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Irfanview problem
« on: Thursday 01 May 08 15:08 BST (UK) »
I'm having a problem with IrfanView.  I keep getting a message "Can't read file header. Unknown file format."
This is what I'm doing:

Start/All programmes/Accessories/Next.
Choose Scanning Preferences/Next
Preview/Next
Picture name & destination: Name the image/Next
Picture being scanned
Other Options/Next/My Pictures/Close
Go to Irfanview/File/Open
Enter file name/Open

It's at this point the message appears. Could someone please suggest what's going wrong ?
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Re: Irfanview problem
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 01 May 08 15:25 BST (UK) »
What is the ending (extension) of the file you are trying to read ??

Have you succeeded with this before, or is it a new technique ?

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Re: Irfanview problem
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 01 May 08 16:19 BST (UK) »
If you use My Computer to navigate to where the file you are trying to open is located, try hovering over the file name and a pale yellow box should appear listing the image properties. 

What do these say?
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Re: Irfanview problem
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 01 May 08 16:31 BST (UK) »
The file is located in 'My Pictures'.  It  is named "Boyce Barracks" and the pale yellow box has - Dimensions: 1275 x 1650. Type: JPEG Image. Size: 69.8 KB'
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Re: Irfanview problem
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 01 May 08 16:35 BST (UK) »
Sounds normal enough  Smiley

can you open IrfanView and drag the file into it ?
what  happens then ??

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Re: Irfanview problem
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 01 May 08 17:00 BST (UK) »
Thank you both.  I have sent the photo as an attachment to my cousin who is computer literate and will investigate.  I'll report back.
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