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Hi everyone,
This thing about probs pasteing pics in outgoing OE6 emails will never go
away. Is it just a combination of OE6 and SP2 bugs or what?
Sorry for maybe too much detail. Complaining that I've given too much info
or that you don't much like my writing style won't help. I'm too aware of
both as well.
There must be some file storage related and/or file requirements absolutely
necessary for sending jpg's and gifs using XP Home SP2 w/IE6 and OE6 e-mail
handler. What one or both are, I'm certain will resolve the issue of 'one or
more pictures çould not be found'.
As I recall, used to be I could cut and paste any and all pic's/gif's into
e-mails no prob, even disregarding size and/or where the file was/had been
stored at, but I started encountering probs about a year ago. I'm certain
there's an explanation, but where? Hello Bill', are you listening (obviously
not)?
About half the time, images I try displaying in the e-mail body either by
paste, inserting or even formatting as 'background' produce no displayed
image (nothing), and using background>picture more often produces MS's red
'x'. At least for now anyway, the problem images are always the same ones.
Many of my pasted jpg/gif images (of varying size and file directories)
either don't display or when they do, they're represented by the red 'x', and
thereby fail to send as I'm getting an OE message saying "One or more
pictures in this message could not be found. When you send this message these
pictures will not be included, are you sure you want to send this message?".
Whatever message there should be (linking users towards resolving the
obvious issue) neither OE or MS has ever offered much if anything abour it
(mash-grind). It "almost" seems like OE6 will only find pasted files coming
from somewhere specific, but I'm not actaully finding that to be the case.
But since location shouldn't be an issue and it seems I've also ruled out
byte and frame size as being any issue (even though the messaging prompts
indicate a locating issue). And as I'm not seeing any other means to force
an image to display. Neither are we able to force Bill' to fix the problem
as well it seems.
So that leaves us with only the workarounds to try and I think I've tired
them all. Except for one method, problem images all but completely fail to
display in OE6. Ways I nearly succeed in displaying them is by pasting
imagery into the e-mail body, but it still often produces MS's red 'x' and
upon clicking send, again the less than helpful OE message ('could not
locate') appears.
I think I've tried just about everything, copy and pasting striaght from
'legitimate' folders (those displayed w/icons) such as "My Documents" and "My
Pictures" folders.
With gif images, what of mine that do display, are in tiles! I tried the
same thing (using a jpg from another non-iconned sub folder of the same
icooned "My Pictures" folder), but nothing at all appears and when clicking
send, it results in the 'çould not locate' message, so I know it pasted even
though I can often see no other indication that it did.
Having tried to paste, insert and even the use the background feature as a
means of displaying problem images from just about every conceivable folder
that OE6 might recognize (locate) them in (i.e.; C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery, C:\Windows folders, C:\Doc's & Settings\My
Documents\Me\My Pictures\etc. and C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents\<shared pictures> My Pictures folders), but almost everytime
I get either nothing or the red 'x' and in both cases it results in the same
OE 'çould not' message.
A few pictures that do display in my e-mail drafts will send, but I can't
that stands out between those that will and won't. At least in one instance,
a pic that was e-mailed to me and once I could e-mail, now won't, nor does it
seem to matter where store that jpg or even if I change it's name, it just
refuses to display in an e-mail. Same for other problem images, where
they're stored doesn't seem to matter.
And as I don't recall any pics that I myself took that won't display and
send, I'm left to looking at possibly the file folder's thumbs as being the
issue, but I'm not sure they relate to how OE6 finds images.
I've even tried using OE6's "Stationery" feature (displays MS's own htm
pictures) by first pasting various sizes of jpg's and gif's into the
Stationery folder, but none succeed in displaying them in my e-mails (i.e.;
email toolbar's Format>Background>Picture feature). Of minor note, pasted
jpg's (oddly my 'xxx.jpg' files appear as 'xxx.JPG' in the "Stationery"
folder) and on at least one occaision, somehow the pasted file's size
mysteriously changed from it's 200 bytes to 0.
Way too many jpg's and gif's simply refuse to display either at all or they
result in the red 'x' and clicking send produces the 'could not locate'
message. Even comparing their byte and frame sizes against the will(s) and
won't(s) aren't telling me anything. Some just absolutely won't paste,
insert or even format onto my e-mails despite a lot of effort (sorry).
When I could/can, I've experimented by sending myself an e-mail to my yahoo
account used to forward back to me using YPops, (but my YPops isn't fwrd'g my
mail "again", that annoyance comes and goes leading me to believe it's a
server thing), but when YPops is working, whenever I try sending the
'nothing' displayed pics and/or the red 'x' pics, a lot of the time all I see
in the returned e-mail's body is either nothing, the same red 'x', or I
occaisionally do succeed in figuring out a way to viewing the problem pics.
What's so discourgaging is the fact that program help applications are more
apting called helpless, nor does MS, Windows or OE provide any ready
source/link for identifying the 'nothing' or red 'x' issue, plus googling, MS
knowledge base searches and even forum posts aren't helping crack this thing
either.
Of course I checked out ways that images are intentionally blocked, ref.
MS's article 291387, but that led nowhere as no matter what I change in my
IE6 or OE6 settings seems to resolve my red x and/or lack of displaying a
pasted pic. And nope, it's not a "read only" issue. I do read some about
malware embedded in pics, but besides our customary scanners, what can a user
do to analyse them?
I've tried for a long time to solve this puzzle. What surprises me is that
more people aren't complaining. At least I can still send some pics and
those I have issues with I can attach, but it won't surpise me too much if
they're next.
This thing about probs pasteing pics in outgoing OE6 emails will never go
away. Is it just a combination of OE6 and SP2 bugs or what?
Sorry for maybe too much detail. Complaining that I've given too much info
or that you don't much like my writing style won't help. I'm too aware of
both as well.
There must be some file storage related and/or file requirements absolutely
necessary for sending jpg's and gifs using XP Home SP2 w/IE6 and OE6 e-mail
handler. What one or both are, I'm certain will resolve the issue of 'one or
more pictures çould not be found'.
As I recall, used to be I could cut and paste any and all pic's/gif's into
e-mails no prob, even disregarding size and/or where the file was/had been
stored at, but I started encountering probs about a year ago. I'm certain
there's an explanation, but where? Hello Bill', are you listening (obviously
not)?
About half the time, images I try displaying in the e-mail body either by
paste, inserting or even formatting as 'background' produce no displayed
image (nothing), and using background>picture more often produces MS's red
'x'. At least for now anyway, the problem images are always the same ones.
Many of my pasted jpg/gif images (of varying size and file directories)
either don't display or when they do, they're represented by the red 'x', and
thereby fail to send as I'm getting an OE message saying "One or more
pictures in this message could not be found. When you send this message these
pictures will not be included, are you sure you want to send this message?".
Whatever message there should be (linking users towards resolving the
obvious issue) neither OE or MS has ever offered much if anything abour it
(mash-grind). It "almost" seems like OE6 will only find pasted files coming
from somewhere specific, but I'm not actaully finding that to be the case.
But since location shouldn't be an issue and it seems I've also ruled out
byte and frame size as being any issue (even though the messaging prompts
indicate a locating issue). And as I'm not seeing any other means to force
an image to display. Neither are we able to force Bill' to fix the problem
as well it seems.
So that leaves us with only the workarounds to try and I think I've tired
them all. Except for one method, problem images all but completely fail to
display in OE6. Ways I nearly succeed in displaying them is by pasting
imagery into the e-mail body, but it still often produces MS's red 'x' and
upon clicking send, again the less than helpful OE message ('could not
locate') appears.
I think I've tried just about everything, copy and pasting striaght from
'legitimate' folders (those displayed w/icons) such as "My Documents" and "My
Pictures" folders.
With gif images, what of mine that do display, are in tiles! I tried the
same thing (using a jpg from another non-iconned sub folder of the same
icooned "My Pictures" folder), but nothing at all appears and when clicking
send, it results in the 'çould not locate' message, so I know it pasted even
though I can often see no other indication that it did.
Having tried to paste, insert and even the use the background feature as a
means of displaying problem images from just about every conceivable folder
that OE6 might recognize (locate) them in (i.e.; C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery, C:\Windows folders, C:\Doc's & Settings\My
Documents\Me\My Pictures\etc. and C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents\<shared pictures> My Pictures folders), but almost everytime
I get either nothing or the red 'x' and in both cases it results in the same
OE 'çould not' message.
A few pictures that do display in my e-mail drafts will send, but I can't
that stands out between those that will and won't. At least in one instance,
a pic that was e-mailed to me and once I could e-mail, now won't, nor does it
seem to matter where store that jpg or even if I change it's name, it just
refuses to display in an e-mail. Same for other problem images, where
they're stored doesn't seem to matter.
And as I don't recall any pics that I myself took that won't display and
send, I'm left to looking at possibly the file folder's thumbs as being the
issue, but I'm not sure they relate to how OE6 finds images.
I've even tried using OE6's "Stationery" feature (displays MS's own htm
pictures) by first pasting various sizes of jpg's and gif's into the
Stationery folder, but none succeed in displaying them in my e-mails (i.e.;
email toolbar's Format>Background>Picture feature). Of minor note, pasted
jpg's (oddly my 'xxx.jpg' files appear as 'xxx.JPG' in the "Stationery"
folder) and on at least one occaision, somehow the pasted file's size
mysteriously changed from it's 200 bytes to 0.
Way too many jpg's and gif's simply refuse to display either at all or they
result in the red 'x' and clicking send produces the 'could not locate'
message. Even comparing their byte and frame sizes against the will(s) and
won't(s) aren't telling me anything. Some just absolutely won't paste,
insert or even format onto my e-mails despite a lot of effort (sorry).
When I could/can, I've experimented by sending myself an e-mail to my yahoo
account used to forward back to me using YPops, (but my YPops isn't fwrd'g my
mail "again", that annoyance comes and goes leading me to believe it's a
server thing), but when YPops is working, whenever I try sending the
'nothing' displayed pics and/or the red 'x' pics, a lot of the time all I see
in the returned e-mail's body is either nothing, the same red 'x', or I
occaisionally do succeed in figuring out a way to viewing the problem pics.
What's so discourgaging is the fact that program help applications are more
apting called helpless, nor does MS, Windows or OE provide any ready
source/link for identifying the 'nothing' or red 'x' issue, plus googling, MS
knowledge base searches and even forum posts aren't helping crack this thing
either.
Of course I checked out ways that images are intentionally blocked, ref.
MS's article 291387, but that led nowhere as no matter what I change in my
IE6 or OE6 settings seems to resolve my red x and/or lack of displaying a
pasted pic. And nope, it's not a "read only" issue. I do read some about
malware embedded in pics, but besides our customary scanners, what can a user
do to analyse them?
I've tried for a long time to solve this puzzle. What surprises me is that
more people aren't complaining. At least I can still send some pics and
those I have issues with I can attach, but it won't surpise me too much if
they're next.