Ron Avery Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 [quote user="powerdesal"]Just out of interest, I have just tried *.*tif and only got back my tif files, similiarly *.*jpg only returned my jpg files. Using XP Pro sp2.[/quote]Debra you really are doing something odd if you get all files! *.* works in the "search my computer" section and the specifics, it may not work if you do an advanced search and specify music, video etcAlfa before I became a safety professional, I was a qualified IT auditor which involved doing document searches so I think I know how to set up a serach thanks after that I was IT manager for our department of 60 people. I have a mind for facts and detail so I have also helped a lot of people on here with tax and health problems. You claim to be in IT and you agreed early on that *.* etc works, but then you take the piss when someone disagrees, why? Perhaps you were only joking, so try using a smiley[:D]in future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Ron, Debra,Start >search >'for files or folders' >pictures,music or video> "tick"pictures & photos, + type *.*jpg in file name blank box>searchvoila !!! it all happens.Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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expat paul Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 HiI don't know if this helps but I recently came upon this free softwarehttp://picasa.google.com/download/index.htmland have found many a lost photo, after it scanned my hard drive and put all my photos in easy to view thumbnail albums.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daryl-et-elaine Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 [quote user="ChezShells"]I suspect the original poster has managed to sort it, or have they? [/quote]Just to clarify Bob's request. Firstly, the images were not on his hard drive as JPEG's, TIFF's, GIF's, etc, etc. They were embedded in a WORD document and no matter what combination of *.*.xxx is used, you will not recover the image.However, I'm pleased to say that Bob now has the images suitably extracted and enhanced, and safely locked away in a bank vault to prevent future loss!Daryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matchless Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Try downloading Picasa2 from Google. This is arguably the best general purposer photo storage system. You can not only upload your own digital pics directly to the program but it automatically captures any image on your hard disk and stores it in chronological order or by name. It also enables you to do minor alterations. It is easy peasy to send an email with attachment directly from the program without copying and file searching. Give it a try, it's worth it. It is a superb program and is free. I used to be a pro and so don't take these things lightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 May I very politely ask Ron why his post's are always in a large heavy font and equally politely mention that, to some at least, this could imply talking loudly if not actually shouting.Oh, nearly forgot... [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 OK, so this has turned into pedant's corner, so I'm going to put my oar in...*.*jpg and *.jpg will return exactly the same result. Think about it for a moment... "*" is a wildcard of indeterminate length (as opposed to "?" which is any single character).But as a previous poster pointed out there are only 3 characters in a DOSsuffix so if there is already "JPG" specified, there isn't room foranything else!p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 [quote user="ErnieY"]May I very politely ask Ron why his post's are always in a large heavy font and equally politely mention that, to some at least, this could imply talking loudly if not actually shouting.Oh, nearly forgot... [:D][/quote] That was a year ago Ernie, Ron doesn't shout any more do you Ron. [:D]It's the Weeble going around deleting his/her posts and bringing all these old subjects back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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