Help With Digital Pictures

stressedoutmum

I recently went to Florida and had my pictures put onto CD. If I get this done in Boots Chemist I can view the pics on my DVD but I cant do it with this one and when I put the CD into my PC I get the message cannot find file 'walgreaves.exe' (Walgreaves is where I go the pictures put onto CD. As we are talking hundreds of pictures is there anyway or any programmes I can download free to view them. I dont want to have to get them all printed off (397!) Thank you.

Rex_Mundi

I don't know why you would need an .exe to see your pictures. They should be on the disc as jpegs.

Try this...........

Put the disc in while you are holding down the shift button. Keep your finger on the shift for 30 secs or so (this stops autorun).

Then double click my computer, then your CD disc drive. It should list the whole contents of the disc which would normally be all your pics as jpegs.

stressedoutmum

No sorry just tried that. On the screen it says Photos but then I get the message cannot find Walgreens Photoshoot ExpressCD.Exe - this program is needed for opening files of type File? Any other suggestions please

Rex_Mundi

stressedoutmum wrote:

No sorry just tried that. On the screen it says Photos but then I get the message cannot find Walgreens Photoshoot ExpressCD.Exe - this program is needed for opening files of type File? Any other suggestions please

An exe is a program. It doesn't need another program to run it. The only thing I can think is that they have put the photos on a disc as part of their own viewer program (if it is it's very naughty).

Try my method again (with the shift button). This time right click on your CD drive, and click explore. This should show you all the contents of the disc without trying to run anything. Tell us what's on there.

stressedoutmum

Rex your fantastic. I right-clicked on explore and all the pics are there. thanks very much.

bingo_bango

To have the right program open jpeg's automatically, you may need to renew the file association to your favourite program (e.g. Photoshop / MS Office Picture Manager).
Open 'My Computer' goto 'Tools' menu, and select 'Folder Options'. Click the 'File Types' tab, and scroll to jpeg. Select it, then click on 'Change'. You can then browse for your favourite program. Click apply, and presto, that program will be used to open jpegs from then on.

Gavin57

Could it be that Walgreens are trying to make you use their own photo software Walgreens Photoshow

stressedoutmum

Bingo. When I go to My Computer I cant find the Tools Menu - can you tell me what its under - its not on my browser and Ive also got a new query. How do I get one of my photos to be my wallpaper on my screen: Yes I am very very new to digital photos and this is my first time trying this out. TVM>

Rex_Mundi

stressedoutmum wrote:

Bingo. When I go to My Computer I cant find the Tools Menu - can you tell me what its under - its not on my browser and Ive also got a new query. How do I get one of my photos to be my wallpaper on my screen: Yes I am very very new to digital photos and this is my first time trying this out. TVM>

Open a picture, right click it. Then select 'set as background'

stressedoutmum

Hiya. When I right click picture nothing comes up. When I open the picture it comes up with Picture Viewer and a few options (File, Edit, Window , Options, Help) but nothing else????

Rex_Mundi

Choose the picture you want (don't open it yet). Hold down shift, right click, select 'open with', then choose explorer, then OK. When the picture opens (it will open in a normal window). Do what I said in my previous post.