Bob Williams wrote:
> Reducing the speed of the Graphics Accelerator did not
> make any difference. The problem persists.
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Ok...that probably rules out a video driver issue.

Be sure the change the acceleration back to full.
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> Now here is where it really gets bizarre.
> The folders that were opening strangely were in "MY
> PICTURES" (A Sub Folder of MY DOCUMENTS).
> I copied the contents of one of the folders in MY
> PICTURES to a New
> Folder on my desktop. The images opened normally.
> Is there something about the MY PICTURES folder that
> makes it different from a plain vanilla folder that I
> create on my desktop?
> The saga continues!
> Bob Williams
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Still guessing...maybe your My Pictures folder
is corrupted. And...it's even possible that your
WinXP User Account is corrupted.

Let us know if you find a fix.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
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