great, but i could do nothing with it.i was unable to open paint shop without purchasing more software (which i did not want to do) and i couldn't even open and look at the images that saved to my paint shop photo album. what i noticed is that every photo i saved to my computer defaulted to being saved as a paint shop photo album image.
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I think i had the free starter versions of the paint shop software. i knew it had something to do with a default setting i couldn't seem to change or this paint shop thing! I was able to save jpegs to my yahoo!photo album and send them to other people who were able to save them to their own computers without a problem. Thanks SO MUCH for all your help you guys! i ended up doing a combination of things.i finally figured it out at like 4:30 this morning. Opt 5.) try opening the file with any or all of the programs available on your system. that same interface which appears might have an option at the bottom "always choose this program to open this type of file". choosing "open with" and then decide on a compatible imaging program to open the image / file with. right-click the image / file with your mouse. Opt 4.) similar to the second option illustrated above. so crucial files cannot be tampered with. it's a good idea to go back and "hide extensions". once you have ascertained that your image / file is named appropriately and that everything is fine. click APPLY or OK and close that interface. and un-check the "hide extensions" portion. start / settings / control_panel / folder_options / view_tab / "hide extensions for known file types". in order to view these file extensions, go down to windows start_menu. so that crucial files cannot be tampered with. this means that the windows operating system has hidden the extensions. using the appropriate extension.ī.) if no extensions are visible on any of the files.
this probably means the file you saved is missing the appropriate extension and all you have to do is simply rename the file. are those extensions in view ?Ī.) if some extensions are in view and others are not in view.
also, look at other files in the same folder. and see if the extension at the end of the file-name is in view. to do this, locate the image / file in windows explorer.
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so that windows operating system will know how to open the file. close wordpad (do not save) and "rename" the image / file with the appropriate extension at the end of the file-name. once you ascertain which kind of image / file it is.
the very top line should have the native type of image visible (BMP / JFIF / JPEG / GIF / PNG / TIFF / etc.). once the file is open, you will notice all sorts of binary code. Opt 2.) locate the image / file you wish to open and right-click on the file with your mouse. making sure you place the appropriate extension at the end of the file-name. navigate to where that image / file is located. now, in the upper portion of that same interface. in the interface that appears in front of you, at the bottom (files of type) you will notice a drop-down menu, choose "all files". Opt 1.) open up the windows paint program (programs / accessories). Really, there's a myriad of things you can do. If you cannot open that e-mail and re-save the image / file :