Restore a picture

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Does anyone know how to restore a picture that is currently being used as a
desktop picture?
It seems to have disappeared out of my HD. (It is in colour on the desktop,
but B/W on the display background, under display properties)
 
If it is currently being displayed on the Desktop then it must still be on
your Hard Drive somewhere.
 
It is in colour on the desktop, but B/W on the display background, under display properties

Is this happening to all the pictures, or the one in particular?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know how to restore a picture that is currently being used as a
desktop picture?
It seems to have disappeared out of my HD. (It is in colour on the desktop,
but B/W on the display background, under display properties)
 
Just this one. What happened was I installed and used Olympus CanMedia
software to fiddle with a few pictures. In the process of doing something, I
looked at the help screens, which indicated that deleting a picture via
their software deleted from the HD, bypassing Recycle bin. Here is their
wording
"
Deleting Files
Note
This operation completely deletes files from the computer hard disk, without
transferring them to the Windows recycle bin or Macintosh trash."

I think I may have deleted a picture or two, thinking it was just being
deleted out of CanMedia software, as seems to happen with most other
software.
I rebooted overnight, and the picture is still on the desktop, but I can't
find it anywhere else.


display properties

Is this happening to all the pictures, or the one in particular?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know how to restore a picture that is currently being used as a
desktop picture?
It seems to have disappeared out of my HD. (It is in colour on the desktop,
but B/W on the display background, under display properties)
 
To locate the picture, try this:

Open Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Note down the value of "Wallpaper" which contains the path to the current Wallpaper.

If it's a standard XP background, extract it from XP CD.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Just this one. What happened was I installed and used Olympus CanMedia
software to fiddle with a few pictures. In the process of doing something, I
looked at the help screens, which indicated that deleting a picture via
their software deleted from the HD, bypassing Recycle bin. Here is their
wording
"
Deleting Files
Note
This operation completely deletes files from the computer hard disk, without
transferring them to the Windows recycle bin or Macintosh trash."

I think I may have deleted a picture or two, thinking it was just being
deleted out of CanMedia software, as seems to happen with most other
software.
I rebooted overnight, and the picture is still on the desktop, but I can't
find it anywhere else.


display properties

Is this happening to all the pictures, or the one in particular?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know how to restore a picture that is currently being used as a
desktop picture?
It seems to have disappeared out of my HD. (It is in colour on the desktop,
but B/W on the display background, under display properties)
 
Happy you might be able to find the file by running this free tool
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html. If possible download onto
another computer, open the zip and save to a floppy then on your computer
run the Restoration.exe file from the floppy. This will locate most deleted
files. Please be advised that the more you use your computer the greater the
risk of overwriting deleted files.

On the other hand I am not certain how you can still be running the file as
a desktop image if it has been deleted.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
 
Thank you Ramesh! I don't know how it worked, but it did, and that's what's
important. Somehow, the file "changed it's stripes" from a jpg to bmp file.
(5.5mg, instead of 350kb!) but at least I have the picture. When I tried to
save it as a jpg instead of bmp, a warning came up that it could become
unstable. What does that mean?
Thanks also to Harry Ohm for the Restoration file. I will keep that for my
next deletion adventure!

Harry Ohrn said:
Happy you might be able to find the file by running this free tool
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html. If possible download onto
another computer, open the zip and save to a floppy then on your computer
run the Restoration.exe file from the floppy. This will locate most deleted
files. Please be advised that the more you use your computer the greater the
risk of overwriting deleted files.

On the other hand I am not certain how you can still be running the file as
a desktop image if it has been deleted.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Happy said:
Just this one. What happened was I installed and used Olympus CanMedia
software to fiddle with a few pictures. In the process of doing something,
I
looked at the help screens, which indicated that deleting a picture via
their software deleted from the HD, bypassing Recycle bin. Here is their
wording
"
Deleting Files
Note
This operation completely deletes files from the computer hard disk,
without
transferring them to the Windows recycle bin or Macintosh trash."

I think I may have deleted a picture or two, thinking it was just being
deleted out of CanMedia software, as seems to happen with most other
software.
I rebooted overnight, and the picture is still on the desktop, but I can't
find it anywhere else.


under
display properties

Is this happening to all the pictures, or the one in particular?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know how to restore a picture that is currently being used as
a
desktop picture?
It seems to have disappeared out of my HD. (It is in colour on the
desktop,
but B/W on the display background, under display properties)
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
rather than just changing the extension of the file from .bmp to .jpg you
need to convert the file. If you open it in MS Paint you should then be able
to use Save As to save it as a .jpg

Doing that will create a file which is reduced in size from 5.5MB down to
around 250KB

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Happy said:
Thank you Ramesh! I don't know how it worked, but it did, and that's
what's
important. Somehow, the file "changed it's stripes" from a jpg to bmp
file.
(5.5mg, instead of 350kb!) but at least I have the picture. When I tried
to
save it as a jpg instead of bmp, a warning came up that it could become
unstable. What does that mean?
Thanks also to Harry Ohm for the Restoration file. I will keep that for my
next deletion adventure!

Harry Ohrn said:
Happy you might be able to find the file by running this free tool
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html. If possible download
onto
another computer, open the zip and save to a floppy then on your computer
run the Restoration.exe file from the floppy. This will locate most deleted
files. Please be advised that the more you use your computer the greater the
risk of overwriting deleted files.

On the other hand I am not certain how you can still be running the file as
a desktop image if it has been deleted.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Happy said:
Just this one. What happened was I installed and used Olympus CanMedia
software to fiddle with a few pictures. In the process of doing something,
I
looked at the help screens, which indicated that deleting a picture via
their software deleted from the HD, bypassing Recycle bin. Here is
their
wording
"
Deleting Files
Note
This operation completely deletes files from the computer hard disk,
without
transferring them to the Windows recycle bin or Macintosh trash."

I think I may have deleted a picture or two, thinking it was just being
deleted out of CanMedia software, as seems to happen with most other
software.
I rebooted overnight, and the picture is still on the desktop, but I can't
find it anywhere else.


It is in colour on the desktop, but B/W on the display background, under
display properties

Is this happening to all the pictures, or the one in particular?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know how to restore a picture that is currently being used as
a
desktop picture?
It seems to have disappeared out of my HD. (It is in colour on the
desktop,
but B/W on the display background, under display properties)
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
You're welcome Happy. Glad to see you were able to locate the file.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Thank you Ramesh! I don't know how it worked, but it did, and that's what's
important. Somehow, the file "changed it's stripes" from a jpg to bmp file.
(5.5mg, instead of 350kb!) but at least I have the picture. When I tried to
save it as a jpg instead of bmp, a warning came up that it could become
unstable. What does that mean?
Thanks also to Harry Ohm for the Restoration file. I will keep that for my
next deletion adventure!

<snip>
 
Thanks for that tip re. "paint" program. It worked just fine (saving me file
space to boot!)
What does happen when you try to save a file like that to a different
format, and the warning comes up that it may become unstable. What happens
when it is "unstable"?
Harry Ohrn said:
rather than just changing the extension of the file from .bmp to .jpg you
need to convert the file. If you open it in MS Paint you should then be able
to use Save As to save it as a .jpg

Doing that will create a file which is reduced in size from 5.5MB down to
around 250KB

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Happy said:
Thank you Ramesh! I don't know how it worked, but it did, and that's
what's
important. Somehow, the file "changed it's stripes" from a jpg to bmp
file.
(5.5mg, instead of 350kb!) but at least I have the picture. When I tried
to
save it as a jpg instead of bmp, a warning came up that it could become
unstable. What does that mean?
Thanks also to Harry Ohm for the Restoration file. I will keep that for my
next deletion adventure!

Harry Ohrn said:
Happy you might be able to find the file by running this free tool
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html. If possible download
onto
another computer, open the zip and save to a floppy then on your computer
run the Restoration.exe file from the floppy. This will locate most deleted
files. Please be advised that the more you use your computer the
Click to expand...
greater
the
risk of overwriting deleted files.

On the other hand I am not certain how you can still be running the
Click to expand...
file
as
a desktop image if it has been deleted.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Just this one. What happened was I installed and used Olympus CanMedia
software to fiddle with a few pictures. In the process of doing something,
I
looked at the help screens, which indicated that deleting a picture via
their software deleted from the HD, bypassing Recycle bin. Here is
their
wording
"
Deleting Files
Note
This operation completely deletes files from the computer hard disk,
without
transferring them to the Windows recycle bin or Macintosh trash."

I think I may have deleted a picture or two, thinking it was just being
deleted out of CanMedia software, as seems to happen with most other
software.
I rebooted overnight, and the picture is still on the desktop, but I can't
find it anywhere else.


It is in colour on the desktop, but B/W on the display background, under
display properties

Is this happening to all the pictures, or the one in particular?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know how to restore a picture that is currently being
Click to expand...
used
as
a
desktop picture?
It seems to have disappeared out of my HD. (It is in colour on the
desktop,
but B/W on the display background, under display properties)
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Unstable means it may not work as desire. In the case of a graphic file it
might display only a partial image or it might display the image distorted
in some way. Most likely though it will not open at all. Additionally the
file might cause the application you are trying to open it with to lock up
or shut down (in other words it could cause the application to become
unstable).

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Happy said:
Thanks for that tip re. "paint" program. It worked just fine (saving me
file
space to boot!)
What does happen when you try to save a file like that to a different
format, and the warning comes up that it may become unstable. What happens
when it is "unstable"?
Harry Ohrn said:
rather than just changing the extension of the file from .bmp to .jpg you
need to convert the file. If you open it in MS Paint you should then be able
to use Save As to save it as a .jpg

Doing that will create a file which is reduced in size from 5.5MB down to
around 250KB

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Happy said:
Thank you Ramesh! I don't know how it worked, but it did, and that's
what's
important. Somehow, the file "changed it's stripes" from a jpg to bmp
file.
(5.5mg, instead of 350kb!) but at least I have the picture. When I
tried
to
save it as a jpg instead of bmp, a warning came up that it could become
unstable. What does that mean?
Thanks also to Harry Ohm for the Restoration file. I will keep that for my
next deletion adventure!

Happy you might be able to find the file by running this free tool
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html. If possible download
onto
another computer, open the zip and save to a floppy then on your computer
run the Restoration.exe file from the floppy. This will locate most
deleted
files. Please be advised that the more you use your computer the greater
the
risk of overwriting deleted files.

On the other hand I am not certain how you can still be running the file
as
a desktop image if it has been deleted.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Just this one. What happened was I installed and used Olympus CanMedia
software to fiddle with a few pictures. In the process of doing
something,
I
looked at the help screens, which indicated that deleting a picture via
their software deleted from the HD, bypassing Recycle bin. Here is
their
wording
"
Deleting Files
Note
This operation completely deletes files from the computer hard disk,
without
transferring them to the Windows recycle bin or Macintosh trash."

I think I may have deleted a picture or two, thinking it was just being
deleted out of CanMedia software, as seems to happen with most other
software.
I rebooted overnight, and the picture is still on the desktop, but I
can't
find it anywhere else.


It is in colour on the desktop, but B/W on the display background,
under
display properties

Is this happening to all the pictures, or the one in particular?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know how to restore a picture that is currently being used
as
a
desktop picture?
It seems to have disappeared out of my HD. (It is in colour on the
desktop,
but B/W on the display background, under display properties)
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks-- doesn't sound good---better to avoid doing it, is the message I
get!
Thanks again to both of you. I can't say enough how much I appreciate being
able to get help on some of these "picky" little things, and help in
language I can understand, and act on.
Harry Ohrn said:
Unstable means it may not work as desire. In the case of a graphic file it
might display only a partial image or it might display the image distorted
in some way. Most likely though it will not open at all. Additionally the
file might cause the application you are trying to open it with to lock up
or shut down (in other words it could cause the application to become
unstable).

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Happy said:
Thanks for that tip re. "paint" program. It worked just fine (saving me
file
space to boot!)
What does happen when you try to save a file like that to a different
format, and the warning comes up that it may become unstable. What happens
when it is "unstable"?
Harry Ohrn said:
rather than just changing the extension of the file from .bmp to .jpg you
need to convert the file. If you open it in MS Paint you should then be able
to use Save As to save it as a .jpg

Doing that will create a file which is reduced in size from 5.5MB down to
around 250KB

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Thank you Ramesh! I don't know how it worked, but it did, and that's
what's
important. Somehow, the file "changed it's stripes" from a jpg to bmp
file.
(5.5mg, instead of 350kb!) but at least I have the picture. When I
tried
to
save it as a jpg instead of bmp, a warning came up that it could become
unstable. What does that mean?
Thanks also to Harry Ohm for the Restoration file. I will keep that
Click to expand...
for
my
next deletion adventure!

Happy you might be able to find the file by running this free tool
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html. If possible download
onto
another computer, open the zip and save to a floppy then on your computer
run the Restoration.exe file from the floppy. This will locate most
deleted
files. Please be advised that the more you use your computer the greater
the
risk of overwriting deleted files.

On the other hand I am not certain how you can still be running the file
as
a desktop image if it has been deleted.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Just this one. What happened was I installed and used Olympus CanMedia
software to fiddle with a few pictures. In the process of doing
something,
I
looked at the help screens, which indicated that deleting a
Click to expand...
picture
via
their software deleted from the HD, bypassing Recycle bin. Here is
their
wording
"
Deleting Files
Note
This operation completely deletes files from the computer hard disk,
without
transferring them to the Windows recycle bin or Macintosh trash."

I think I may have deleted a picture or two, thinking it was just being
deleted out of CanMedia software, as seems to happen with most other
software.
I rebooted overnight, and the picture is still on the desktop, but I
can't
find it anywhere else.


It is in colour on the desktop, but B/W on the display background,
under
display properties

Is this happening to all the pictures, or the one in particular?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know how to restore a picture that is currently being used
as
a
desktop picture?
It seems to have disappeared out of my HD. (It is in colour on the
desktop,
but B/W on the display background, under display properties)
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks-- doesn't sound good---better to avoid doing it, is the message I
get!
Click to expand...

TIP: When editing images, work from a copy of the original file. That way
you always have the original on hand. Useful if you goof up editing or want
to create a different project from the same image.
 
You're welcome

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Happy said:
Thanks-- doesn't sound good---better to avoid doing it, is the message I
get!
Thanks again to both of you. I can't say enough how much I appreciate
being
able to get help on some of these "picky" little things, and help in
language I can understand, and act on.
Harry Ohrn said:
Unstable means it may not work as desire. In the case of a graphic file
it
might display only a partial image or it might display the image
distorted
in some way. Most likely though it will not open at all. Additionally the
file might cause the application you are trying to open it with to lock
up
or shut down (in other words it could cause the application to become
unstable).

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Happy said:
Thanks for that tip re. "paint" program. It worked just fine (saving me
file
space to boot!)
What does happen when you try to save a file like that to a different
format, and the warning comes up that it may become unstable. What happens
when it is "unstable"?
rather than just changing the extension of the file from .bmp to .jpg you
need to convert the file. If you open it in MS Paint you should then
be
able
to use Save As to save it as a .jpg

Doing that will create a file which is reduced in size from 5.5MB down to
around 250KB

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Thank you Ramesh! I don't know how it worked, but it did, and that's
what's
important. Somehow, the file "changed it's stripes" from a jpg to
bmp
file.
(5.5mg, instead of 350kb!) but at least I have the picture. When I
tried
to
save it as a jpg instead of bmp, a warning came up that it could become
unstable. What does that mean?
Thanks also to Harry Ohm for the Restoration file. I will keep that for
my
next deletion adventure!

Happy you might be able to find the file by running this free tool
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html. If possible download
onto
another computer, open the zip and save to a floppy then on your
computer
run the Restoration.exe file from the floppy. This will locate most
deleted
files. Please be advised that the more you use your computer the
greater
the
risk of overwriting deleted files.

On the other hand I am not certain how you can still be running the
file
as
a desktop image if it has been deleted.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Just this one. What happened was I installed and used Olympus
CanMedia
software to fiddle with a few pictures. In the process of doing
something,
I
looked at the help screens, which indicated that deleting a picture
via
their software deleted from the HD, bypassing Recycle bin. Here
is
their
wording
"
Deleting Files
Note
This operation completely deletes files from the computer hard disk,
without
transferring them to the Windows recycle bin or Macintosh trash."

I think I may have deleted a picture or two, thinking it was just
being
deleted out of CanMedia software, as seems to happen with most other
software.
I rebooted overnight, and the picture is still on the desktop,
but I
can't
find it anywhere else.


It is in colour on the desktop, but B/W on the display background,
under
display properties

Is this happening to all the pictures, or the one in particular?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Does anyone know how to restore a picture that is currently being
used
as
a
desktop picture?
It seems to have disappeared out of my HD. (It is in colour on
the
desktop,
but B/W on the display background, under display properties)
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
What is the best tool or software, to use in editing pictures? All I have is
MS office picture manager. (By best I mean easiest to use for basic
functions, and inexpensive)
 
What is the best tool or software, to use in editing pictures? All I have is
MS office picture manager. (By best I mean easiest to use for basic
functions, and inexpensive)
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Frank has mentioned IrfanView - a must have on my systems.

Paint Shop Pro is a decent starter program for painting, illustrations,
animations and image editing. I constantly find myself using their photo
editing tools and think they're quite effective and easy to use. Have heard
some good comments about Microsoft's Digital Image program but have never
tried it. Both are around $100 but can be bought for less if you shop for a
sale.

I also use Corel's Painter and ArtRage on my desktop and tablet pc. ArtRage
is free but platform specific (created especially for tablets). Painter is
not a program that I would term as inexpensive but the art tools it
contains behave very much like their real counterparts. I find it
fascinating to work with.

There's plenty of other good editing and/or painting programs. The above
are just my personal favorites.
 
What got me started was a need to remove the little bright circles which
sometimes appear in my photos. I tried IRFAN VIEW after Franks suggestion
today, but have not yet found the answer, but only played with it for 15
minutes or so.
 
What got me started was a need to remove the little bright circles which
sometimes appear in my photos. I tried IRFAN VIEW after Franks suggestion
today, but have not yet found the answer, but only played with it for 15
minutes or so.
Click to expand...

Jasc has a trial on their Paint Shop Pro. It's a large download if you have
dialup but it's fully functional and a good way to get a look at the
software before laying out dollars for it.

On Christmas weekend, my sister brought some great photos over of my 7
month old nephew. Unfortunately they had a lot of redeye in them. A few
clicks in Paint Shop Pro and the pictures were salvaged, printed and handed
out to the rest of the family.
 
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