I copied them to the Vista computer.
Thanks for the suggestion with Infanview, but there is no reason (in my
opinion) that the Vista viewer should not read them. I plan on returning the
new Vista system and buying a Mac if I cannot fix this.
"Dave" wrote:
> Did you copy the files to the Vista computer, or are they still the external
> drive?
>
> You might download and try Irfanview, a free viewer. Try opening a file and
> press "I" to see the information about the file.
> http://www.irfanviewpack.com/
>
>
>
> "Frustrated Chris" <FrustratedChris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:C9124F2F-2F2A-4E68-B42F-51ABAABB9EEA@microsoft.com...
> >I recently purchased a new system with Vista to replace my old XP system
> >and
> > have had a ton of problems. The biggest one being the inability to see
> > photos in Vista. I moved them all from my old XP system via an external
> > hard
> > drive and Visa Photo Gallery gives an error message "Photo Gallery can't
> > open
> > this picture because it might have been deleted or in in a location that
> > is
> > not available".
> >
> > All of these photos are JPGs downloaded from a Cannon camera. The new
> > Vista
> > system displays the file size and date of picture, but cannot view the
> > image. I can't view the image in Photo Gallery, Paint or any other
> > application.
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> >
>