Windows Photo Viewer "not enough memory" Patch

About

This project is inspired by PhotoViewerOutOfMemoryNoMore.

Directly modifying the ImagingEngine.dll works fine, however, while Windows wouldn't try to restore the DLL, sfc /scannow will report file corruption. So I make a simple in-memory patch to keep the original ImagingEngine.dll intact with dll hijacking.

How to use

Download the mscms.dll from release and put it in C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer folder.

Build from source

Run make under MingW.

Tested

• Windows 10 21H2

• Windows 11 22H2

Should work for Windows 7 or later.

Thanks

PaaaulZ's original work

DLL Hijacking guide by tothi