You can try to repair as given below and here is a quick way to rename
pictures with XP.
If you recently installed Real Player 10, this is the likely culprit.
Otherwise read on below.
Several ways to download your pictures, from your camera or card reader.
Before you connect your camera to your computer, make sure you have enough
battery power or better yet use your AC connector if your camera came with
one. After connecting, power the camera and wait about 15-20 seconds for XP
to recognize the camera, you will hear some sound "ding-dong" and the LCD
screen on your camera will change (the change is dependent on the type of
camera you have) and you are now ready to transfer, even if the Autoplay
window does not open automatically. If you do not hear a sound or the LCD
screen of your camera does not change, the connection with the USB port is
not correct. Go to the bottom of these directions to repair the USB
connection.
After you hear the sound:
1. Open My Computer, look under devices with removable storage. Your camera
(or card reader) will be listed there as an external drive (probably below
your CD drive). Right click on your camera listed as an external drive. A
menu will open, click on Autoplay listed on the opening menu. This should
open the Autoplay window to download your photos the same way as when the
Autoplay window opens automatically when you connect your camera.
Or
2. Open My Computer, look under devices with removable storage. Your camera
will be listed there as an external drive (probably below your CD drive).
Double click on it to open it.
You will see a folder, double click to open it, then another folder, double
click on it to open it and you will see the list of photo files. Select all
files
and copy to a folder on your hard drive. To select all the files, hold the
Ctrl key down and press the letter A. Or, click on Edit on your top bar and
then click on Select all on the opening menu. When files are selected, their
names are highlighted in blue. You can then look at the menu on the left
of the file names and click on Copy and then select the folder you want or
make a new folder.
If you want to repair the automatic Autoplay window you can try the
following.
Different ways to try to repair the Autoplay window for downloading from
either a camera or card reader. Also the same procedure can be used for a CD
drive Autoplay.
Go from steps I to V, although step V may not be needed.
I. Connect your camera (or card reader) to your computer, and make sure you
have
pictures on your memory card. Make sure your batteries are good or better
yet, use your AC adapter if your camera came with one. If you are trying
with a card reader, just connect it with a memory card inserted and with
pictures on the memory card. Power the camera on, wait 10-15 seconds for XP
to recognize it, you should hear a sound and the LCD screen of your camera
will change, the change is dependent on the type of camera you have.
Click on My Computer and look under Device with Removable storage. Your
camera will be listed there, probably below your CD drive, and a drive
letter will be assigned to it (something like H, G, etc.) You will use this
drive letter in a step below, so just note down what the drive letter is.
If you do not see your camera listed there you will need to repair your USB
connection (see below for repair) or you are on a network and the network
drive is Z and XP cannot assign a drive letter to your camera. You will need
to take care of this
first. The steps below will not work if XP cannot assign a drive letter for
your camera. In some cases, your camera may be listed but with no drive
letter. Try the drive letter after the CD or DVD drive under which your
camera is listed.
II. Click on Start, click on Run and type the following in the textbox:
REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL
and press Enter
Note that there is a space between ...32 and SHI...
This will take a few seconds to run.
III. Download the autofix.exe file from the site below. At this Microsoft
site, you have the option of downloading the autofix.exe file in a folder,
then open the folder and double click on the file and then follow directions
on the screen. Or, let Microsoft
scan your computer to make the repair. You will need your camera drive
letter during this step. After this, reboot your computer.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&DisplayLang=en
IV. After rebooting, power the camera on, wait 10-15 seconds for XP to
recognize it, you
should hear some beeping sound and the Autoplay window should now open
giving you the option of downloading photos from the camera.
V. You may have to set the options for this window.
Click on My Computer, your camera should be listed there under Devices with
Removable Storage. Right click on it and click on Properties. In the opening
window, click on the Autoplay tab and under Select, scroll to Pictures to
select it. Select the button Prompt me... Do the same thing for a CD drive.
Another solution posted here (on page 3):
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfo...message.id=3681&view=by_date_ascending&page=2
Another solution posted by Bill, using a Nikon camera.
I installed the camera via the control panel add hardware function. It went
to a point of requiring a file called ptspusd.dll from service pack one. I
found the file via search on my hard drive. Typed the path in the window
that asked for it and it took. Solved the problem. Check your set up menu on
the camera to see your USB setting is PTP.
To repair your USB connection:
Go to Control panel>Performance and maintenance>System>Hardware>Device
manager>Universal Serial Bus Controller, click on the + sign to see the list
of installed devices. If your camera is properly connected, it should be
listed there with a yellow flag (the yellow flag indicates that although the
connection is there, it is not working properly).
Right click on it>Properties>Troubleshoot. See if the troubleshooter can
help. If not, click on Action on the top bar and then Uninstall. Leave your
camera on and connected and reboot. XP should now recognize the camera and
install it (I am assuming here that your camera is fully compatible with XP
and according to your manual you do not need to install a driver, this
should be true for cameras of 2001 and up).
Also, check the software you use for photo editing. When you open the
software, click on File on the top bar. Look at the opening menu. You
probably have an option for downloading photos from a camera or scanner or
card reader.
Something else may be the problem (This is a more recent, June 2004,
problem) as reported here:
There are a lot of messages here about the camera wizard suddenly not
working. Same for me after having it work for at least a year. One of the
messages mentioned upgrading Real Player seemed to cause the problem. I
recently upgraded that also. Just uninstalled it and my camera wizard came
back immediately - this after weeks of trying to figure out what went wrong!
--
Brigit
(Note: some have reported that uninstalling Real Player 10 works fine,
others have reported that they had to use the autofix.exe after removing
Real Player 10. Real Player is aware of the problem and working on a fix).
Apparently there was no problem with Real Player 9.
Another possible solution.
Click on Start, click on Run and type the following in the opening textbox:
cmd
and press the Enter key
A window will open (black and white) and will display the following:
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\
Type the following at the end of the above line after the \
Net start stisvc
And press the Enter key
You will get a message that service is already started (if so this does not
solve the problem) or that it is starting (if so this may solve the
problem). Then try connecting your camera after you close this window. To
close this window, type EXIT at the end of the displayed line and press the
Enter key.
If you need to batch rename and number, you can do this easily with XP.
Make a new folder on your hard drive.
Name it something easy to remember and search for: year, month, event
separated by underline. For example:
2004_09_Summer Vacations
Copy the photos you want to place in a particular order into this new
folder. You can copy photos to this new folder from any photo folder you
have to make a new collection.
Once the photos are copied in this new folder, open the new folder. Hold the
Ctrl key down and press the letter A. This will select (highlight in blue)
all the files in the folder.
Right click on the first file (important to right click on the first file
because renaming will start from there).
Click on Rename on the opening menu.
Type in the name you want, to replace the current name. Any system will
work, such as year, month, day, event. For example type in:
2003_09_02 Virginia Beach Vacation (1).jpg
and press Enter.
XP will automatically rename all the files (1), (2), (3), etc. and they will
open in the order (1), (2), (3), etc. If you copy them to a CD, this order
will be maintained.
Two important things when renaming using the above method.
1. Look at the name of the above file, you must include a space between the
last character of the file name and (1)
2. When you rename, don't forget to add .jpg after (1). If you forget, XP
will warn you, so enter .jpg after this warning. If you don't, you will not
be able to open the file. If you still do not enter .jpg after the warning,
don't worry. Rename again and enter .jpg
You can rename any time and as many times as you want. You are not dependent
on the camera wizard to rename.
You can rename groups of files in a folder, just select the group you want
and right click on the first one in the group and rename from there.
You can do even better than this. Suppose you want a slide show and you want
the last three pictures taken to be the first three or in between some other
photos, or re-order the photos in any way. Easy to do. Open the folder in
thumbnail view, use your mouse to place the thumbnails in the order you
want. Select all the photos and rename. The (1), (2), (3), etc will be added
in the order you placed the thumbnails. They will stay in this order if you
copy to a CD because XP lists (or sorts) by file name only on a CD.
If you have many pictures in this new folder and all you want is to order
them in chronological order, moving thumbnails in the correct order is
tedious. Let XP do this for you. Change the View from Thumbnails to Details.
In the Details view, right click on the column header "Name". This will open
a list. Click on More at the bottom of the list. A list will open, check the
box "Date Picture Taken". This will add the column Date Picture Taken in
the Details view. Then you click on the column header "Date Picture taken"
and XP will now change the list of files from the name of the files (the
default) to listing files in chronological order. Now, change the View to
Thumbnails and they are in chronological order. Select them, rename them
using the above procedure and you are in business.
Convenient if you want to make a slide show of pictures from different
folders. Just make a new folder, copy the photos you want in the new folder,
place the thumbnails in the order you want and rename.
You are not restricted to only one name (you use one name for one group of
picture, another for the next group, etc.) and you can control the order in
which each group will open, by placing a number up front of the file name
for each group. You may have photos of Christmas, Easter, New Year etc. and
of different years. Once you have the thumbnails in the order you want,
select the first group, right click on the first thumbnail in the group and
rename:
1_2002 Easter (1).jpg
Then select the second group and rename
2_2002 Christmas (1).jpg
Placing 1_, 2_, etc in front will control the order of each group and (1)
controls the order within each group.
If you want to add another group later and you want the photos of this group
to be, say between 1_ and 2_, use 1a_ in front of the file name.
You may also want to add some more photos in a particular group at a later
time, say your Christmas group. No problem. Copy the files you want to add
in the folder, move the thumbnails in the group you want to add them to
where you want them. Select all the thumbnails in the group, right click on
the first one and rename. When you rename, you must change the name in order
for rename to take place. Add something like XYZ after Christmas. Once
renaming is done, select the same files again and rename again. Remove the
XYZ and you will be back to the original name.
Note: There is a disadvantage to changing the original name of files. This
is why I recommend at the start to make a new folder and copy your original
files in the new folder before renaming. The disadvantage is this. Many have
the option of video out from the camera to display the pictures from the
memory card to a TV for a slide show. If you change the file names and copy
the files back to your memory card to display on your TV (or even to just
look at them on the LCD of the camera) your camera will not be able to read
the files. You can always rename, using the same format (8 characters) that
your camera uses, but now you have to rename each file. So, be careful what
you do with your original files.
Note: Although I recommend making a new folder and copying your files there
before renaming, there is also another way to do this and you may prefer
this once you are comfortable with renaming. Here is how to do it.
Open the folder to see your files. Hold the Ctrl key down and press the
letter A to select (highlight in blue) all the files. Hold the Ctrl key down
and press the letter C. This makes a copy of all the files to your
clipboard. Hold the Ctrl key down and press the letter V. This copies
(pastes) all the files back in your folder. The file names will be the same,
but the words "Copy of" will be in front of the file names. You then rename
Copy of files.
This way your original files and renamed files are in the same folder.
This is also very useful when you want to edit a photo with software. You
always edit "Copy of", never edit your original file.
You can also use the free Irfanview software to batch rename, available
here:
http://www.irfanview.com/
Another for free is Visere available here:
http://www.dmmd.net/products/products.htm
Or many others if you search via google. They all have their quirks.
A final note, if your head is not spinning by now.
When you use the above batch renaming system on XP, everything will work as
long as you are on XP. This means your XP hard drive, copy to CD etc.
However if you go out of XP you will encounter some problem. For example,
you made a photo CD on XP using the above system and you now play this CD in
your DVD. Your DVD player will not play the files in the same order. You
made the files:
Image (1).jpg
Image (2).jpg
Image (10).jpg
Image (20).jpg
They will be displayed in this order on XP but your DVD player will display
them this way:
Image (1).jpg
Image (10).jpg
Image (2).jpg
Image (20).jpg
If you want to upload these files to a Web site, some server will refuse
files with ( ) in the file name while others will accept them but will
display them the same way as your DVD player will as shown above.
So, what are you supposed to do with this conflict between XP and everything
else.
This is what I do.
1. Rename with XP with the system given above.
2. If I want to copy to a CD to play to a DVD or upload to a Web site, I
then use Irfanview. With Irfanview I rename my XP files using the default in
Irfanview:
001.image
002.image
etc.
Since Irfanview does not actually rename your original XP file names, it
only adds new file names in the same folder, I now have two sets of names
for the same files. I simply copy the Irfanview set of file names to a CD to
play on a DVD or to upload to a Web site and once done just delete them.
I know your head may be spinning about all this renaming but you can really
manipulate things very well by just sitting down and understanding the
system. With a little practice you can get what you want.
However, before renaming, make sure you make a new folder and copy some
photo files there so you can practice with no danger to your original files.
