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What is photoviewershim.dll?

Part of Windows Live Photo Gallery by Microsoft

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How is photoviewershim.dll loaded?

Autoplay handler - photoviewershim.dll is typically associtated with identifier name of MSLivePhotoAcquireDropHandler with and identifier of SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\MSLivePhotoAcquireDropHandler. Autoplay will scan removable media, when it arrives, looking for media content types (music, graphics, or video). When a removable media arrives, Windows determines what actions to perform by evaluating the content and comparing it to registered handlers for that content. An application will register a handler for Autoplay events associated with a media type.

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What is the community is seeing?	What is the community is doing?
About 0.4% of all Boost users have the photoviewershim.dll file.	Of the 0.4% of photoviewershim.dll users, 14.3% have disabled it.

Typical file (disk image) location:

C:\Program Files\windows live\photo gallery\photoviewershim.dll

What else is related?

themeui.dll (Windows-Design-API by Microsoft)

sstext3d.scr (Direct3D-Textbildschirmschoner by Microsoft)

logonui.exe (Windows-Anmeldebenutzeroberfläche by Microsoft)

system.componentmodel.composition.resources.dll (Microsoft® .NET Framework by Microsoft)

presentationframework.resources.dll (Microsoft® .NET Framework by Microsoft)

updater.exe (Skype by Microsoft)

msxml4a.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP1 by Microsoft)

msxml4r.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP1 by Microsoft)

msxml4.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP 2 by Microsoft)

freecell.exe (Entertainment Pack FreeCell Game by Microsoft)

wiaacmgr.exe (Windows Picture Acquisition Wizard by Microsoft)

prodaiintl1033.dll (ProdAddInIntl by Microsoft)

mimectl.dll (Microsoft® Exchange by Microsoft)

msvcp60.dll (Microsoft (R) Visual C++ by Microsoft)

rstrui.exe (System Restore Application by Microsoft)

dismhost.exe (Dism Host Servicing Process by Microsoft)

bcmsqlstartupsvc.exe (Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2010 by Microsoft)

msonsext.dll (Microsoft Office by Microsoft)

encwcbar.dll (Microsoft Encarta by Microsoft)

workfolderssvc.dll (Microsoft® Work Folders Service by Microsoft)

appreadiness.dll (AppReadiness by Microsoft)

ole32.dll (Microsoft OLE for Windows by Microsoft)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.196608)

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