why can't I rename my photos after I down load them from
my digital camera, if I rename them I lose them

When you rename, you must include the extension .jpg after the file name.
Otherwise XP or other software cannot open the picture. Your file name
should look like this:
Christmas.jpg
If your files do not have .jpg, rename again and add it at the end of the
name you have.

"fred davis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> why can't I rename my photos after I down load them from
> my digital camera, if I rename them I lose them

>-----Original Message-----
>why can't I rename my photos after I down load them from
>my digital camera, if I rename them I lose them
>.
>Hi try:
Going into my documents,mypicture files and click on date
folder ex: 8/20/03 open that folder and you should see
picture within that folder...What I do is 2 things:
When I find the folder I drag whole folder to the My
Picture folder -then I just click on the photos one at a
time open to see what it is..then lf click and a box will
appear----look down till you find Rename click that and
you should be able to rename them. You should be able to
rename whole file folder...I can..
Hope the above helps you some