can't copy .jpg or open some files over network

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As part of the process of transitioning to new computer, I'm seeking to
copy my photographs from the old drive to the new drive over a Microsoft
Network connection. Both machines are running WinXP-Pro w/ SR-2.

When I try to copy all the photos in a directory, the

I can open most photos resident on my old computer using the version of
Microsoft Digital Image Pro that is installed on my new computer,
however I get the error message "sorry this file can't be opened," on a
few of them. I'm also unable to copy those photos. If I go back to my
old machine and copy the troublesome .jpg file, I can then open it and
copy it. If I go back and open the file using the copy of Digital Image
Pro resident on the old machine, and then save it over the old file
without a name change, I can copy it.

Looking at the "properties," there appear to be no differences between
the files I can open / copy over the network and those that can't be
opened/copied over the network. It does not seem to make a difference
whether they are "read only," "ready for archiving," or "compressed."
The only difference I found is that some of the .jpg images that are
problems at some point in the past did NOT have the "compressed"
property checked.

What might it be about these files that prevents me from copying them?
 
windsurferLA said:
As part of the process of transitioning to new computer,
I'm seeking to copy my photographs from the old drive to
the new drive over a Microsoft Network connection. Both
machines are running WinXP-Pro w/ SR-2.

When I try to copy all the photos in a directory, the

I can open most photos resident on my old computer using
the version of Microsoft Digital Image Pro that is
installed on my new computer, however I get the error
message "sorry this file can't be opened," on a few of
them. I'm also unable to copy those photos. If I go
back to my old machine and copy the troublesome .jpg
file, I can then open it and copy it. If I go back and
open the file using the copy of Digital Image Pro
resident on the old machine, and then save it over the
old file without a name change, I can copy it.

Looking at the "properties," there appear to be no
differences between the files I can open / copy over the
network and those that can't be opened/copied over the
network. It does not seem to make a difference whether
they are "read only," "ready for archiving," or
"compressed." The only difference I found is that some of
the .jpg images that are problems at some point in the
past did NOT have the "compressed" property checked.

What might it be about these files that prevents me from
copying them?
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Maybe this article will offer some ideas:

(837876) "Sorry, this file cannot be opened"
error message when you use Digital Image
Pro to open an image that you downloaded
from the Internet
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=837876

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John said:
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Maybe this article will offer some ideas:

(837876) "Sorry, this file cannot be opened" error message when you use
Digital Image Pro to open an image that you downloaded from the Internet
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=837876
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I checked reference article and I don't think it applies, but thanks
for trying. I do not use AOL. The photos were originally transfered
from a NIKON digital camera. The ones that I'm unable to copy appear to
have been edited in some way, probably using "MicroSoft Photo Editor
3.0." I've phased out using MicroSoft Photo Editor 3.0, even though it
is lightning fast because it was designed for much slower machines,
because I found that edited photos often no longer contained the
original meta data related to camera model and time the photo was taken.


I've contructed two test files that contain the identical imagery. One
can't be copied over the network. The other, a derivative of the first,
can be copied over the network. The second was made by opening the first
with Digital Image and saving it with a different name. When the
"simple" properties of both files are examined using the copy of Windows
explorer resident on the machine they are resident, both are blank.
When the "simple" properties of both files are examined over the network
using the copy of Windows Explorer on the new machine, the "simple"
properties view of the problem file has the message "Summary properties
are unavalable for the selected sources(s)."

Obviously, the problem files have corrupted meta data that interferes
with them being copied or viewed over a network. I'm uncertain as to
how they got corrupted, although Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 is
suspected. I have a variety of image modifying programs, and I'm
uncertain as to which was used on which photos. Fortunately, Microsoft
Digital Image 10 does not seem to be the source of the problem AND my
new machine is fast enough that I'm not bothered by its large size.

IDEAS ON HOW TO "PURIFY" THE TROUBLESOME FILES ON A BULK BASIS WOULD BE
WELCOMED.

Its a bitch to be copying 1000 photos and have to go back individually
through the list of photos when the process stops, perhaps at photo
number 547.
 
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I checked reference article and I don't think it applies, but thanks
for trying. I do not use AOL. The photos were originally transfered
from a NIKON digital camera. The ones that I'm unable to copy appear to
have been edited in some way, probably using "MicroSoft Photo Editor
3.0." I've phased out using MicroSoft Photo Editor 3.0, even though it
is lightning fast because it was designed for much slower machines,
because I found that edited photos often no longer contained the
original meta data related to camera model and time the photo was taken.


I've contructed two test files that contain the identical imagery. One
can't be copied over the network. The other, a derivative of the first,
can be copied over the network. The second was made by opening the first
with Digital Image and saving it with a different name. When the
"simple" properties of both files are examined using the copy of Windows
explorer resident on the machine they are resident, both are blank.
When the "simple" properties of both files are examined over the network
using the copy of Windows Explorer on the new machine, the "simple"
properties view of the problem file has the message "Summary properties
are unavalable for the selected sources(s)."

Obviously, the problem files have corrupted meta data that interferes
with them being copied or viewed over a network. I'm uncertain as to
how they got corrupted, although Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 is
suspected. I have a variety of image modifying programs, and I'm
uncertain as to which was used on which photos. Fortunately, Microsoft
Digital Image 10 does not seem to be the source of the problem AND my
new machine is fast enough that I'm not bothered by its large size.

IDEAS ON HOW TO "PURIFY" THE TROUBLESOME FILES ON A BULK BASIS WOULD BE
WELCOMED.

Its a bitch to be copying 1000 photos and have to go back individually
through the list of photos when the process stops, perhaps at photo
number 547.
Click to expand...

I found that if I copied each photo individually (but in mass) to a new
directory on the old machine, the newly saved .jpg file seemed to have
corrected meta data, and I could then copy the newly copied photo over
the network to the new drive.

I still would like to know what is thep problem.
 
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