shortcuts to pictures will not "print"

[Rick Merrill]

Windows xp sp3

make a shortcut to a picture; "left click" and it opens the picture
with irfanview.

"right click" pull down 'preview' and the picture opens with
"Windows Picture and Fax Viewer".

"right click" pull down 'print' and the print window opens
with MS "Photo Printing Wizard" but shows NOTHING!

I would like to make a collection of shortcuts and then print those
pictures (without making copies of the pictures).
How can that be done?

 

[Alan Edwards]

What sort of "pictures"?
It works for me, though MS "Photo Printing Wizard" is a bit of a pain
to use. Perhaps installing Irfanview has changed something?
Look in Explorer-Tools-Folder Options-File Types
In the Advanced setting for .jpg under the printto action, I have:

Application used to perform action:
rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_PrintTo /pt
"%1" "%2" "%3" "%4"

Application:
shimgvw

Topic:
System

....Alan

 

[Rick Merrill]

I am talking about "shortcuts" (links) to JPG files.

Under Explorer-Tools-Folder Options-File Types
I could not see an "Advanced setting".

From a shortcut the print wiz opens but has no options
as it would if I opened it with the picture file itself.

 

[Alan Edwards]

Sorry, I missed the significance of the shortcut bit.

You can't print a shortcut with Photo Printing Wizard
You have to print the picture itself.
Try using something else to print.
You have Irfanview. Try that.
In the Thumbnails window, you can select many images/files and use the
menu Print selected files as single images.

Look again at Explorer-Tools-Folder Options-File Types.
Navigate to .JPG and you should see Advanced.

....Alan

 

[Rick Merrill]

Sorry, I missed the significance of the shortcut bit.

You can't print a shortcut with Photo Printing Wizard
You have to print the picture itself.

Ok, that's good to confirm.

Try using something else to print.
You have Irfanview. Try that.
In the Thumbnails window, you can select many images/files and use the
menu Print selected files as single images.

I'm giving that a shot - it just might work.

Look again at Explorer-Tools-Folder Options-File Types.
Navigate to .JPG and you should see Advanced.

Guess what? As I navigate TO "JPG" I see the "Advanced" button,
but once I select the "JPG" the button Changes(!) to "Restore".

So, yes, Irfanview made some changes.

Once I "restore" the "advanced" reappears and leads me to new
territory entirely! c.f.
What is "use DDE"?
Can I add an "Action" such as 'print'?
What (if anything) is the 'file extension" of a 'shortcut"?

Thanks,

Rick
Merrill

 

[Alan Edwards]

DDE stands for Dynamic Data Exchange. The primary function of DDE is
to allow Windows applications to share data. For example, a cell in
Microsoft Excel could be linked to a value in another application and
when the value is changed, it would be automatically updated in the
Excel spreadsheet.

Yes, you can add an action such as print.
The file extension of a shortcut is .LNK (it is well hidden)

....Alan

 

[Rick Merrill]

DDE stands for Dynamic Data Exchange. The primary function of DDE is
to allow Windows applications to share data. For example, a cell in
Microsoft Excel could be linked to a value in another application and
when the value is changed, it would be automatically updated in the
Excel spreadsheet.

Yes, you can add an action such as print.
The file extension of a shortcut is .LNK (it is well hidden)

...Alan

Thanks for the tips!

 

[Rick Merrill]

DDE stands for Dynamic Data Exchange. The primary function of DDE is
to allow Windows applications to share data. For example, a cell in
Microsoft Excel could be linked to a value in another application and
when the value is changed, it would be automatically updated in the
Excel spreadsheet.

Yes, you can add an action such as print.
The file extension of a shortcut is .LNK (it is well hidden)

....

so well hidden I cannot find it! where to look?

 

[Alan Edwards]

...

so well hidden I cannot find it! where to look?

Why do you want to? You can't do anything to .lnk files and I can only
suggest you leave them alone.
You can see the .lnk file association in the Registry in these two
keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile

You can also see that information in the LNK file fix here:
XP File Association Fixes-Doug Knox:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
You can open linkfile_fix.reg in Notepad to view it.
(If you insist on playing with .lnk files, you may need that fix.)

....Alan

 

[Rick Merrill]

Why do you want to?

I want to create collections of links (without duplication of files)
and be able to print them later.

You can't do anything to .lnk files

That was my point.

and I can only
suggest you leave them alone.
You can see the .lnk file association in the Registry in these two
keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile

You can also see that information in the LNK file fix here:
XP File Association Fixes-Doug Knox:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
You can open linkfile_fix.reg in Notepad to view it.
(If you insist on playing with .lnk files, you may need that fix.)

That's very thoughtful. Thank you.