Help I lost my pcitures

[jipsy320]

Can anyone tell me how I can get my pictures back? I didn't jpeg them and it says that there is no application associated with the given file name extension. But it still shows them being on my list of pictures but can not open them... Please Help.. It was family reunion pictures...Thanks

[Ron P.]

Hi Jipsy320, and welcome to the forums..

You didnt' jpeg them, so what format are your pictures in, TIFF, GIFF, BMP (windows bitmap), PNG, RAW..?

What image applications do you have, PhotoImpact (version#???), PSP (PaintShop Pro), PS (Adobe PhotoShop) ?

Whatever the format (extension), you can choose what program to associate with opening the images.

1. Click on My Computer to open Windows Explorer
2. Go to Tools>Folder Options
3. In the Folder Options Dialogue Box, there are 3 Tabs, click on the File Types
4. Scroll down to the File Type (extension such as jpeg, png, bmp) to the Extension (file type) you saved your images to.
5. Click to select it, then in the bottom pane you will see Open With, and a button Change.
6. Click on the Change Button, which will open another dialogue box. At the top will be the Recommended Programs that your OS recommends to use to open that file type. If an image editing application that you want to use is listed, select it. Or you can choose the default for Windows XP, Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

You should now be able to open your images with whatever you selected.

To determine what File Type your images are saved to, find one of them ( I hope you know where they are saved on your system), and look at the last 3 letters following the . In Windows Explorer you can also set the display to Details instead of Thumbnails.

Ron P.

[jipsy320]

Thanks so much. I got my pictures back. You are a lifesaver. I thought that I had lost them forever. Thanks again

[Ron P.]

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Good to hear, and glad it helped

Ron P.