Pictures will not rotate in my picyures

I also have lost the rotate functionality in the Image and Fax Viewer and
the right-click option (when in thumbnail view) of Windows Explorer. The
option is list to Rotate Clockwise and Counter Clockwise, but choosing
either option does nothing on screen or on disk. Something obviously got
rest, but how? And how do you fix this issue?
Any ideas?

Frustrated Microsoft User


"JamieMac" <jamie.macdonald@borad.net.au> wrote in message
news:3531C930-7355-4354-BDA0-00AD3C830A2F@microsoft.com...

> I have exactly the same problem, it all started about a week ago when I

got this message about losing jpeg qualty on rotation. Could this be a
virus? I too tried the regsrv32 option to no avail

>
>
> ----- Mitch73g wrote: -----
>
> I have lost the ability to rotate images in My pictures when using

the photo viewer, I tried regsvr32 shimgvw.dll, but it did not help. Any
ideas?

Guys I have foind the solution, finally...

It is caused because you have downloaded pictures of an
aspect ration not compatible with XP. As a result the
first time you tried to rotate on of this pics you would
have got soem message 'loss of picture quality, do you
want to continue?... blah blah blah..' You will then have
inadvertantly instructed your PC not to let you rotate any
pictures of that unuasual aspect ratio. This was really
doing my head in as I could rotate some pics but not
others..

Anyway the fix is...

Open one of the pictures you can not rotate by double
clicking on it. (Simply viewing it as a thumbnail or film
strip won't work). Now hold down the 'ctrl' key and
click the red 'x' button (i.e. close button) top left of
the image. The PC will then ask you words to the effect
of 'are you sure want to reset all image rotate settings?
Say yes, and voila problem solved.

If this helped, let me know?

jamie.macdonald@broad.net.au

>-----Original Message-----
>I also have lost the rotate functionality in the Image

and Fax Viewer and

>the right-click option (when in thumbnail view) of

Windows Explorer. The

>option is list to Rotate Clockwise and Counter Clockwise,

but choosing

>either option does nothing on screen or on disk.

Something obviously got

>rest, but how? And how do you fix this issue?
>Any ideas?
>
>Frustrated Microsoft User
>
>
>"JamieMac" <jamie.macdonald@borad.net.au> wrote in message
>news:3531C930-7355-4354-BDA0-00AD3C830A2F@microsoft.com...

>> I have exactly the same problem, it all started about a

week ago when I

>got this message about losing jpeg qualty on rotation.

Could this be a

>virus? I too tried the regsrv32 option to no avail

>>
>>
>> ----- Mitch73g wrote: -----
>>
>> I have lost the ability to rotate images in My

pictures when using

>the photo viewer, I tried regsvr32 shimgvw.dll, but it

did not help. Any

>ideas?
>
>
>.
>