Catherine;

They should open up in Internet Explorer, or whatever program you have selected to open .jpg, .jpeg, and .gif pictures. The image you see below is an animated .gif file.

Good Luck!




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The problem is they do not open in IE and I have never selected a program to open .jpg, .jpeg and .gif animated gifs.

I have various .jpg files on my computer that are still pictures. These open in Microsoft Photo Editor. Not my doing, the computer came that way.

The .gif files I downloaded also tries to open in Microsoft Photo Editor but it can't, and I get an error message that the program does not support those (gif) files.

I then tried to have Windows Media or Real Player open the gif files but they do not support gif files either.

I am not very computer savy, so I don't know what programs are capable of opening gif files. Could you tell me what program to select ?

Go here and then look for "FixPix.inf". Click on it and then print out the instructions before you download it.

It has worked for me, more than once, as I have a photo editing program that changes the files associations.

Good Luck,
marti

Marti

Thanks for your suggestion. I was able to install the program and now my gif files open in IE. I'm thrilled!

Maybe you can help me with a related problem. How do I insert or attach a gif file in/to an email. When I tried I got a small box with a red x in it instead of the gif file.

Thanks again, Cathy

Cathy,

I'm glad it helped. To send an attachment in an email message, you chose 'attach' and then name the location and file name.

To insert an image in Outlook Express you select insert and the location and file name. If you are getting a box with a red x, the file is not being found.

Hope this helps,
marti