PI 11 - "Save As" options

24Peter · Post by **24Peter** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:00 am

Hi all -

I just installed PI11 on a Vista laptop (I'm also running it on my XP desktop). Runs fine on Vista except I notice that when I choose "Save As", the "Options" button isn't present (nor is the "Invoke Options" checkbox) so I can't choose the quality of my .jpegs. I'm not really worried about any of the other "save as" options but I would like to be able to set the compression level (quality) of my .jpegs. Any ideas how to do this?

(Nothing in the preferences "Open & Save" tab helps either.)

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:14 am

PI 11 had this problem previously on XP machines. I don't know about Vista and won't touch it with a 10 foot pole until all my current software is certified to run on it but maybe, just maybe, this old fix will work in your case also.

This fix was provided by a user. Apparently, you'll get this problem if you installed Microsoft's Tweak UI program and set the "Remember previously-used filenames" option from the "Common Dialogs". To fix this, please take note of the outlined procedure to edit a particular registry value:

1. Click "Start -> Run", type "regedit" on the command box then click "Ok" to open the Registry Editor.

2. Go to:
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\NoFileMru"

3. Change the DWORD value from "1" to "0".

4. Close the Registry Editor, restart PhotoImpact and you should be good to go.

Even though this user made a connection to TweakUI, other users reported this fix to work even though they had not installed TweakUI.

Post by **Ron P.** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:16 am

PI-11 is not Vista compatible, so you are bound to have problems. While you may have been able to run it on Vista, it will not function correctly all the time.

24Peter · Post by **24Peter** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:31 am

heinz-oz wrote:PI 11 had this problem previously on XP machines. I don't know about Vista and won't touch it with a 10 foot pole until all my current software is certified to run on it but maybe, just maybe, this old fix will work in your case also.

This fix was provided by a user. Apparently, you'll get this problem if you installed Microsoft's Tweak UI program and set the "Remember previously-used filenames" option from the "Common Dialogs". To fix this, please take note of the outlined procedure to edit a particular registry value:

1. Click "Start -> Run", type "regedit" on the command box then click "Ok" to open the Registry Editor.

2. Go to:
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\NoFileMru"

3. Change the DWORD value from "1" to "0".

4. Close the Registry Editor, restart PhotoImpact and you should be good to go.
Even though this user made a connection to TweakUI, other users reported this fix to work even though they had not installed TweakUI.

Thanks - but that registry key/value doesn't exist on my Vista machine....
Is there a way within PI to set the jpeg compression level independent of the save as dialogue box?

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:12 am

I think Vidoman aanswered that in the previous post. PI 11 will not run on Vista.