jpg vs jpeg

[Mike Coff]

I have this problem. My pics come off the camera
as .jpg and I can see the thumbnails fine. when I edit
the picture and save it as a .jpg I can't view the
thumbnail. however, if I save it as a .jpeg I can view
the thumbnail.
I just installed XP so all the pictures I've edited for
the last 3 years are showing up as icons in with the
dimensions listed as 0 x 0 but the file size is correct,
weird. any suggestions??

 

[John Inzer]

Here are two things that you may try at
your own risk. I don't know if they will solve
the problem or not.

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First....

Try this:

go to...Start / Run and type:

"REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL"
(without the quotes)(Yes, there's
a space between 2 and S)

Click...OK.
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Second......

You may need to do some editing in your registry...
carefully read the following article first before proceeding:

Information About Editing the Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;256986#Topic2

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".jpg extension may be incorrect in registry"

Go to...Start / Run...

Type in "regedit" (without the quotes)...OK.

In your registry editor...drill down to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\image/jpeg

What is entered at "Extension"? (should be: .jpg)
(don't change anything...just observe)

Also you might check:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\image/pjpeg

What is entered at "Extension"? (should be: .jpg)

If the *Extensions* are incorrect, changing them to .jpg
should solve your problem.

To make the change...

Left click "Extension" to select it.

With "Extension" selected...go to...Edit / Modify...

Replace the text in the "Value data" field with
".jpg" (without the quotes)...OK.

Close the registry editor....File / Exit.
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