Jump to content

can view in folders some graphic file types- not others

Guest Joe
Guest Joe
in Tech Help and Discussions

Guest, which answer was the most helpful?

If any of these replies answered your question, please take a moment to click the 'Mark as solution' button on the post with the best answer.
Marking posts as the solution will help other community members find answers to their questions quickly. Thank you for your help!

Featured Replies

Posted

In Vista, when I open up a directory- and I choose view icons (of any size)-

I can see icons of tif, jpeg and gif files but not wmf or cgm file types. Is

there any way to get Vista to show these?

 

I have other graphic programs which can show those files, but I like to be

able to quickly view a folder's collection of images as icons.

 

Joe

  • Quote
  • Mark as Solution
    •

    OK, I'll give you Vista smart guys another chance. <G>

    Joe

     

     

     

    "Joe" <abc@xyz.com> wrote in message

    news:ewscbdjvHHA.4540@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

    > In Vista, when I open up a directory- and I choose view icons (of any

    > size)- I can see icons of tif, jpeg and gif files but not wmf or cgm file

    > types. Is there any way to get Vista to show these?

    >

    > I have other graphic programs which can show those files, but I like to be

    > able to quickly view a folder's collection of images as icons.

    >

    > Joe

  • Quote
  • Mark as Solution
    •

    I'm no smart guy, because I don't have an answer.

    But it's probably because those formats are very old. I found where in Jan

    '06 MS issued a security patch for wmf files in Vista, so maybe they are

    afraid it could be a security problem.

    They've also dropped support for animated Gifs in Windows Photo Gallery.

     

     

     

    "Joe" <abc@xyz.com> wrote in message

    news:#yHtoXBwHHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

    > OK, I'll give you Vista smart guys another chance. <G>

    > Joe

    >

    >

    >

    > "Joe" <abc@xyz.com> wrote in message

    > news:ewscbdjvHHA.4540@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

    >> In Vista, when I open up a directory- and I choose view icons (of any

    >> size)- I can see icons of tif, jpeg and gif files but not wmf or cgm file

    >> types. Is there any way to get Vista to show these?

    >>

    >> I have other graphic programs which can show those files, but I like to

    >> be able to quickly view a folder's collection of images as icons.

    >>

    >> Joe

    >

  • Quote
  • Mark as Solution
    •

    Yuh, you're probably right- MS just abandoned those file types- but they

    were visible in XP's directories.

     

    Joe

     

     

    "Dave" <dave@beepbeep.com> wrote in message

    news:%23AOJcsBwHHA.4568@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

    > I'm no smart guy, because I don't have an answer.

    > But it's probably because those formats are very old. I found where in

    > Jan '06 MS issued a security patch for wmf files in Vista, so maybe they

    > are afraid it could be a security problem.

    > They've also dropped support for animated Gifs in Windows Photo Gallery.

    >

    >

    >

    > "Joe" <abc@xyz.com> wrote in message

    > news:#yHtoXBwHHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

    >> OK, I'll give you Vista smart guys another chance. <G>

    >> Joe

    >>

    >>

    >>

    >> "Joe" <abc@xyz.com> wrote in message

    >> news:ewscbdjvHHA.4540@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

    >>> In Vista, when I open up a directory- and I choose view icons (of any

    >>> size)- I can see icons of tif, jpeg and gif files but not wmf or cgm

    >>> file types. Is there any way to get Vista to show these?

    >>>

    >>> I have other graphic programs which can show those files, but I like to

    >>> be able to quickly view a folder's collection of images as icons.

    >>>

    >>> Joe

    >>

  • Quote
  • Mark as Solution
    •

    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing