hmm, I have to believe that if these are valid .jpg files, Vista can & will
open them.
Here's a link to picture file types & how Vista handles them...
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...667f41033.mspx
Perhaps it's a file permission problem, or where it's located.
You didn't copy these photo to "My Pictures" or "My Documents", did you?
Can you copy one to the Desktop, or to C:\Users\(youraccount)\Pictures and
try to open it?
Can you open one with Internet Explorer?
"Frustrated Chris" <FrustratedChris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:BB07D2E0-92E0-40FF-954E-6FAA16F315D1@microsoft.com...
>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?
>> >
>>