Slide Show button does not do anything when I click on it

[Guest]

Dear all,

When I'm in a directory with some JPG photos (or others), I can't see them
as a slideshow.

Why? Simply because when I click on the "Slide Show" button in the Explorer
icons bar, nothing happen. Nothing.

It seems that the link with Photo Gallery is broken. It does not launch it.

I can of course launch Photo Gallery manually via the
WindowsPhotoGallery.exe and look for the same directory, see the photos and
start a slideshow without any problem.

So only the direct link to Photo Gallery from the Explorer "Slide Show"
icon/button does not work. Which is really a pain as it was usefull to have
the slideshow launch immediately in the current directory.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance,

Jean-Frederic

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Jean,

This is usually caused by a buggy third-party shell extension. Following "Method 2" in the following article should isolate the problem:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Dear all,

When I'm in a directory with some JPG photos (or others), I can't see them
as a slideshow.

Why? Simply because when I click on the "Slide Show" button in the Explorer
icons bar, nothing happen. Nothing.

It seems that the link with Photo Gallery is broken. It does not launch it.

I can of course launch Photo Gallery manually via the
WindowsPhotoGallery.exe and look for the same directory, see the photos and
start a slideshow without any problem.

So only the direct link to Photo Gallery from the Explorer "Slide Show"
icon/button does not work. Which is really a pain as it was usefull to have
the slideshow launch immediately in the current directory.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance,

Jean-Frederic