ImageView_Fullscreen %1 as the command line that will be used to start the application.

Follow these steps for global setting 

  1. In ProjectWise Administrator, double click the Applications node,
  2. Double click on 'Images'
  3. Choose the actions tab
  4. Click Create,
  5. Set the action to 'Open',
  6. Click the browse button next to program class name, Click the Executables tab, Click the browse button and navigate to C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
  7. Choose Absolute or Relative Path then click okay
  8. In the Command Line Arguments field enter:  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll", ImageView_Fullscreen %1
  9. Provide a program description, click okay, and okay

For individual user association:

  1. Have the user launch PW explorer and log in
  2. Go to tools \ associations \ Programs
  3. In the associations list change the association view to "User Associations"
  4. Find and expand Images in the list
  5. Click the Open node to get the application window then browse again to C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe click okay
  6. Expand the command line arguments and enter the following then click Add and Okay.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll", ImageView_Fullscreen %1

See Also

The Projectwise Administrator Help (search for dmsconv)