-        if (c == _T('#')) l2 = i + 1;
-        if (c == _T('.')) {ext = loc.Right(l2-i-1); break;}
-        if ((c == _T('/')) || (c == _T('\\')) || (c == _T(':'))) {return wxEmptyString;}
+        if (c == wxT('#')) l2 = i + 1;
+        if (c == wxT('.')) {ext = loc.Right(l2-i-1); break;}
+        if ((c == wxT('/')) || (c == wxT('\\')) || (c == wxT(':'))) {return wxEmptyString;}
+    }
+
+    static bool s_MinimalMimeEnsured = FALSE;
+    if (!s_MinimalMimeEnsured) {
+        static const wxFileTypeInfo fallbacks[] =
+        {
+            wxFileTypeInfo("image/jpeg",
+                           "",
+                           "",
+                           "JPEG image (from fallback)",
+                           "jpg", "jpeg", NULL),
+            wxFileTypeInfo("image/gif",
+                           "",
+                           "",
+                           "GIF image (from fallback)",
+                           "gif", NULL),
+            wxFileTypeInfo("image/png",
+                           "",
+                           "",
+                           "PNG image (from fallback)",
+                           "png", NULL),
+            wxFileTypeInfo("image/bmp",
+                           "",
+                           "",
+                           "windows bitmap image (from fallback)",
+                           "bmp", NULL),
+            wxFileTypeInfo("text/html",
+                           "",
+                           "",
+                           "HTML document (from fallback)",
+                           "htm", "html", NULL),
+
+            // must terminate the table with this!
+            wxFileTypeInfo()
+        };
+
+        wxTheMimeTypesManager -> AddFallbacks(fallbacks);
+    }
+
+    ft = wxTheMimeTypesManager -> GetFileTypeFromExtension(ext);
+    if (ft && (ft -> GetMimeType(&mime))) {
+        delete ft; 
+        return mime;
+    }
+    else {
+        delete ft;
+        return wxEmptyString;