FWIW...
Renaming or deleting Pictures.pd4 will
revert Photo Gallery to what is was the
first time you opened it. Your pictures will
have to be cataloged again.
--
John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience
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
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Quote:
> ruddervader wrote: Quote:
>> John,
>> Thank you for your help. I had actually already been to both the
>> places you suggested and tried those solutions. If I open my pictures
>> folder the files are all there and they look like they should if they
>> were thumbnails but there is no image, not even a generic
>> placeholder. If I double click where the thumbnail should be it opens
>> Windows Photo Gallery and the picture displays fine. Let me see if I
>> can successfully attach a screen shot so you can see what I mean. I
>> really appreciate your help!
> =====================================
> Try the following fix:
>
> File association fixes for Windows Vista
> http://tinyurl.com/2xsewp
> or...
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>
> If that fails...have a look at the following article
> and rename or delete Pictures.pd4 as instructed.
>
> (944221) Windows Live Photo Gallery stops
> responding or will not start
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944221/en-us
>
> Here's the path if you are using Windows Photo
> Gallery.
>
> 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.