If the Copy to CD command is not there, get it back by:
Click on Start, click on Run and type the following in the opening textbox:
REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL and press the Enter key.
Note that there is a space between ...32 and SHI...
This will take a second to run.
If you copied music with Roxio or Nero or other software you may also have
to "Enable" your drive to copy with XP.
Open My Computer and right click on your CD drive and on Properties. Click
on the Recording tab and check the box "Enable..."
Just in case here are the recording steps.
To copy photos to CD-R or CD-RW using XP. (01-01-05)
1.. Insert a blank CD-R (or CD-RW) into your CD drive. Wait about 15-20
seconds for XP to recognize that a CD-R has been inserted. A window may
open, with a variety of options in it or no option in it. You don't need any
of the options in this window to copy to a CD-R. There is a Cancel button at
the bottom of this window. Click on it to close this window or click on the
red X square at the top right. If this window does not open, this is fine
just go to step 2.
2.. Click on My Computer and navigate to the folder where your pictures
are located. Open the folder so you can see the files you want to copy.
3.. You now need to select the files you want to copy. Do you want to copy
all the files in the folder? If so, hold the Ctrl key down and press the
letter A. This will select (highlight in blue) all the files in the folder.
If you want to select only some of the files, click on the first file you
want to select. Remove your finger from your mouse and move the mouse
pointer over the second file, hold the Ctrl key down and click on the second
file you want to select. Continue doing this until all the files you want to
copy are selected. Each time a file is selected it will be highlighted in
blue. If the files you want to select are listed in a row, you can do it
this way. Click on the first file, remove your finger from the mouse and
move the mouse pointer over the last file. Hold the Shift key down and click
on the last file you want. All the files between the first and last file you
clicked on will be highlighted in blue.
4.. Once you have selected the files you want to copy, look at the menu on
the left of the selected files. The top menu should be "Picture Tasks". The
last item listed under "Picture Tasks" is "Copy to CD". Click on it. The
other way is to right click on one of the selected pictures. A menu will
open. Click on Send To. Click on your CD drive on the opening list.
5.. The copying process will start (a small window opening at the top of
your screen indicating the progress, wait until completed, also you may not
see this window if you are copying just a few files because the operation is
too fast) and you will get a message, right hand corner bottom of your
screen, "You have files waiting." Click on it.
6.. A window will open. It will show you the photo files you just selected
to copy. Look at the menu on the left and click on "Write these files to CD"
.
7.. A Wizard box will open. Just follow the directions on the screen to
complete the job.
8.. Once you have copied the photos to the CD you may want to copy more to
it in the future. Just insert it instead of inserting a blank CD and follow
the same directions. Just make sure you have enough space on it to add more
photo files. A CD will hold 700 MB but with photo files, don't try to fill
it. Limit to about 200 - 300 photo files per CD and not more than a total of
600 MB. Otherwise it can take a long time to open this CD to view the files,
but if you don't mind the time you can fill it.
9.. During copying, you may get the following messages "File XXXX.jpg has
extra information..." or "The thumbnails information will be lost..." In
both cases, click on YES, not on Skip, in the message box.
Some problems with the above:
1.. You looked for the command "Copy to CD", but it is not there. If so,
repair this way.
Click on Start, click on Run and type the following in the opening textbox:
REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL
And press the Enter key.
Note that there is a space between .32 and SHI..
You did the above, but still no "Copy to CD" command available. Go to step 2
below and check if your drive is set to recording.
2.. You can find the "Copy to CD" command but it still does not work.
Check if your drive is set for recording. Open My Computer, look under
Devices with removable storage and right click on your CD drive. Click on
Properties. A window will open. Click on the Recording tab at the top of
this window. Then check, Enable recording box. Also, check the box "Eject
after recording" .
You tried this, but you can't find a Recording tab when the window opens. If
so, update the CD driver so it is compatible with XP (particularly if you
upgraded to XP from 98 or ME) or something else is wrong as under items 3 or
4 below.
3.. You may have installed some CD copying software to copy music CDs. If
so, this may be interfering with XP. If you use Roxio, update your version
to at least 5.3 or above. If you have Roxio 7, use this to copy photo files.
Use the option Copy files instead of copy music. If you have other music CD
copying software make sure you upgrade to a version that will not interfere
with XP or use this software to copy your photo files to CD.
4.. You may have purchased a new computer with a CD/DVD burner. If so, don
't use XP to copy to CD, use the software supplied by the manufacturer and
select the copy files option if there is no specific copy photo files
option.
5.. Instead of using the Copy to CD command you used the Send to command
and no CD drive is listed there. If you upgraded to XP you should check that
you have a driver for your CD drive compatible with XP or first check that
your drive is Enable for recording as given above. Sometimes you get the
instruction to send to a writable CD drive on the list but you don't get
writable, you get drag and drop or simply the CD drive letter. Click on it,
provided you have checked that the drive is Enabled for recording.
6.. If none of the above works, check the manufacturer of the CD drive web
site for a driver compatible with XP, particularly if you upgraded to XP.
Open My Computer,
> Hi i can record on to cd ok but when i want to copy my photos to cd in the
> picture task copy to cd doesnt come up now ! i have used it so many times
> before any one have any ideas as its driving me crazy i can do it through HP
> printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
patty - 25 Feb 2005 15:23 GMT
Hi thanks for trying to help i have done all that ! i can copy cds perfect
its just that when i try to put them on to cd the link in task manager< that
used to be there> copy to cd is not there now ! i am on windows XP.
> If the Copy to CD command is not there, get it back by:
>
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> HP
> > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
Yves Alarie - 25 Feb 2005 15:46 GMT
I don't think I understand what you mean by what you wrote:
"the link in task manager< that
used to be there> copy to cd is not there now !
When you open My Computer and you open a photo folder, if you look at the
menu on the left, you should see "Picture Tasks" and in under this you
should see Copy to CD.
Are you missing "Picture Tasks" ? or are you missing "Copy to CD" ?
> Hi thanks for trying to help i have done all that ! i can copy cds perfect
> its just that when i try to put them on to cd the link in task manager< that
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> > HP
> > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
patty - 25 Feb 2005 18:05 GMT
Hi I have picture tasks it just doesnt have copy to cd any more
> I don't think I understand what you mean by what you wrote:
> "the link in task manager< that
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> > > HP
> > > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
Yves Alarie - 25 Feb 2005 19:25 GMT
Then I don't understand why.
1. You did run REGS......
When you ran this, did you get a "success" message?
2. You did check "Enable this drive".
When you clicked on the Recording tab, did the box "Enable..." have a check
in it or not?
> Hi I have picture tasks it just doesnt have copy to cd any more
>
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> > > > HP
> > > > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
patty - 25 Feb 2005 20:13 GMT
Hi again yes i did run Reg box came up sid succeeded then sraight after that
another box came up said Load library <DLL> failed the specified module
could not be found !yes i checked cd rw its says its all working good i know
its working ok cause i can copy cds and i can put photos on through it but
using Hewlet Packard scanner + printer its just that i dont have the option
on windows task manager yo copy to cd it use to be there cause i used it so
many times before !
> Then I don't understand why.
>
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> > > > > HP
> > > > > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
yves alarie - 25 Feb 2005 20:24 GMT
OK. Now we know where the problem is. It failed to load the DLL. Will have
to think about this.
> Hi again yes i did run Reg box came up sid succeeded then sraight after
> that
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>> > > > > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
mart - 25 Feb 2005 20:35 GMT
>Hi same problem still not working. Got" success "message still no recording
tab
Or copy to cd in task
> Hi again yes i did run Reg box came up sid succeeded then sraight after that
> another box came up said Load library <DLL> failed the specified module
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> > > > > > HP
> > > > > > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
Yves Alarie - 25 Feb 2005 21:39 GMT
What other software do you have to copy to CD, like copying music?
This problem is not new. However, running this REG... and getting to the
Recording tab would solve it. Now we get "No recording tab" available.
Not quite sure what is going on.
> >Hi same problem still not working. Got" success "message still no recording
> tab
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> > > > > > > HP
> > > > > > > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
Yves Alarie - 25 Feb 2005 21:42 GMT
Did this start only after you used the HP printer/scanner to copy to CD?
> Hi again yes i did run Reg box came up sid succeeded then sraight after that
> another box came up said Load library <DLL> failed the specified module
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> > > > > > HP
> > > > > > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
patty - 26 Feb 2005 07:35 GMT
hi noi had hp as well when i was using windows to copy photos, i have been
travelling in India for 6 months came back and cant copy photos to cd now ,
> Did this start only after you used the HP printer/scanner to copy to CD?
>
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> > > > > > > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
Yves Alarie - 26 Feb 2005 14:38 GMT
In the error message, did you get an error code?
You can check the possible cause here if you have an error number:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;90753
> hi noi had hp as well when i was using windows to copy photos, i have been
> travelling in India for 6 months came back and cant copy photos to cd now ,
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> > > > > > > > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
patty - 26 Feb 2005 15:25 GMT
Hi no there is no error code its just that the option to copy photos to cd
isnt there i have now found out i can do it by Record now DX i do that just
as good many thanks for trying to sort it out .pat
> In the error message, did you get an error code?
> You can check the possible cause here if you have an error number:
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> > > > > > > > > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks
Yves Alarie - 28 Feb 2005 02:12 GMT
This is fine. You found a way around the problem. However, not a good idea.
You need to fix the problem.
> Hi no there is no error code its just that the option to copy photos to cd
> isnt there i have now found out i can do it by Record now DX i do that just
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> > > > > > > > > > Open My Computer,
> > > > > > > > > > "patty" <patty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > > > > > > > > > > Hi i can record on to cd ok but when i want to copy my
> > photos
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> > > > > > > > > > HP
> > > > > > > > > > > printer and scanner but its not as good , thanks