Hi John, Your ideas were good and I learned alot....but they didn't work. I
finally System Restored 6 different times and finally back to May 24. That
worked. But I still don't know what caused the problem. Thanks again for
your help. bobg
"bobg" <bganon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3844BAA6-279B-442D-B04D-D52E1ABF3797@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Thank you John. I'll try it tomorrow when I'm a little more alert. We'll
> see what happens. bobg
>
> "John Inzer" <oobie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eSCrghDyIHA.4772@xxxxxx Quote:
>> bobg wrote: Quote:
>>> HP Desktop Vista Home Premium SP1. I've been using Windows Photo
>>> Gallery for about a year. It recently stopped working. All is OK
>>> till I click Print on a selected Photo. (I get a popup "Printer
>>> Pictures Error" while attempting to print your pictures.) No other
>>> explanation, number or info. I'm using a Canon390 which has worked
>>> great...and I've done as lot of photo printing. I've checked the
>>> driver, reconnected the printer (USB), and downloaded and installed
>>> Windows Live Photo Gallery. No change jin the problem
>>> However, I don't have any problem printing text and or photos from my
>>> Windows Mail folder.
>>> I'm strictly a user, not a guru so please try to keep it simple....if
>>> possible.
>> ====================================
>> No guarantees...but I think I would try
>> uninstalling / reinstalling the printer...
>>
>> And there's a slight chance that renaming
>> or deleting the PhotoGallery database
>> would make an improvement.
>>
>> This database named "Pictures.pd4" is
>> found at the following location.
>>
>> C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\
>> Windows Photo Gallery\Pictures.pd4
>>
>> The file can also be found with an Advanced
>> Search for pd4.
>>
>> Go to...Start / Search / Advanced Search.
>>
>> Check the box..."Include non-indexed, hidden,
>> and system files" Enter pd4 in the Name field
>> and left click the Search button.
>>
>> If you right click / rename the file to: Pictures.OLD
>> the gallery will create a new Pictures.pd4 the
>> next time it is launched.
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Inzer
>> Digital Media MVP
>>
>> Notice
>> This is not tech support
>> I am a volunteer
>>
>> Solutions that work for
>> me may not work for you
>>
>> Proceed at your own risk
>>
>> >