Try this and see - is it just me?

I've been playing with my new Vista business laptop and have found a strange
problem.

If you put a JPG photo in your pictures folder and double click on it, then
it opens with Windows Photo Gallery. If you then drag the JPG file to the
desktop and double click it again, it won't open. Investigating, it seems
Photo Gallery won't open any JPG, BMP or whatever graphic file if it is on
your desktop. Create a folder on the desktop, drag the file there and bingo,
it works again.

Surely this can't be right?

Please try it and see - my PC is so new it has no software other than Dell
OEM vista 32, all available Windows updates and a copy of Office 2007, so I
don't think it's broken... I'd be interested to see if anyone else finds the
same problem!

Comments appreciated!

Richard

In article <I%Wvi.6278$>,
"Richard" <> wrote:

> I've been playing with my new Vista business laptop and have found a strange
> problem.
>
> If you put a JPG photo in your pictures folder and double click on it, then
> it opens with Windows Photo Gallery. If you then drag the JPG file to the
> desktop and double click it again, it won't open. Investigating, it seems
> Photo Gallery won't open any JPG, BMP or whatever graphic file if it is on
> your desktop. Create a folder on the desktop, drag the file there and bingo,
> it works again.
>
> Surely this can't be right?

It doesn't do that for me. I dragged a few of JPGs to the desktop.
For one I did a move, one I did copy and one I created a shortcut.
All still opened in Photo Gallery when clicked.

Mike

I tried it, and WPG opened the jpg on the desktop.
You might check to see what the default file types are set for WPG...
Start - Default Programs - Set your default programs
on my system, WPG has 8 of 11 defaults.


"Richard" <> wrote in message
news:I%Wvi.6278$...
> I've been playing with my new Vista business laptop and have found a
> strange problem.
>
> If you put a JPG photo in your pictures folder and double click on it,
> then it opens with Windows Photo Gallery. If you then drag the JPG file
> to the desktop and double click it again, it won't open. Investigating,
> it seems Photo Gallery won't open any JPG, BMP or whatever graphic file if
> it is on your desktop. Create a folder on the desktop, drag the file there
> and bingo, it works again.
>
> Surely this can't be right?
>
> Please try it and see - my PC is so new it has no software other than Dell
> OEM vista 32, all available Windows updates and a copy of Office 2007, so
> I don't think it's broken... I'd be interested to see if anyone else finds
> the same problem!
>
> Comments appreciated!
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
>
>

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:11:36 GMT, "Richard" <>
wrote:

>I've been playing with my new Vista business laptop and have found a strange
>problem.
>
>If you put a JPG photo in your pictures folder and double click on it, then
>it opens with Windows Photo Gallery. If you then drag the JPG file to the
>desktop and double click it again, it won't open. Investigating, it seems
>Photo Gallery won't open any JPG, BMP or whatever graphic file if it is on
>your desktop. Create a folder on the desktop, drag the file there and bingo,
>it works again.
>
>Surely this can't be right?
>
>Please try it and see - my PC is so new it has no software other than Dell
>OEM vista 32, all available Windows updates and a copy of Office 2007, so I
>don't think it's broken... I'd be interested to see if anyone else finds the
>same problem!
>
>Comments appreciated!
>
>Richard


The "desktop" is just another folder. There is no reason why graphic
files on the desktop when clicked shouldn't open.

"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:11:36 GMT, "Richard" <>
> wrote:
>
>>I've been playing with my new Vista business laptop and have found a
>>strange
>>problem.
>>
>>If you put a JPG photo in your pictures folder and double click on it,
>>then
>>it opens with Windows Photo Gallery. If you then drag the JPG file to the
>>desktop and double click it again, it won't open. Investigating, it seems
>>Photo Gallery won't open any JPG, BMP or whatever graphic file if it is on
>>your desktop. Create a folder on the desktop, drag the file there and
>>bingo,
>>it works again.
>>
>>Surely this can't be right?
>>
>>Please try it and see - my PC is so new it has no software other than Dell
>>OEM vista 32, all available Windows updates and a copy of Office 2007, so
>>I
>>don't think it's broken... I'd be interested to see if anyone else finds
>>the
>>same problem!
>>
>>Comments appreciated!
>>
>>Richard
>
>
> The "desktop" is just another folder. There is no reason why graphic
> files on the desktop when clicked shouldn't open.
>

Very many thanks to those who took the time to check and found it works on
their Vista installations - it does appear there's something wrong with
mine, so I am investigating.

However no thanks to you Adam I'm afraid - did you read my original post
correctly? Most people, including me, know that the desktop is just a
folder, so what exactly is your point? It seems your comments suggest that
I'm not actually having the problem I describe quite clearly, but I can
assure you I am, otherwise why would I bother to post here? Perhaps I
should have concluded my post with intelligent comments appreciated
instead!!


Richard

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:12:18 GMT, "Richard" <>
wrote:

>"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:11:36 GMT, "Richard" <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I've been playing with my new Vista business laptop and have found a
>>>strange
>>>problem.
>>>
>>>If you put a JPG photo in your pictures folder and double click on it,
>>>then
>>>it opens with Windows Photo Gallery. If you then drag the JPG file to the
>>>desktop and double click it again, it won't open. Investigating, it seems
>>>Photo Gallery won't open any JPG, BMP or whatever graphic file if it is on
>>>your desktop. Create a folder on the desktop, drag the file there and
>>>bingo,
>>>it works again.
>>>
>>>Surely this can't be right?
>>>
>>>Please try it and see - my PC is so new it has no software other than Dell
>>>OEM vista 32, all available Windows updates and a copy of Office 2007, so
>>>I
>>>don't think it's broken... I'd be interested to see if anyone else finds
>>>the
>>>same problem!
>>>
>>>Comments appreciated!
>>>
>>>Richard
>>
>>
>> The "desktop" is just another folder. There is no reason why graphic
>> files on the desktop when clicked shouldn't open.
>>
>
>Very many thanks to those who took the time to check and found it works on
>their Vista installations - it does appear there's something wrong with
>mine, so I am investigating.
>
>However no thanks to you Adam I'm afraid - did you read my original post
>correctly? Most people, including me, know that the desktop is just a
>folder, so what exactly is your point? It seems your comments suggest that
>I'm not actually having the problem I describe quite clearly, but I can
>assure you I am, otherwise why would I bother to post here? Perhaps I
>should have concluded my post with intelligent comments appreciated
>instead!!

The point is I told you something you apparently didn't know; which is
there is nothing special about the Desktop. Like I said, it is just
another folder. You provided NOTHING in the way of any useful
information anyone could help you with.

Sorry, my crystal ball is in the shop for repairs, so guessing
wouldn't help you since you didn't offer any link to the file in
question therefore nobody can test it themselves to see what if
anything different happens if they drag it to their Desktop.

I try to help people that help themselves or at least provide minimal
information. You obviously just want to rant and rave over a "problem"
you seem to have caused yourself. Sorry, I have no sympathy for such
people when they snap at the hands of people trying to help them. I
have concluded you are just another hot head that doesn't know what
he's doing. Tough cookies.

You jumped to a conclusion saying "Investigating, it seems
Photo Gallery won't open any JPG, BMP or whatever graphic file if it
is on your desktop."

That's total BS. Maybe not on your system, but that clearly isn't
normal behavior which is why I told you your Desktop is just another
folder, because duh, that's all it is. You asked if anybody else had
this problem. I guess you didn't like my answer confirming you rather
pout over your experience rather than learning from it. I hope you
feel better now that you vented. <wink>

>
>
>
>
>
>
Works fine here. I dragged a jpg file onto the desktop and then when i
double click it, it opens in the gallery program.

In article <>,
says...
> That's total BS. Maybe not on your system, but that clearly isn't
> normal behavior which is why I told you your Desktop is just another
> folder, because duh, that's all it is. You asked if anybody else had
> this problem. I guess you didn't like my answer confirming you rather
> pout over your experience rather than learning from it. I hope you
> feel better now that you vented. <wink>

And then you provided no help, nothing constructive, just your typical
hate filled reply that has no value. You appear to be the one venting.
Most people don't post about someone else's computer, when they post
that X won't do Y, any reasonable person understands it means THEIR
computer.

Why are you always very confrontational instead of nice?



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Richard wrote:

>
> However no thanks to you Adam I'm afraid - did you read my original post
> correctly? Most people, including me, know that the desktop is just a
> folder, so what exactly is your point?

hahaha...well...adam is a very insecure as*hole as evidenced by his
continual bleating for attention and he is never wrong...just ask him! :-)
Frank

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:30:13 -0700, Frank <> wrote:

>Richard wrote:
>
>>
>> However no thanks to you Adam I'm afraid - did you read my original post
>> correctly? Most people, including me, know that the desktop is just a
>> folder, so what exactly is your point?
>
>hahaha...well...adam is a very insecure as*hole as evidenced by his
>continual bleating for attention and he is never wrong...just ask him! :-)
>Frank

If you had a working brain Frankie I would mention the irony of your
last statement. Since you don't have a functioning brain, no point.