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digital pics nightmare

Dec 5, 2003 10:16AM PST

For some reason my pictures won't open. When I look at the properties under file type it says file. There is no program associated with the type and I have to manually pick one. I am using Windows picture and fax viewer. It will not let me select it as the program to always use. I would like to view my pictures but I don't know how. Can anyone help me? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

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Re:digital pics nightmare
Dec 5, 2003 10:54AM PST

Try setting your folder view to details and see what is the file type listed for your digital images.

If it is not listed a jpeg then make a copy of one of the file and try and rename with the jpeg file type and see if it'll now open in Windows picture and fax viewer.

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Re:Re:digital pics nightmare
Dec 6, 2003 2:44AM PST

Thanks but this did not work. Under details it still says its a "File" file. Also I really want to be able to open these under something I can print and use them. Windows picture viewer doesn't let me do this.

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Re:Re:Re:digital pics nightmare
Dec 6, 2003 2:57AM PST

I assume it is only happening with your digital pics from your camera? What software are you using to upload the pics to your pc from your camera? This is where the problem may have started.

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Re:Re:Re:Re:digital pics nightmare
Dec 6, 2003 3:34AM PST

Honestly I don't know where they came from. I have been in Iraq for the past year. I believe some are from the camera, some were down loaded from Walmart photos, and some were scanned in. There are a lot of photos that I would like to recover. They are of my son when he was a newborn.

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Dec 6, 2003 5:21AM PST
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Dec 7, 2003 12:18AM PST

Thank you so much. Not only will it view them it identified the files as incorrectly labeled jpegs and renamed them all. Again thank you so much.

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(NT) Glad it worked.
Dec 7, 2003 5:12AM PST

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