Cannot open JPEG files

Hi,

 

1.    Were there any changes made on the computer prior to the issue?

2.    What happens when you double click and open the file directly?

3.    What is the complete and exact error message?

4.    Are you able to open the same files on a different computer?

 

Method 1:

First, I would suggest you to check if you are able to open the same files on a different computer and check if you face any issue.

 

Method 2:

I would suggest you to check if the extension of the file is “.jpeg”. Let us know if they have a different extension.

 

Method 3:

I would suggest you to refer to the articles and set the defaults for the file types:

Change which programs Windows uses by default

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-which-programs-Windows-uses-by-default

 

Change default programs using Set Program Access and Computer Defaults

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-default-programs-using-Set-Program-Access-and-Computer-Defaults

 

Let us know the results.

Hi thanks for the reply I will try and answer the questions one at a time.

1) No changes have been made to the computer that I am aware of prior to finding this fault, no new software has been installed or uninstalled
2) When I double click on the file it try's to open in Windows Live Photo Gallery, the error message I get is "Photo Gallery can't open this photo or video.  The file may be unsupported, damaged or corrupted."
3) See above
4) I have copied the files to another PC and still get the same result.

Method 1 - see above

Method 2 - The files are JPEG images with the extension (.jpg)

Method 3 - I have tried the following programs to open the files and none of them have been successful:

Windows Photo Gallery
Windows Paint
Windows Photo viewer
Coral Paintshop Pro x4
Photoshop CS4

I have tried "Open With" and the above plus I have used the method you state above to alter the default access program to the each of them in turn again without success.
Additional information, I have also checked the file size and they are registering none zero file size typically between 1 and 1.5MB.

Hi thanks for the reply I will try and answer the questions one at a time.

1) No changes have been made to the computer that I am aware of prior to finding this fault, no new software has been installed or uninstalled
2) When I double click on the file it try's to open in Windows Live Photo Gallery, the error message I get is "Photo Gallery can't open this photo or video.  The file may be unsupported, damaged or corrupted."
3) See above
4) I have copied the files to another PC and still get the same result.

Method 1 - see above

Method 2 - The files are JPEG images with the extension (.jpg)

Method 3 - I have tried the following programs to open the files and none of them have been successful:

Windows Photo Gallery
Windows Paint
Windows Photo viewer
Coral Paintshop Pro x4
Photoshop CS4

I have tried "Open With" and the above plus I have used the method you state above to alter the default access program to the each of them in turn again without success.
Additional information, I have also checked the file size and they are registering none zero file size typically between 1 and 1.5MB.

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For what-ever reason...it sounds like your .jpg files are corrupted.

There are software programs designed to repair corrupted .jpg
files but most are expensive and probably not 100% successful.

Just a few examples:

JPEGsnoop
http://www.impulseadventure.com/photo/jpeg-snoop.html
(free)

The following programs are not free but the demo
versions will preview the files that can be recovered.

PixRecovery
http://www.officerecovery.com/pixrecovery/

Stellar Phoenix Digital Media Recovery
http://www.stellarinfo.com/digital-media-recovery.htm

JPEG Recovery
http://www.hketech.com/JPEG-recovery/index.php

thanks tried the software that you suggested and no joy, despite what windows explorer states the programs do not see any data.

yes I do have a backup but some of the files in the backup are also showing the same fault.

thanks tried the software that you suggested and no joy, despite what windows explorer states the programs do not see any data.

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If the recovery programs cannot recover the photos...
it is probably a lost cause.