It's possible that they do something like this:
* create temp copy of pic in user's temp directory
* move to final folder

This might result in it picking up unexpected file permissions if your disk
is of type NTFS.


"RedSoxFanInTexas" wrote:

> Google Groups showed me a post from back in May with this subject and I'm
> having the same problem.
>
> I opened a ticket with Canon technical support and they are researching it
> as a possible Zoombrowser bug. Basically, if your camera is set to save
> EXIF data for rotated pictures, AND you have Zoombrowser configured to
> rotate the picture before saving the JPEG, you can't view those rotated
> pictures
> from any other user accounts on that computer. Also, you can't view or copy
> those files at all from another computer on your network.
>
> I did find a workaround (using windows XP):
> 1) Download your pictures as usual, into "folder x".
> 2) In Windows Explorer, Copy and Paste the Folder into the same subdirectory
> (so you'll have "folder x" and "Copy of folder x").
> 3) Delete the original "folder x"
> 4) Edit the new folder name, and delete the "Copy of " from the beginning.
>
> The files in the new folder will still contain all the appropriate EXIF tag
> data, and now the rotated files will be visible from other user accounts as
> well as other computers on your network.
>
> I downloaded a free EXIF reader program and compared two sample files from
> the original and copied folders (folder x and "copy of folder x"), and the
> EXIF tags appear to be identical. But if you're paranoid like me, instead
> of deleting the original, you'll tuck them away somewhere for safekeeping...
> :-)
>
> This has been frustrating for me, I hope it helps someone else!
>
> I don't monitor this newsgroup, so please reply via email. Be sure to
> delete the
> nospam from my email address to reply.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Dan
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