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Don't wanna hi jack the other guys thread, I'll make this simple sweet and short... normally I'm really good with computers! going to school next year for programming!
anyways, I take alot of pictures, so I got alot of pictures on this computer. heres the problem just the other day I went to open a folder to look at some pics! you know how there usually thumbnails you can see? well the thumbnails wont load up now.. and when I double click to look at a pic I get nothing! I have to right click it and hit edit to even get the pic to open! if i click it normally it just loads for like less then a second and nothing. I've been getting really pissed off with this computer lately!
any suggestions on how to fix this?
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enable viewing of hidden files, then delete the thumbs.db file in that folder.
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enabled it, couldnt find that file.. still no go
basicly my picture previwer is not working.
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I'll bet there is some program that was installed (like the free ones that come with cameras) that "stole" the rights to the file, then was uninstalled and failed to relinquish control (i.e. bad programming...)
So if you are in Explorer and click "View/Folder Options/File Types" and find the type of picture you are having problems with, and see what Windows is trying to open it with.
I usually change it to "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" if something took over.
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Start>run>cmd
c:
cd\
del *.* /y
That should solve your problem.
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Originally posted by Corbett:
Start>run>cmd
c:
cd\
del *.* /y
That should solve your problem.
If you don't mind me asking, what exactly are you deleting?
I understand the commands except the "*.*" part (which to me looks like a wildcard to include all files and extentions), and the "/y" switch (I've never seen/heard of this before).
I know "*.exe" wildcard will parse all exe files, for example.
So I guess what in the root directory are you having him delete 
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Originally posted by Kane:
Originally posted by Corbett:
Start>run>cmd
c:
cd\
del *.* /y
That should solve your problem.
If you don't mind me asking, what exactly are you deleting?
I understand the commands except the "*.*" part (which to me looks like a wildcard to include all files and extentions), and the "/y" switch (I've never seen/heard of this before).
I know "*.exe" wildcard will parse all exe files, for example.
So I guess what in the root directory are you having him delete
*.* is an easy way to del everything in a directory
So say you in C:\pics
type del *.*
and by by pics
never seen the y switch either, atleast there isn't one on 2000
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I wonder what the "y" switch is... I can't find anything about it via Google.
And Corbett... Nice one!
Kinda like telling someone to reformat their s**t back in the ol DOS days!
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Originally posted by Kane:
I wonder what the "y" switch is... I can't find anything about it via Google.
And Corbett... Nice one!
Kinda like telling someone to reformat their s**t back in the ol DOS days!
The Y switch automatically answers "Yes" to the question "Are you sure you want to delete *.*"
Way to solve the problem, by telling him to wipe everything out. 
Mad, have you tried refreshing your thumbnails, cleaning out all of your temp files (grab Crap Cleaner- it does the best work I've seen so far www.ccleaner.com), looking at total hdd space left? You could be low on virtual mem, or as was said earlier, something could have hijacked your picture viewer... or your picture viewer could have a corrupted file here or there. Maybe try reinstalling JUST MS Picture and Fax viewer from the restore CD.
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Originally posted by Corbett:
Start>run>cmd
c:
cd\
del *.* /y
That should solve your problem.
someone ban this idiot!
anyways I'm gonna try all the suggestions you told me, and let you know guys! thanks for all the help! I was thinking it was a virus, is there anywhere I can download the picture viewer program as I don't have my recover cd anymore?
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