Unable to open pictures

Can anybody help please? 'My Pictures' is giving me problems, only recently.
I can not open any pictures in this folder or anywhere else for that matter.
The folder attribute says it was 'Hidden'. Don't know how that happened but
I unhid it and the icons are there with the picture size but they do not
display what the picture is and still won't open. I have no viruses on the
pc. How do I change the pictures to be able to open them please? Tried
restore and that didn't work

Robert wrote:
> Can anybody help please? 'My Pictures' is giving me
> problems, only recently. I can not open any pictures in
> this folder or anywhere else for that matter. The folder
> attribute says it was 'Hidden'. Don't know how that
> happened but I unhid it and the icons are there with the
> picture size but they do not display what the picture is
> and still won't open. I have no viruses on the pc. How do
> I change the pictures to be able to open them please?
> Tried restore and that didn't work
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I guess you are saying you cannot open
the images in Windows Picture and Fax
Viewer? Can you open them in your editing
software? Have the file names changed
in any way?

Try the following and see if it makes any
improvement:

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"

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

I have the same issue, this just started happening. I tried to go back a
month using the windows restore feautre, no change. Then I did has you
suggested John, That did not work either. All my .jpg pictures are
unopenable, even if I copy it to a disk and try on another PC. I also tried
this command found in a MS Solution: regsvr32.exe /i shdocvw.dll, I still
cannot retrieve my pictures. Any other suggestions? I really appreciate the
assistance with this.


"John Inzer" wrote:

> Robert wrote:
> > Can anybody help please? 'My Pictures' is giving me
> > problems, only recently. I can not open any pictures in
> > this folder or anywhere else for that matter. The folder
> > attribute says it was 'Hidden'. Don't know how that
> > happened but I unhid it and the icons are there with the
> > picture size but they do not display what the picture is
> > and still won't open. I have no viruses on the pc. How do
> > I change the pictures to be able to open them please?
> > Tried restore and that didn't work
> ===============================
> I guess you are saying you cannot open
> the images in Windows Picture and Fax
> Viewer? Can you open them in your editing
> software? Have the file names changed
> in any way?
>
> Try the following and see if it makes any
> improvement:
>
> 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"
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
> How to ask a newsgroup question:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
>
>

Brilliant John, it works now, thanks ... and sorry to DJ


"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
news:eHurbniDGHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
: Robert wrote:
: > Can anybody help please? 'My Pictures' is giving me
: > problems, only recently. I can not open any pictures in
: > this folder or anywhere else for that matter. The folder
: > attribute says it was 'Hidden'. Don't know how that
: > happened but I unhid it and the icons are there with the
: > picture size but they do not display what the picture is
: > and still won't open. I have no viruses on the pc. How do
: > I change the pictures to be able to open them please?
: > Tried restore and that didn't work
: ===============================
: I guess you are saying you cannot open
: the images in Windows Picture and Fax
: Viewer? Can you open them in your editing
: software? Have the file names changed
: in any way?
:
: Try the following and see if it makes any
: improvement:
:
: 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"
:
: --
:
: John Inzer
: MS Picture It! MVP
: How to ask a newsgroup question:
: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
:
:
:

Robert wrote:
> Brilliant John, it works now, thanks ... and sorry to DJ
==================================
Great!

Thanks for the update.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

DJ wrote:
> I have the same issue, this just started happening. I
> tried to go back a month using the windows restore
> feautre, no change. Then I did has you suggested John,
> That did not work either. All my .jpg pictures are
> unopenable, even if I copy it to a disk and try on
> another PC. I also tried this command found in a MS
> Solution: regsvr32.exe /i shdocvw.dll, I still cannot
> retrieve my pictures. Any other suggestions? I really
> appreciate the assistance with this.
=================================
=================================
It's always best to begin a new thread
and explain exactly what your issue is..
Saying, "I have the same issue." can
get confusing.

Have your file names changed in any way?

Anyway...try running a full system virus
scan using the most recent definitions.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Hi John, Yes, I have done a full system scan, I have found that I can open
pictures now from my CD drive after running the command you gave, but those
on the hard drive any pictures that have the sunset with sailboat as the
thumbnail, when I try to click on them to view it says "No Preview Available"

"John Inzer" wrote:

> DJ wrote:
> > I have the same issue, this just started happening. I
> > tried to go back a month using the windows restore
> > feautre, no change. Then I did has you suggested John,
> > That did not work either. All my .jpg pictures are
> > unopenable, even if I copy it to a disk and try on
> > another PC. I also tried this command found in a MS
> > Solution: regsvr32.exe /i shdocvw.dll, I still cannot
> > retrieve my pictures. Any other suggestions? I really
> > appreciate the assistance with this.
> =================================
> =================================
> It's always best to begin a new thread
> and explain exactly what your issue is..
> Saying, "I have the same issue." can
> get confusing.
>
> Have your file names changed in any way?
>
> Anyway...try running a full system virus
> scan using the most recent definitions.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
> How to ask a newsgroup question:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
>
>

DJ wrote:
> Hi John, Yes, I have done a full system scan, I have
> found that I can open pictures now from my CD drive after
> running the command you gave, but those on the hard drive
> any pictures that have the sunset with sailboat as the
> thumbnail, when I try to click on them to view it says
> "No Preview Available"
============================
Read the following article:

(326675) "No Preview Available" and "File
Format Is Not Supported" Error Messages
Occur When You Try to View Graphic Files
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326675

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375