Help! some of my jpeg picture files wont open, I have Win98 and get a message of "unsupported start of file marker" when trying to veiw or open jpeg's these files were fine and even the backups now wont display when before they did. No data corruption has occured could it be software? (I have PaintShopPro 3 and Windows FileVeiwer)or windows screwing up?? - PLEASE REPLY HERE THANKS -repomon

will they open in your browser?

OK, it sounds like maybe, when you installed PSP 3, it wrote a file identity so that other programs don't recognize it. PSP 3 is a little OLD by now (I hve PSP 6, and gonna get PSP 7...) One suggestion is to go into Windows Explorer and under the VIEW on the menu, goto FOLDER OPTIONS. Pick the FILE TYPES tab. Scroll down the list of REGISTERED FILE TYPES. See if you have one that says JPEG Image. If NOT, then you can add a file identity, here I will give you mine...just add this file identity and see if it works: In the DESCRIPTION OF TYPE box enter: JPEG Image In the Type (MIME) box use the drop down and enter: image/pjpeg In the Default Extension for Content Type drop down enter: .jpg In the Actions box enter: open Click the EDIT button at the bottom of the box: In the Action box at the top it will say OPEN In the APPLICATION USED TO PERFORM ACTION, enter the following: "C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\iexplore.exe" -nohome The above should be all one line with the quotes exactly as you see Make sure the USE DDE box is checked. In the DDE Message box, enter: "file:%1",,-1,,,,, Just exactly as I have it above, with quotes. In the Application box, enter: IExplore Leave the DDE Application Not Running box empty In the TOPIC box, enter the following: WWW_OpenURL Click the OK button Click the Close button Click the Close button Close Windows Explorer Now, reboot the computer, and then see if you can see jpg files. Hope this works!

I'm sure Jim's reply will work, but if you want an alternative that might be easier you could just search webcrawler for a program called irfanview. It is a free picture viewer that displays all types of pics and it is totally free. It takes a little mucking around with to get the options the way you prefer them, but it is well worth the effort. Good luck with whatever you choose to do.

THANKS YALL ILL TRY IT!!