Send Pictures via E-Mail

[Steve]

When I right click on selected pictures at work and choose send to - mail
recipient, windows asks if I want to Make all my pictures smaller or Keep
the orignal size. It doesn't work that way at home. It never asks if I
want to do anything. It just starts Outlook and attaches the picture(s)
full size. Is there a way to reenable this feature? Both systems use
Windows XP Pro and Outlook 2002 with all the latest updates and patches
installed.

TIA
Steve

 

[Steven Liu [MSFT]]

Hi Steve,

Looks like there is no obvious way to turn off this option. However, this
function query the PreceivedTyped key to determine if the file needs to be
compressed. So
remove the corresponding key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\PerceivedType
Or
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\PerceivedType
Or
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\PerceivedType

Will remove this function.

Please check these keys in the registry.

Make sure the value is image. Type is REG_SZ.

Thanks for using Microsoft News Group!

Sincerely,

Steven Liu

Microsoft Online Partner Support

MCSE 2000

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[Steve]

Thanks! Those PerceivedType key's only existed for bmp not gif or jpg. I
added the string and it works great. Just wondering how it went away? Also
under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ there is a Content Type. Not so with the
other two. Is this ok or should I also add Content Type image/gif,
image/jpg?

 

[Steven Liu [MSFT]]

Hi Steve,

The key may be deleted by some other application.

Yes, by default, there should have the "content type" key in the registry
of the bmp. jpg and gif. You also can add the key in relted place.

Thanks for using Microsoft News Group!

Sincerely,

Steven Liu

Microsoft Online Partner Support

MCSE 2000

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.