Viewing animated gif files with Vista

With Windows XP if you used explorer to browse files - .gif animated files
showed the animation in the viewing pane.

Vista just shows a still frame

Is there any way to set up Vista to view the animation.

"AlanHo" wrote:

> With Windows XP if you used explorer to browse files - .gif animated files
> showed the animation in the viewing pane.
>
> Vista just shows a still frame

gif image is an obsolete format and for this reason it has been remove from
explorer.

"AlanHo" wrote:

> With Windows XP if you used explorer to browse files - .gif animated files
> showed the animation in the viewing pane.
>
> Vista just shows a still frame

gif image is an obsolete format and for this reason it has been removed from
explorer.

Gif still seems to be a common file format for small animations like smilies
and signatures.

If it is now obsolete - what has taken its place that I can convert to...?

Hi,

Animation is viewed when the file is opened in the default program for them,
Internet Explorer. Animation does not occur when the file is previewed
(either in explorer or the picture and fax viewer).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"AlanHo" <> wrote in message
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> With Windows XP if you used explorer to browse files - .gif animated files
> showed the animation in the viewing pane.
>
> Vista just shows a still frame
>
> Is there any way to set up Vista to view the animation.

You can view them with Internet Explorer, or a free program, like Irfanview.


"AlanHo" <> wrote in message
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> With Windows XP if you used explorer to browse files - .gif animated files
> showed the animation in the viewing pane.
>
> Vista just shows a still frame
>
> Is there any way to set up Vista to view the animation.

However, the animation does show in the preview pane of Vista Windows Mail.

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Animation is viewed when the file is opened in the default program for
> them, Internet Explorer. Animation does not occur when the file is
> previewed (either in explorer or the picture and fax viewer).
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "AlanHo" <> wrote in message
> news00A8F12-437B-4D2F-86ED-...
>> With Windows XP if you used explorer to browse files - .gif animated
>> files showed the animation in the viewing pane.
>>
>> Vista just shows a still frame
>>
>> Is there any way to set up Vista to view the animation.
>

At least one (Incredimail elephant) does in mine.


"Robin" <> wrote in message
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> However, the animation does show in the preview pane of Vista Windows
> Mail.
>
> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Animation is viewed when the file is opened in the default program for
>> them, Internet Explorer. Animation does not occur when the file is
>> previewed (either in explorer or the picture and fax viewer).
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "AlanHo" <> wrote in message
>> news00A8F12-437B-4D2F-86ED-...
>>> With Windows XP if you used explorer to browse files - .gif animated
>>> files showed the animation in the viewing pane.
>>>
>>> Vista just shows a still frame
>>>
>>> Is there any way to set up Vista to view the animation.
>>
>

You have discovered yet another feature commonly used in XP that is not
properly implemented in Vista. I use Irfanview and associate .gif files with
that. I wonder if the XP File/Fax viewer can be somehow used in Vista? IMHO
it is far better than the kludge that it has now become.Anyone know what the
actual executable is? HTH James

"AlanHo" <> wrote in message
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> With Windows XP if you used explorer to browse files - .gif animated files
> showed the animation in the viewing pane.
>
> Vista just shows a still frame
>
> Is there any way to set up Vista to view the animation.

It's not an executable, it's the function of a library (.dll) file. Also,
the XP version cannot be used in Vista, precisely because it too is a
function of an older version of that library file.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"James David Byrne" <> wrote in message
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> You have discovered yet another feature commonly used in XP that is not
> properly implemented in Vista. I use Irfanview and associate .gif files
> with that. I wonder if the XP File/Fax viewer can be somehow used in
> Vista? IMHO it is far better than the kludge that it has now become.Anyone
> know what the actual executable is? HTH James
>
> "AlanHo" <> wrote in message
> news00A8F12-437B-4D2F-86ED-...
>> With Windows XP if you used explorer to browse files - .gif animated
>> files showed the animation in the viewing pane.
>>
>> Vista just shows a still frame
>>
>> Is there any way to set up Vista to view the animation.
>