I have moved lots of photos from my XP pc to my Vista pc without any
problems. I have always used a USB thumb drive, however, not a CD. Can't
imagine that would make any difference.
Tom
"Frustrated Chris" <FrustratedChris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I think the problem is that the files are coming from an XP computer. I
>can
> download new JPGs from email, the web or a digital camera just fine.
>
> It could have something to do with "ownership" of the files, but I have
> tried everything and cannot get it to work.
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
>> 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?
>> >> >
>> >>
>>