Pictures now won't rotate in XP folders

I have a PC with XP Pro SP2.

I some how managed to disable the rotate feature for pictures when viewing
in a folder filmstrip.

I have a new camera which will take big pictures. Whilst viewing the first
results and trying to rotate the pictures I was getting a message that the
picture might be affected by rotation due to its size - do you want to
proceed. I must have clicked the 'Don't show me this again box' as I am not
getting the message now.

I am now unable to rotate any pictures in filmstrip view.

Can anyone tell me how I can restore this so I can rotate pictures again.

Thanks
Tony B

TonyB wrote:
> I have a PC with XP Pro SP2.
>
> I some how managed to disable the rotate feature for pictures when
> viewing in a folder filmstrip.
>
> I have a new camera which will take big pictures. Whilst viewing the
> first results and trying to rotate the pictures I was getting a
> message that the picture might be affected by rotation due to its
> size - do you want to proceed. I must have clicked the 'Don't show me
> this again box' as I am not getting the message now.
>
> I am now unable to rotate any pictures in filmstrip view.
>
> Can anyone tell me how I can restore this so I can rotate pictures
> again.
>
> Thanks
> Tony B

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To reset the Rotate dialog...try the following...

Open an image in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer...

Hold your Ctrl key and close the viewer...(X on titlebar)

You should see a dialog that says:

"Any rotation warnings that you may have suppressed
have been reset, and may appear again when you
rotate a picture."

Now you may need to run the following command:

Go to...Start / Run and type
(or copy/paste):

"REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL"
(without the quotes)(Yes, there's
a space between 2 and S)

Click...OK.

A dialog box should report the following:

"DllRegisterServer in SHIMGVW.DLL succeeded"


Try rotating your pictures...

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Thank you John the first bit did the trick, back up and running now.

Now why couldn't I find out how to do that? I searched for ages!!

Thanks again.

Tony B

"John Inzer" wrote:

> TonyB wrote:
> > I have a PC with XP Pro SP2.
> >
> > I some how managed to disable the rotate feature for pictures when
> > viewing in a folder filmstrip.
> >
> > I have a new camera which will take big pictures. Whilst viewing the
> > first results and trying to rotate the pictures I was getting a
> > message that the picture might be affected by rotation due to its
> > size - do you want to proceed. I must have clicked the 'Don't show me
> > this again box' as I am not getting the message now.
> >
> > I am now unable to rotate any pictures in filmstrip view.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how I can restore this so I can rotate pictures
> > again.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tony B
>
> ===================================
> To reset the Rotate dialog...try the following...
>
> Open an image in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer...
>
> Hold your Ctrl key and close the viewer...(X on titlebar)
>
> You should see a dialog that says:
>
> "Any rotation warnings that you may have suppressed
> have been reset, and may appear again when you
> rotate a picture."
>
> Now you may need to run the following command:
>
> Go to...Start / Run and type
> (or copy/paste):
>
> "REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL"
> (without the quotes)(Yes, there's
> a space between 2 and S)
>
> Click...OK.
>
> A dialog box should report the following:
>
> "DllRegisterServer in SHIMGVW.DLL succeeded"
>
>
> Try rotating your pictures...
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

TonyB wrote:
> Thank you John the first bit did the trick, back up and running now.
>
> Now why couldn't I find out how to do that? I searched for ages!!
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Tony B
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You're welcome.

Thanks for the update.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk