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MountainMama

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#16759 26-Oct-2007 12:18
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I'm having an issue with photos on my computer that has come right out of the blue.
I had some pics attached from a friend of her kids - and when I tried to open them I got a strange box telling me that Publisher could not open them. I dont use publisher for such things - usually opening JPEGS and the like with just a click - not having to select a program, or have a box with strange symbols that dont mean anything to me. I uninstalled PUBLISHER which has not helped at all - (havent reinstalled it yet either) but if I try to open one now I get a Microsoft Office Outlook box telling me THIS ACTION is only valid for products that are currently installed.


Any ideas please how I can disable this  Publisher thing happening - and get back to normal viewing pics in the files of the children on my computer, and opening ones people send me?
My calendars are coming to a standstill over this :)
any help much appreciated.

Cheers
MM

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#92571 26-Oct-2007 16:53
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Do you know what program normally opened pictures for you to view them?









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  #92579 26-Oct-2007 17:19
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um.... *embarrassed smile *
windows picture viewer - or something like that it is called??

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  #92609 26-Oct-2007 20:52
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Do you have MS Office Picture Manager installed? It will be in your start menu, under Microsoft Office, in a another subfolder.

If so, open it, click tools, click file types, tick everything, and click okay. Your photos will open happily in that program now.

If not, try downloading and installing Irfanview or something like that. Anything that will re-grab the file associations should work easily for you.

Reinstall publisher too.

Is your antivirus and antispyware up to date, with full scans done in the last week? 









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  #92610 26-Oct-2007 20:53
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#92617 26-Oct-2007 22:28
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You are a GEM!!!!!!!! thanks for your help. my husband is well impressed that this was fixed without me chasing down a professional in the felsh!! Cheers.........

MM

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  #92638 27-Oct-2007 10:39
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So what worked for you in the end?







 
 
 

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  #92663 27-Oct-2007 13:38
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I reinstalled publisher, and accidentally deleted and uninstalled that Office function you told me  may be there in the menu (in a vague momemt)- and it came good...not sure how - but i dont ask many Q's when it's working :)

Thanks again.....

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