Cannot open Jpeg (read only files)

[alan]

My daughter in law who is Vietnamese took some photo's and downloaded the Jpeg files onto my pen drive.

When I transferred these files to my hard in the UK, I found that the photo's would not open. Looking at the

properties, it showed every Jpeg photo was in in "Read only format" and contained 0 bytes. The hole

folder contained 544 M bytes of photo's. I then deleted the shaded out part of the "Read only" file and

pressed OK, but this did not allow the file to be read.

I then tried to open the photo's in Paint Shop X4 and this was a success.

A few days later I tried to re access the Jpeg photo's and again, but I cannot open the Jpeg files with or

without X4.

(working with Widows Home Premium)

Any one any suggestions?

[R Frydryck]

Are you using Win7? It has a problem with password protected jpeg's. If so try an older operating system and re-save with a different name.

Can you post one of the pictures some place so we can take a look at it?

[alan]

Hi R Frydryck,

Many thanks for your reply.

I thought that I had posted a reply to this message, about an hour after I had sent the original message.

I did not apparently save the message. My apologies.

I did eventually manage to look at the photos in X4, they were in Jpeg format.

I then transferred them from Jpeg to Gif format.

The files are now permanently open and not stuck in "read only format."

Thanks again.

[R Frydryck]

No prob Alan,

But Gif may have been a poor choice to convert a photograph to because of it's limitations and color pallet. To maintain the maximum detail and color space save as a PSP file format or TIFF.

Rob

[alan]

Hi R Frydryck,

But Gif may have been a poor choice to convert a photograph to because of it's limitations and color pallet. To maintain the maximum detail and color space save as a PSP file format or TIFF.

I didn't realize this I will open the original file and convert to Tiff.

All 215 photo's have now been converted from Jpeg to Tiff.

Again many thanks for your help.

[R Frydryck]

Anytime Alan
Happy shooting