Cannot make pics smaller

[phil]

Hello I have lots of pics in > My pictures". Each time I get pics from
somewhere, I make them reasonably smaller by using outlook express. By
emailing them I get the opportunity to make them smaller, then I put them
back in > My Pictures folder.<. But some of the original pics, I cannot
replace by the smaller ones, because I get a message. ....Process cannot
access the file. because it is being used by another process...

What can this process be ?? This only happens sporadically.

Any advice is welcome. Phil

 

[Yves Alarie]

Image Resizing



A. To decrease the size of the file for e-mail, web publishing etc.



Go to this site and download the free Image Resizer. Exe file in one of your
folder.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Once in your folder, double click on it to install it.

Once installed, you right click on a photo file (or on a group of selected
photo files).

Click on Resize image on the opening menu.

A window will open, select the size you want.

New files will be added in your folder, same name as original file but with
the word (small) added.



The first time you use it, you may not see Resize image on the opening menu
after you right click on the file or if you see it, it may not work. If so,
do the following:

Click on Run, click on Start and type the following in the textbox:

REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL

and press the Enter key.

Note that there is a space between ...32 and SHI.



Also, you can download a free batch converter from here to resize pictures
and edit photos:

http://irfanview.com/

 

[phil]

Thank you ,Yves. Appreciated. phil