Larillion wrote:
>>>I think the problem is that the picture file has become corrupted. The
>>>thumbnail is stored at the start of the file and so often still works
>>>when the rest of the file has become corrupted.
>>>
>>>You say that other applications will open the file, but is the
>>>complete image displayed correctly, or is there even a very small
>>>problem with the very bottom of the picture.
>>>
>>>The pciture size and screen resolution should not be important at all.
>>
>>If this is the case, and it "happens all the time with my photos",
>>then it raises the issue of what is damaging his photos...
>
>
> Thanks for the reply but I really don't think the files are corrupted. The
> reason I say that is because it won't work one second and then if I go to the
> next photo and come back to it, it will work all of a sudden. There is no
> pattern to when it works and when it doesn't. But if I scroll through a
> directory of photos, 1 of 5 will give me that error and again, if I go past
> and come back, they are fine. And its definitely not a performace issue. My
> machine is a Core2Duo 2.4 with 2 gigs of ram and over 30 gigs of hard drive
> space so it should be able to handle this stuff with ease. To fix my problem
> though I downloaded IRFANVIEW and love it. I won't go back to Windows
> viewer. This one is much faster and 100x the options. Great program! I
> just haven't been able to find out how to zoom with the scroll wheel. I
> would still like to figure out the windows viewer problem but IRFANVIEW will
> be going on all my computers and everyone elses that I know.

I don't think your photos are damaged, either. ;-)

(I was implying that file damage was an unlikely explanation for
your problems.)

-michael

"The wastebasket is our most important design
tool--and it's seriously underused."