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Windows XP: Need help with Windows Picture Viewer/Copy File Function

by jtjt145 - 7/20/06 2:21 PM
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Need help with Windows Picture Viewer/Copy File Function

by jtjt145 - 7/20/06 2:21 PM

For the last few weeks, I've been reviewing some JPEG files I've got stored on a CD-ROM and copying some of them to my C: drive. Here's the process I follow:

I use Windows Explorer to browse the E: drive, where the CD-ROM is, looking at the thumbnail view. As I see a file I may want to copy to my hard drive, I double-click it, which opens the file in the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

If I decide to save it to my hard drive, I click the little disk icon to "Copy To" then select the directory on my hard drive. I also enter a new name for the file before I hit the "Save" button.

This has been working great for weeks. Suddenly, this morning I start getting the error message you see below the first time I try to save a file. I can try again and it will save it on the second try with no problem.

Error message: "Failed to save to the specified location. Make sure the file is not write-protected and there is enough space on the drive to save the image. Copy To Aborted."

I'm assuming I've inadvertenly changed some setting or something, but I can't figure out what. I have 43 gigabytes available space on my hard drive, so I know that's not the problem.

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Why not drag the files

by glb613 - 7/20/06 5:43 PM In reply to: Need help with Windows Picture Viewer/Copy File Function by jtjt145

to the folder you want through Windows Explorer? While I like using Windows pictures and fax viewer to view pictures, I don't like using it to move or save photos.

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