PCX Files - Can't view

[Ed Mullikin]

O/S XP Home - My computer had some sort of crisis about 6-8 moths ago and
when the dust cleared there was a little difference in the way things were.
Suddenly, I had a "Welcome" screen (which I can live with) but I was no
longer able to view thumbnails of PCX graphic files. I have gone to
"Tools/folder options/file types" and nothing works. It has been suggested
that the O/S may be corrupted. Can I reload XP over what I've got? The
event that occurred happened so long ago that I don't want to use "System
Restore". I need these files infrequently but need them nonetheless.

 

[Guest]

PCX files are Zsoft Paintbrush files. You can open them with the below program
It is very small but very effective
IrfanView - one of the most popular viewers worldwid
http://www.irfanview.com/

 

[Michael Burk [MSFT]]

Xp has the option to repair an install when you boot from your XP disc which
may solve it, but yes, you can install XP over itself to re-write things.
You may lose some personal settings while doing that though.

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[Ed Mullikin]

Thank you both for your help.
Ed Mullikin

Xp has the option to repair an install when you boot from your XP disc which
may solve it, but yes, you can install XP over itself to re-write things.
You may lose some personal settings while doing that though.

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Michael Burk
Longhorn Shell
http://msdn.microsoft.com/longhorn
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.