diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
index 3ac956ea1d8..2689dd1c3c4 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-10-24 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Fix for PR 43624: The "Show Types Name" action of the Registers view doesn't work.
+	* ShowRegisterTypesAction.java
+	* RegistersView.java
+
 2003-10-22 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Moved the 'AddAddressBreakpointActionDelegate' action 
 	to the 'org.eclipse.cdt.debug.internal.ui.actions' package.
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/actions/ShowRegisterTypesAction.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/actions/ShowRegisterTypesAction.java
index 655fd66691c..00b33534d8a 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/actions/ShowRegisterTypesAction.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/actions/ShowRegisterTypesAction.java
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.internal.ui.CDebugImages;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.internal.ui.ICDebugHelpContextIds;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui.CDebugUIPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.debug.ui.IDebugModelPresentation;
+import org.eclipse.debug.ui.IDebugView;
 import org.eclipse.jface.action.Action;
-import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ILabelProvider;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer;
 import org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator;
 import org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp;
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ import org.eclipse.ui.help.WorkbenchHelp;
  */
 public class ShowRegisterTypesAction extends Action
 {
-	private StructuredViewer fViewer;
+	private IDebugView fView;
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor for ShowRegisterTypesAction.
 	 */
-	public ShowRegisterTypesAction( StructuredViewer viewer )
+	public ShowRegisterTypesAction( IDebugView view )
 	{
 		super( "Show &Type Names", Action.AS_CHECK_BOX );
-		setViewer( viewer );
+		setView( view );
 		setToolTipText( "Show Type Names" );
 		CDebugImages.setLocalImageDescriptors( this, CDebugImages.IMG_LCL_TYPE_NAMES );
 		setId( CDebugUIPlugin.getUniqueIdentifier() + ".ShowTypesAction" ); //$NON-NLS-1$
@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@ public class ShowRegisterTypesAction extends Action
 		{
 			return;
 		}
-		ILabelProvider labelProvider = (ILabelProvider)getViewer().getLabelProvider();
-		if ( labelProvider instanceof IDebugModelPresentation )
+		IDebugModelPresentation debugLabelProvider = (IDebugModelPresentation)getView().getAdapter( IDebugModelPresentation.class );
+		if ( debugLabelProvider != null ) 
 		{
-			IDebugModelPresentation debugLabelProvider = (IDebugModelPresentation)labelProvider;
-			debugLabelProvider.setAttribute( IDebugModelPresentation.DISPLAY_VARIABLE_TYPE_NAMES, ( on ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE ) );
+			debugLabelProvider.setAttribute( IDebugModelPresentation.DISPLAY_VARIABLE_TYPE_NAMES, ( on ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE ) );			
 			BusyIndicator.showWhile( getViewer().getControl().getDisplay(), 
 									 new Runnable()
 										{
@@ -80,11 +79,18 @@ public class ShowRegisterTypesAction extends Action
 
 	protected StructuredViewer getViewer()
 	{
-		return fViewer;
+		if ( getView() != null && getView().getViewer() instanceof StructuredViewer )
+			return (StructuredViewer)getView().getViewer();
+		return null;
 	}
 
-	protected void setViewer( StructuredViewer viewer )
+	protected IDebugView getView()
 	{
-		fViewer = viewer;
+		return fView;
+	}
+
+	public void setView( IDebugView view )
+	{
+		fView = view;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/registers/RegistersView.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/registers/RegistersView.java
index 026bec1f4b4..01b25148591 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/registers/RegistersView.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/registers/RegistersView.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jface.action.IToolBarManager;
 import org.eclipse.jface.action.Separator;
 import org.eclipse.jface.util.IPropertyChangeListener;
 import org.eclipse.jface.util.PropertyChangeEvent;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IBaseLabelProvider;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IColorProvider;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IContentProvider;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ILabelProvider;
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ public class RegistersView extends AbstractDebugEventHandlerView
 	 */
 	protected void createActions()
 	{
-		IAction action = new ShowRegisterTypesAction( getStructuredViewer() );
+		IAction action = new ShowRegisterTypesAction( this );
 		setAction( "ShowTypeNames", action ); //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 		action = new ChangeRegisterValueAction( getViewer() );
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ public class RegistersView extends AbstractDebugEventHandlerView
 		menu.add( new Separator( IWorkbenchActionConstants.MB_ADDITIONS ) );
 
 		menu.appendToGroup( ICDebugUIConstants.REGISTER_GROUP, getAction( "ChangeRegisterValue" ) ); //$NON-NLS-1$
-		menu.appendToGroup( IDebugUIConstants.RENDER_GROUP, getAction( "ShowTypeNames" ) ); //$NON-NLS-1$
+//		menu.appendToGroup( IDebugUIConstants.RENDER_GROUP, getAction( "ShowTypeNames" ) ); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		menu.appendToGroup( ICDebugUIConstants.REFRESH_GROUP, getAction( "AutoRefresh" ) ); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		menu.appendToGroup( ICDebugUIConstants.REFRESH_GROUP, getAction( "Refresh" ) ); //$NON-NLS-1$
 	}
@@ -395,4 +396,21 @@ public class RegistersView extends AbstractDebugEventHandlerView
 	{
 		fExpandedRegisters.remove( rm );
 	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable#getAdapter(java.lang.Class)
+	 */
+	public Object getAdapter( Class adapter )
+	{
+		if ( IDebugModelPresentation.class.equals( adapter ) ) 
+		{
+			IBaseLabelProvider labelProvider = getStructuredViewer().getLabelProvider();
+			if ( labelProvider instanceof VariablesViewLabelProvider ) 
+			{
+				return ((VariablesViewLabelProvider)labelProvider).getPresentation();
+			}
+		}
+		return super.getAdapter( adapter );
+	}
+
 }