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PhotoDraw won't create new JPGs or GIFs, eats old ones
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| email@paullima.com 2006-11-05, 10:29 pm |
| I use Microsoft PhotoDraw as my graphics program. I find it easy to use
-- lets me do what I need to do without too much fuss. About a three
weeks ago now, it stopped saving files. I'd create a
file in MS PhotoDraw format (.mix) and then go to save it as a JPG or
GIF, and it would appear to save it, but then I could not find the JPG
or GIF file to open it again. I'd get a "file not found" error message.
If I opened an existing JPG and altered it and saved it, the file would
literally disappear from my computer -- could not even find it using
the MS or Google Desktop search functions.
I uninstalled and reinstalled the program. No help. I scanned for
spyware and viruses. Deleted the spyware; had no viruses. No help. I
used System Restore to set my computer back to when the program was
working. No help. I checked my graphics filters -- they are all
installed, as far as I can
tell. But I used 'add/remove programs' to go into Office and make sure
they were installed. No help.
I downloaded other freeware graphics editors to make sure I could
create and save JPGs and GIFs. I can. Create. Save. Open. Revise. Save.
Open... But if I then opened the JPGs or GIFs in PhotoDraw and saved
them, they would disappear.
I looked online to see if others have this problem and found a few
forums where similar problems, but not exactly the same, have been
discussed. I have not found any solutions that I have not tried.
So if anyone has any ideas.... I'm listening.
I run Windows XP, fully patched and up-to-date.
Paul Lima
www.paullima.com
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| Cari \(MS-MVP\) 2006-11-05, 10:29 pm |
| What version of Office are you running? Installing the beta/preview version
of Office 2007 stops PhotoDraw from working completely.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows
<email@paullima.com> wrote in message
news:1160860355.041825.155600@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I use Microsoft PhotoDraw as my graphics program. I find it easy to use
> -- lets me do what I need to do without too much fuss. About a three
> weeks ago now, it stopped saving files. I'd create a
> file in MS PhotoDraw format (.mix) and then go to save it as a JPG or
> GIF, and it would appear to save it, but then I could not find the JPG
> or GIF file to open it again. I'd get a "file not found" error message.
>
> If I opened an existing JPG and altered it and saved it, the file would
> literally disappear from my computer -- could not even find it using
> the MS or Google Desktop search functions.
>
> I uninstalled and reinstalled the program. No help. I scanned for
> spyware and viruses. Deleted the spyware; had no viruses. No help. I
> used System Restore to set my computer back to when the program was
> working. No help. I checked my graphics filters -- they are all
> installed, as far as I can
> tell. But I used 'add/remove programs' to go into Office and make sure
> they were installed. No help.
>
> I downloaded other freeware graphics editors to make sure I could
> create and save JPGs and GIFs. I can. Create. Save. Open. Revise. Save.
> Open... But if I then opened the JPGs or GIFs in PhotoDraw and saved
> them, they would disappear.
>
> I looked online to see if others have this problem and found a few
> forums where similar problems, but not exactly the same, have been
> discussed. I have not found any solutions that I have not tried.
>
> So if anyone has any ideas.... I'm listening.
>
> I run Windows XP, fully patched and up-to-date.
>
> Paul Lima
> www.paullima.com
>
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| Ludwig 2006-11-05, 10:29 pm |
| Do a search for (*.flt) without the parentheses. Rename the GIFIMP32.flt
and the JPEGIM32.flt to GIFIMP32.old and JPEGIM32.old respectively and
reinstall program.
You can right click on the 2 preceding files to see what version that they
are under properties. And where they came from Being - Product Name.
What is it with this Office 2007? Are they not following the necessary
guidelines for standard image files?
"Cari (MS-MVP)" <NewsGroups@coribright.com> wrote in message
news:ejQZoON8GHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> What version of Office are you running? Installing the beta/preview
> version of Office 2007 stops PhotoDraw from working completely.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> <email@paullima.com> wrote in message
> news:1160860355.041825.155600@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>
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| Cari \(MS-MVP\) 2006-11-05, 10:29 pm |
| We wish we knew!
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows
"Ludwig" <nobody @nowhere.net> wrote in message
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..>
> What is it with this Office 2007? Are they not following the necessary
> guidelines for standard image files?
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| email@paullima.com 2006-11-05, 10:29 pm |
| I'm running Office 2002 and have been on this system since I installed
PD, which worked for at least a year. Someone suggested a Windows
update (automatically installed) might have caused the problem,
although I did a system restore to when the program was working, and
that did not help.
Paul Lima
www.paullima.com
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| email@paullima.com 2006-11-05, 10:29 pm |
| I will try it and will let folks know if it helps. Thanks.
Paul
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| email@paullima.com 2006-11-05, 10:29 pm |
| That fixed it! Many thanks.
Paul
www.paullima.com
Ludwig wrote:
> Do a search for (*.flt) without the parentheses. Rename the GIFIMP32.flt
> and the JPEGIM32.flt to GIFIMP32.old and JPEGIM32.old respectively and
> reinstall program.
> You can right click on the 2 preceding files to see what version that they
> are under properties. And where they came from Being - Product Name.
>
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