Re: Windows Picture And Fax Viewer Behaves Badly

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From: a nonymous (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/26/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 07:29:33 +1000

"Roger" <crosseyedpenguin@cox.net> wrote:
| Hi,
|
| When I rotate a JPEG image with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer it
| automatically saves the image without asking, adds 2 seconds to the file
| creation date, and turns off the archive bit. Other than that, it works
| well.
|
| If I hold down the control key while clicking the close button I get a
| message saying "any rotation warning you may have suppressed have been
| reset and may appear again." However, the warnings never appear again.
|
| Is there a way to make this program behave better or can anyone
| recommend a simple alternative that does about the same thing? In
| particular, rotate sees to not lose any JPEG image quality that is
| typical of other programs. I use Gimp for all image editing so I just
| want a lightweight viewer and rotater.

Roger,

 What exactly do you mean by "behave better"?

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