Re: No images viewable from desktop
- From: "Keith Miller" <k.miller79@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:45:44 -0600
You're welcome. Glad it's fixed.
Keith
"Michael Ray Brown" <velcrofaceNoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:O$vuB$eAGHA.216@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Keith,
>
> Brilliant! I'd spent a couple hours searching various Windows solutions
> sites on the Web, without success. Thank you for that solution! I can
> again view images on my desktop.
>
> --
> Michael
>
> "Keith Miller" <k.miller79@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%236k1xZdAGHA.3180@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I've had the exact same problem: Image files on the desktop would not
> preview, but they would in any other folder.
>
> The culprit turned out to be an invalid shortcut on my desktop. Apparently,
> Picture & Fax Viewer tries to resolve everything in the folder you're
> previewing from -- so you need to try to find the culprit.
>
> First determine whether the culprit is in All Users desktop or your profile
> desktop. Open two Explorer windows, One to "C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Desktop" and one to "C:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Desktop" and
> try to preview an image in each one.
>
> Once you've determined which folder to focus on, create a testing folder.
> You can either start with a clean folder where images preview properly and
> copy items from the problem folder over one-by-one, testing preview after
> each copy until the problem recurs. Or you can copy the entire contents of
> the problem folder to the testing folder and delete items one-by-one,
> testing preview between each deletion until the problem disappears. Once
> you've found the culprit, you can delete it from your desktop.
>
> Keith
>
> To
> "Michael Ray Brown" <velcrofaceNoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ulHgtsUAGHA.2708@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Whenever I double-click on a .jpg file on the desktop, a window briefly
> > appears, but Windows Picture and Fax Viewer fails to come up with the file
> > in view. If I right-click and select "Open with... | Windows Picture and
> > Fax Viewer," a window comes up with "No preview available." If I create a
> > new folder on the desktop, and move those files into that folder, then I
> > can
> > view the images just fine. I've tried re-associating .jpg files with
> > "Windows Pictures and Fax Viewer," but that fails to solve the problem.
> > Any
> > ideas?
> >
> > --
> > Michael
>
>
.
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