strange Win XP Picture and Fax Viewer behaviour....

[Joe_D]

Hi all,
Some strange behaviour. On my Win XP Pro setup, i have a folder of
digital camera pics. I have 2 users on this system. If user #1 views
the pictures with the default 'Picture & Fax Viewer', there is no
trouble rotating the pictures clockwise & counterwise using the
buttons.
However, if user #2 views the same pictures using the default 'Picture
& Fax Viewer', clicking the rotate buttons do nothing. User #2 can add
to the directory, can delete files in there, and if i use any other
graphic program, i can rotate the image and save them just fine. Just
not the 'picture & fax viewer'.

Any suggestions why this might be? (the pic & fax viewer is nice and
simple to use for simple stuff like rotation so i'd like to use it for
user #2 for that reason).

thanks!

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Try this from user #2 account:

Preview a picture using Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Then press and hold
the CTRL key, and then close Windows Picture and Fax Viewer window (by
pressing the [X] button in the top right corner). You'll then see the
following message:

---------------------------
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
---------------------------
Any rotation warnings that you may have suppressed have been reset, and may
appear again when you rotate a picture.
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

Click OK.

You should be able to rotate the picture files now.

--
Regards,

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


Hi all,
Some strange behaviour. On my Win XP Pro setup, i have a folder of
digital camera pics. I have 2 users on this system. If user #1 views
the pictures with the default 'Picture & Fax Viewer', there is no
trouble rotating the pictures clockwise & counterwise using the
buttons.
However, if user #2 views the same pictures using the default 'Picture
& Fax Viewer', clicking the rotate buttons do nothing. User #2 can add
to the directory, can delete files in there, and if i use any other
graphic program, i can rotate the image and save them just fine. Just
not the 'picture & fax viewer'.

Any suggestions why this might be? (the pic & fax viewer is nice and
simple to use for simple stuff like rotation so i'd like to use it for
user #2 for that reason).

thanks!

 

[Joe_D]

Thanks very much! That did the trick. Rotates work perfectly fine
now.

Thanks again.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome Joe.

--
Regards,

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


Thanks very much! That did the trick. Rotates work perfectly fine
now.

Thanks again.