Re: e-mailing photos from photos folder - size reduction



This post helped me a lot. Same problem. THANKS!!!

"JimCantu" wrote:

> Never mind. I tried the REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL command after I posted my prior
> post and everything works great! John your the man!!
>
> "cao911" wrote:
>
> > Thank you John - I spent a bit of time on this one. I knew there was a run
> > command as this happened to me before.
> >
> > "John Inzer" wrote:
> >
> > > Marc wrote:
> > > >I just upgraded to Office 2003 Pro version.
> > > >
> > > > Prior to the upgrade, after selecting one or more photos
> > > > and clicking on "email photos," a pop up menu would
> > > > appear asking me if I wanted to reduce the size of the
> > > > photos for easier emailing, or leave file(s) at original
> > > > size.
> > > >
> > > > Now, I don't get that pop up menu, so the files go in
> > > > native size (approx. 500-600k). This is way too large
> > > > for sharing especially if you want to send 2 or more;
> > > > the old functionality is valuable and useful? Where did
> > > > it go?
> > > >
> > > > I'm not interested in "permanently" resizing the
> > > > photos... I just really liked the option to auto redux
> > > > for email only. Any suggestions? Is there a switch that
> > > > I can flip to make it work again?
> > > >
> > > > Marc.
> > >
> > > ==================
> > > Try this, maybe it will restore the option:
> > >
> > > go to...Start / Run and type:
> > >
> > > "REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL"
> > > (without the quotes)(Yes, there's
> > > a space between 2 and S)
> > >
> > > Click...OK.
> > >
> > > A dialog box should report the following:
> > >
> > > "DllRegisterServer in SHIMGVW.DLL succeeded"
> > >
> > > ==================
> > >
> > > Also, you may find the free powertoy
> > > ImageResizer to be useful:
> > >
> > > Go to the following link and download and
> > > install: ImageResizer.exe
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/36n
> > >
> > > Then you can open any folder that contains
> > > images and you will have an option to resize.
> > > Just right click the selected image files and
> > > choose Resize Pictures from the menu. You
> > > can select one image or a whole group.
> > >
> > > The program will place the resized copies in
> > > the folder with your originals.
> > > (Tip: *Never* overwrite your originals)
> > >
> > > BTW...when resizing if you go to...Advanced
> > > Button / Custom...and enter 640 in each field...
> > > that will be a good size for e-mail purposes.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > John Inzer
> > > Picture It! MVP
> > > return e-mail disabled
> > >
> > > Picture It! Support Center
> > > http://tinyurl.com/2po2o
> > >
> > > Digital Image Support Center
> > > http://tinyurl.com/3xxqg
> > >
> > >
> > >
.



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