after updating the pc. I cannot get graphics to show, I just get some of the graphics showing as white boxes with red crosses in the corners. Some gif's will show but the png type do not. What must I have installed for that?

Some more information for those who lost the ability to preview certain file types: For this to work, the folder where you want to preview the images has to have View as Web page enabled There's the folowing registry fix: Verify that the following entries exist in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ registry key for the type of file you are trying to preview: Registry Key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ShellEx Registry Key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ ShellEx \ {BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1} Value: (Default)="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}" The following file types use the registry values listed above: .art .bmp .dib .gif .jfif .jpe .jpeg .jpg .png .wmf That fixed the problem. thought i would just share that as I figured no one knew how to help after posting twice with the same porblem and no response. I did the above and it worked fine--everything shows up now ok. I downloaded psp7 trial and program and of course I think it changed things. so even when I reformatted it would not fix.

....And Thanks for sharing Val :)