||| "The Sec-RAT-ary" <Dave@the-ratsDOTorg>
||| wrote in message ||| <SNIP> Windows Image and Fax Viewer will only open up certain images
||| I've taken and saved (all in JPEG format) and not others.
|||
||| I can open them up from my CompactFlash card and the images are 'generated',
||| but if I save them to my Desktop, they will not open up at all ... 'No preview
||| available' <SNIP>
|| || <SNIP> KB326675 <SNIP>
| "The Sec-RAT-ary" <Dave@the-ratsDOTorg>
| wrote in message | Hi Carrie, Many thanks for the reply ...
| I have read the article but I don't think it's relevant (?)
|
| a) I haven't upgraded 'to' Windows XP (home)
| b) I haven't 'downloaded' the images
| c) The images are exterior/interior pub shots I've taken *myself*
| d) I'm not using AOL or CompuServe (compressed images)
| e) If I view from the Compact Flash card ... they open up
| f) If I drag one onto Desktop and try to open it ... "No preview available"
| g) The 'title' *Windows Image and Fax Viewer* doesn't show either
| h) If same image is placed in a Folder on Desktop or a Zip
| Disk ... it opens up ?
|
| Weeeeeeeeeird !
|
| Oh ... I forgot to mention earlier that this 'feature' was working fine
| up until 3 weeks ago ... then it just 'disappeared'.
|
| Many thanks for your reply again ... Cheers, <SNIP>
Regretfully I am unable to recreate your problem. That is, for any *.jpg that
I place on the desktop, when I open it I am unable to reproduce the "No
preview available" message along with a missing title.
But, of course, I know few actual details of the problem, and none of the
details of your computing environment. Which leads me to the following:
If your computer a member of a domain (where an Administrator may be
placing restrictions on your Desktop, redirecting your Desktop, etc., and
a Computer Technician is paid to troubleshoot and repair computer
problems, etc.) I suggest that you discuss this issue with that Administrator
and that Computer Technician.
Some information that may help you solve the problem if you do not have
an Administrator and a Computer Technician to help you out:
When you double-click your *.jpg file the following command is supposed
to get executed:
rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1
The %1 at the end of the command is a parameter that is replaced by the path
to the file.
For example, on my computer that is not a member of a domain, with my User
Profile that is named Carrie, with my Desktop that is located on my local hard
drive in the default location, and for a file on my Desktop named jpg.jpg, the
command is:
rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen C:\Docume~1\Carrie\Desktop\jpg.jpg
or
rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\jpg.jpg
Also, the only way I was able to recreate the problem of the Windows Image
and Fax Viewer opening with a "No preview available" message along with
a missing title, was to do the following:
Right-click the desktop, select New | Shortcut. In the "Type the location
of the item:" box enter the following command...
rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen
....click Next, and Finish. Then double-click the shortcut. Notice that the
command I used is missing the path to a file.
Now given the above and the way you have described your problem
(the Windows Image and Fax Viewer works correctly if the file is in a folder
other than Desktop), it seems unlikely that the problem is with shimgvw.dll.
Therefore, perhaps the problem has something to do with the Desktop, the
Desktop path to the file, and/or the way that shimgvw.dll is expanding the
Desktop path.
If that is indeed the case, then you might be able to figure out the problem by
running the SysInternals utility named FileMon (which "monitors and displays
file system activity on a system in real-time") at the same time that you try to
open a problem *.jpg.
For more information about FileMon see the following Web Site:
Sysinternals Freeware
Utilities for Windows NT and Windows 2000 - FileMon
Copyright © 1996-2004 Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
Last Updated: March 18, 2004 v6.1
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/filemon.shtml
BTW, you may want to use the filter feature in FileMon to select what data
will be shown in the list view. The one that I used and seemed to work well
is as follows:
*shimgvw*;*jpg*;*desktop*
And you may also want to save the results of a FileMon test on a *.jpg that
does not open correctly. Then run a FileMon test on a *.jpg that does open
correctly and compare the results.
And if FileMon does not help you resolve the problem, your computer is not
a member of a domain, and you would like more help, please take time to
read and answer the following questions:
You wrote "that this 'feature' was working fine up until 3 weeks ago." So...
What exactly has happened to, or changed with, your computer in the last
three weeks?
Does your Desktop display any other unusual behavior? For example,
do other file types such as *.gif's and *.bmp's open properly when saved
to (or copied to) the Desktop and then opened with the Windows Image
and Fax Viewer? Do non-image file types such as Write Documents (*.wri)
open properly when save to (or copied to) the Desktop and opened
with WordPad?
Does this behavior occur when you logon to another users' profile with the
same rights and group memberships as your account? For more
information about how to "create a new user account" search the Windows
XP Professional Help and Support Center for the words in double-quotes
and read the Suggested Topic by that title.
Is your operating system Microsoft Windows: XP Professional or
XP Home Edition? And what is the Service Pack Level? You can
determine those things by opening Control Panel, clicking System,
and reading the General tab.
If you open the Control Panel, then open User Accounts and view the
description of your Account what does it say. For example: Computer
administrator, or Limited account.
Is your operating system installed on a partition that is formatted NTFS.
You can determine this by "Using Disk Management". For more
information search the Windows XP Professional Help and Support
Center for the words in double-quotes and read the Full-text Search
Match by that title.
Please provide the full path to one of the files in question. One way to
obtain the full path is to create a shortcut to one of the Desktop *.jpg
files in question. Then right-click the shortcut and select Properties.
The Target box should be highlighted but if not highlight it. Then copy
and paste the path in your reply.
p )