Windows Photo Gallery Viewer

[Guest]

I was wondering if there was a way to enable rotating images in Windows Photo
Gallery Viewer?

I dont want to have to open the Windows Photo Gallery just to rotate one
image. I just want to do a quick edit.

I was able to in XP. I dont think they'd remove that function.

To give you more information, this is what I am doing:
Double-Click the jpeg on my desktop--->a preview is shown in Windows Photo
Gallery Viewer---> the rotation buttons are "greyed out" or inactive.

The rotation buttons are only activated when i open Windows Photo Gallery.

Any Ideas

IBM ThinkPad T60P
Vista Ultimate

 

[Michael Solomon]

I was wondering if there was a way to enable rotating images in Windows
Photo
Gallery Viewer?

I dont want to have to open the Windows Photo Gallery just to rotate one
image. I just want to do a quick edit.

I was able to in XP. I dont think they'd remove that function.

To give you more information, this is what I am doing:
Double-Click the jpeg on my desktop--->a preview is shown in Windows Photo
Gallery Viewer---> the rotation buttons are "greyed out" or inactive.

The rotation buttons are only activated when i open Windows Photo Gallery.

Any Ideas

IBM ThinkPad T60P
Vista Ultimate

When I tried it as you describe, the rotate buttons appeared inactive until
I hovered my mouse over the buttons, they then became active and usable.

 

[Guest]

I mouse-overed and still not activated.

When I tried it as you describe, the rotate buttons appeared inactive until
I hovered my mouse over the buttons, they then became active and usable.

 

[Dave]

I answered this in another newsgroup... your file is probably set as
Read-Only.
Right-click - Properties - uncheck Read Only Attribute - Apply

 

[Michael Solomon]

I mouse-overed and still not activated.

Have you tried with any other image? I'm assuming you've had this issue
since you first installed Vista otherwise I'd suggest using the System
Restore feature to you back to a time when it was functioning. Do you have
any other image viewing software installed as it might be interfering with
the function if it is your default app for this sort of thing. That
shouldn't matter but stranger things have happened. If you do have other
image software installed, are you sure it is fully Vista compatible?

The only other option I can think of is to try using the Vista Repair
function. Boot from the Vista install disk, when you get to the setup
screen, choose the repair option.

In any event, I can confirm the "rotate" option has not been removed so
something is preventing the buttons from becoming active in the scenario you
have described.

 

[Michael Solomon]

I answered this in another newsgroup... your file is probably set as
Read-Only.
Right-click - Properties - uncheck Read Only Attribute - Apply

Yup, I forgot all about that. I just copied the same image to may desktop
that I tested earlier, marked it, read only, and sure enough, when set that
way, you can't rotate! Assuming there are no other issues, you just saved
the OP a lot of grief!

 

[Pflueger]

I dont want to have to open the Windows Photo Gallery just to rotate one
image. I just want to do a quick edit.

The rotation buttons are only activated when i open Windows Photo Gallery.

Any Ideas

Why use Gallery Viewer when you can set Irfanview as the default viewer and
have a whole repertoire of tools and plugins at hand while you preview your
images? Irfanview.com. It is freeware , and the most recommended image
viewer/editor there is.

Pflu