Thank you Sharon for trying to help.
I never used my scanner to save pictures on my computer. My camera(Fuji)
cannot be downloaded directly into the computer.I have to take out the smart
card and insert it into" floppy disk adapter" and use it as a floppy. For
about two years, I inserted the floppy disk adapter, opened the pictures one
by one, clicked on "file" then save, filled out , where to save, "my
pictures" and that was it.
Now, I do the same, but I get no pics in " my pictures" folder. I get an
icon, and when I click on it, I get a window asking me with what program to
open the file.
Whatever I click, picture it, internet explorer, fax viewer etc, nothing
works. But when I open the pictures directly,in paint, or picture it,then I
can save them. I tried to use the scanner wizard. Unfortunately I got
nowhere.Hope this clarifies my first posting.
I thank you again for trying to help. I must admit, most of your advice is
Latin to me. Quite an old newby.
Sorry, didn't mean to speak "latin" to you
Let's approach this another way. Sorry if I'm repeating things that you
already know below...
A typical filename has two parts: name and extension. The "dot and three
letters" at the end of a file name is the extension part. Example:
IMAGE.BMP
Windows reads the extension of a file (.BMP, .JPG, .PNG, .TIF, etc) and
then looks in the registry to see what program is "associated" with it. If
the file type has been registered, a double click on the file will open it
in the associated program.
One of two things have happened:
--The settings on the camera have been changed and it is creating files in
a format that does not have its association stored in the Windows registry.
--Nothing on the camera has changed but for some reason the file type it
normally creates is no longer registered.
Use Windows Explorer to access the card reader (it will be listed as a
drive). Change the View setting to Details. Next to each picture's icon you
should now see: some-name.xxx What is the .xxx part of the file name?
At this point we know that this is a file type that Picture It and Paint
can read. We know this because you can use File> Open from these programs
to view the images.
What we need to do is re-establish an association between the file type and
the correct program. It will be easier to make a suggestion about which
program to choose, if you can tell us what the file extension is.
