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hebsonian2 - 22 Nov 2005 12:27 GMT

ive just bought a new pc with windows media center, but i cant view any
pictures i download or recieve in emails. i transfer them all to my pictures,
but they just wont open whichever program i try to open them with, the
message i get is "unable to open" the file (picture) i choose ! can any help
me please?

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John Inzer - 22 Nov 2005 15:36 GMT

> ive just bought a new pc with windows media center, but i
> cant view any pictures i download or recieve in emails. i
> transfer them all to my pictures, but they just wont open
> whichever program i try to open them with, the message i
> get is "unable to open" the file (picture) i choose ! can
> any help me please?

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What format are the images saved in?

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hebsonian2 - 22 Nov 2005 16:12 GMT

hiya, the pictures i get are sent from friends in jpeg, but when i look at
the picture properties it just says "file" not "jpeg", dont know what to do,,
but thanks for your reply !

> > ive just bought a new pc with windows media center, but i
> > cant view any pictures i download or recieve in emails. i
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> What format are the images saved in?

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John Inzer - 22 Nov 2005 17:18 GMT

> hiya, the pictures i get are sent from friends in jpeg,
> but when i look at the picture properties it just says
> "file" not "jpeg", dont know what to do,, but thanks for
> your reply !

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Do the files have the .jpg extension? If
not...try renaming the files and add it.

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mindy - 27 Nov 2005 14:11 GMT

> ive just bought a new pc with windows media center, but i cant view any
> pictures i download or recieve in emails. i transfer them all to my pictures,
> but they just wont open whichever program i try to open them with, the
> message i get is "unable to open" the file (picture) i choose ! can any help
> me please?

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