HELP! can't view images

[VEB]

I burned alot of my scrapbooking images (.jpeg, .gif,.bmp etc..) to CD to
save space- but when I tried to view them they have been converted to .HMT
files which won't open in my programs now and I can't see them. Can they be
changed back or do I need to restore my computer to a previous date to get
them back?

 

[philo]

I burned alot of my scrapbooking images (.jpeg, .gif,.bmp etc..) to CD to
save space- but when I tried to view them they have been converted to .HMT
files which won't open in my programs now and I can't see them. Can they be
changed back or do I need to restore my computer to a previous date to get
them back?

You *cannot* simply change the extention...
by all means change it back to original.
If you need an image viewer...try the *freeware* Irfanview

(will come up on a Google search)

 

[VEB]

You *cannot* simply change the extention...
by all means change it back to original.
If you need an image viewer...try the *freeware* Irfanview

(will come up on a Google search)

 

[VEB]

You said "You *cannot* simply change the extention" ----then why were my
files changed? I went to "Irfanview" web site they don't even list .HMT
extentions as one they work with - they don't even recognize this extention
in a search. I understand this "Highmat" file extention Microsoft had
developed ....but has now been discontinued. It's very hard to get any
answers about it, this discontinued developement/program or whatever it is---
is still working on my system and ruining my images!

 

[VEB]

Sorry didn't finish in last post... you said---You *cannot* simply change the
extention...> by all means change it back to original

I don't know how to change them back to original, if I did I would be able
to see all 346 images and wouldn't be posting questions here.

 

[Elmo]

Sorry didn't finish in last post... you said---You *cannot* simply change the
extention...> by all means change it back to original

I don't know how to change them back to original, if I did I would be able
to see all 346 images and wouldn't be posting questions here.

Change a file to .jpg or whatever it started as and see if it's
readable. If so, you can use the CMD prompt to change all extensions to
..jpg.

REN *.HMT *.JPG

Of course, if some were .gif, .tif, .bmp or another type, they'll need
to be changed again.

 

[mayayana]

I burned alot of my scrapbooking images (.jpeg, .gif,.bmp etc..) to CD to
save space- but when I tried to view them they have been converted to .HMT
files which won't open in my programs now and I can't see them. Can they be
changed back or do I need to restore my computer to a previous date to get
them back?

It won't help anything to restore your system. Just
write new CDs with a normal CD writing program and
remember to avoid Microsoft software in the future
whenever possible. (And I don't mean that as a joke.)

There are a couple of links here for info.:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HighMAT
http://filext.com/file-extension/HMT

But it's not clear whether an HMT can be converted
back to anything usable. It seems to be meant to
be used as formatting in the CD write.

 

[philo]

Sorry didn't finish in last post... you said---You *cannot* simply change the
extention...> by all means change it back to original

I don't know how to change them back to original, if I did I would be able
to see all 346 images and wouldn't be posting questions here.

"

If the files were simply renamed, they can easily be renamed back...
but if the format was changed entirely...then the files are useless
and you need to use different software