I see no metadata (EXIF or IPTC) in the image provided. I did notice that XP flags it as "blocked" http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/53691-45-this-file-computer-blocked
so that could be the issue? -Rob A> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Tőkés Ábel <preobazsensz...@freemail.hu> wrote: > Dear Folks! > > My problem is not strictly related to Gimp, but I hope that Gimp can > help me solve it and > I am sure that there are a lot of clever people on this list who can > help me understand what is happening here. > > I have appr. 100 pictures selected from the thousands taken of my > wedding. I would like to send them to a > printer company, but the software they give cannot use them because of > the failure that prevents IrfanView > from opening them too. The funny is that all the other picture viewers > can open these pictures, including > Gimp. > > I tried to open a picture with gimp, then save it in different formats, > but they behave the same: IrfanView cannot open them. > I tried jpg with and without exif data, png, tif and xcf. The funny is > that if I try to open it from inside gimp by file>open or > by drag-and-drop, it opens it without problem, but if I try to open it > from the file manager, it gives an error message: > Opening 'C:\Documents and Settings\Ábel\My Documents\My > Pictures\2009-04-25 Esküvo\p0023.jpg' failed: Could not open > 'C:\Documents and Settings\Ábel\My Documents\My Pictures\2009-04-25 > Esküvo\p0023.jpg' for reading: No such file or directory > > One of the images is here: > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QVOculUehRDqAywlBYIwwQ?feat=directlink > > What is the problem with these pics and how can I eliminate it? > > Thanks: > Abel > > ps. I am on Windose XP SP3 > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user