JPEGs open with Explorer instead of Photoshop

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Tony W. - 24 Jan 2005 05:00 GMT

I have JPEG files that keep being opened by Explorer, even though I used
File Exchange to assign Photoshop to open them.

In File Exchange > File Translation, I clicked on "Add" and selected one
of the sample JPEG files, then I clicked on Application (Translator) and
selected Photoshop, yet the JPEGs still open with Photoshop.

I restarted the computer but that didn't solve the problem.

The icons of the JPEGs have a lowercase "e" on a gray background and the
word "JPEG" on a red background in the lower right corner of the icons.
I downloaded the JPEGs from my digital camera.

I'm using OS 9.21 on a G4 tower.

Tony

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Tony W. - 24 Jan 2005 06:53 GMT

> I have JPEG files that keep being opened by Explorer, even though I used
> File Exchange to assign Photoshop to open them.
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>
> Tony

Now I changed my Helper Applications in Explorer for JPEGs and JPGs to
Photoshop, as well as in Control Panels > Internet I changed File
Translation for JPEGs and JPGs to Photoshop, and now the files open both
with Explorer and Photoshop and when I try to save the files in
Photoshop a message says, "Could not save the file _______.jpg because
the file is already open or was left open".

Tony

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Gregory Weston - 24 Jan 2005 12:03 GMT

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<41F48140.55D4757F@my-real-email-address-to-deter-junk.mail>,

> I have JPEG files that keep being opened by Explorer, even though I used
> File Exchange to assign Photoshop to open them.
>
> In File Exchange > File Translation, I clicked on "Add" and selected one
> of the sample JPEG files, then I clicked on Application (Translator) and
> selected Photoshop, yet the JPEGs still open with Photoshop.

I believe file exchange only comes into play when two conditions are met:
a) The file has no creator code.
b) The file has a creator code but the indicated app is not present.

And I'm not especially sure about that second one. But I'm fairly
certain that if you've got files indicating that their creator is
Explorer and Explorer is on your machine when you double-click them,
that's what you'll get.

> I restarted the computer but that didn't solve the problem.
>
> The icons of the JPEGs have a lowercase "e" on a gray background and the
> word "JPEG" on a red background in the lower right corner of the icons.
> I downloaded the JPEGs from my digital camera.

Before or after you set up File Exchange? And what tool/process did you
use to extract the images from the camera?

G

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Tony W. - 24 Jan 2005 17:11 GMT

> In article
> <41F48140.55D4757F@my-real-email-address-to-deter-junk.mail>,
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> Explorer and Explorer is on your machine when you double-click them,
> that's what you'll get.

After reading your explanation, I tried to change the creator code with
Res Edit, but Sherlock 2 couldn't find Res Edit.

Then opened one of the troublesome files with Graphic Converter Classic
5.4, but after I saved the file as a JPEG/JFIF and double-clicked on it,
it opened with Graphic Converter.

> > I restarted the computer but that didn't solve the problem.
> >
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> Before or after you set up File Exchange? And what tool/process did you
> use to extract the images from the camera?

I don't remember if it was before or after I set up File Exchange.

I used the USB cable that came with my Olympus camera to download the
photos. I plug the cable in the computer and the camera, turn on the
camera and the photos download automatically.

I just downloaded a new batch of photos. This time, the files were
downloaded as Photoshop JPEGs as they should be, as they were before the
problematic batch with the lowercase "e" in the icon that similar or the
same as the Explorer "e" icon. The problematic batch of photos is
identified in Get Info as simply JPEG files. The icons of the Photoshop
icons have a picture of an eye in them.

The latest batch of photos I am able to save as JPEGs, but the
problematic batch of JPEGs still won't save as JPEGs and I get the same
error message. Every time I open one, Photoshop opens and also a blank
Explorer window opens for each of those problematic photos.

I tried saving the problematic files as .psd and .pct files and then
saving them again as JPEGs, but the computer still won't allow me to
save them as JPEGs, giving the same error message that the file is
already open or in use, so I'm saving them as .pct files and I won't
bother to try to figure out the problem anymore because the newly
downloaded files are once again saveable as JPEGs and it's not worth
spending any more of my time to try to figure out what's wrong with
those other files.

Thanks, Gregory.

Tony

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Mike Rosenberg - 24 Jan 2005 18:32 GMT

> After reading your explanation, I tried to change the creator code with
> Res Edit, but Sherlock 2 couldn't find Res Edit.

First, it's ResEdit, so a search for Res Edit won't turn it up. Second,
a Google search will turn up several download sources, including:

http://www.resexcellence.com/support_files/resedit.shtml

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Tony W. - 24 Jan 2005 19:37 GMT

> > After reading your explanation, I tried to change the creator code with
> > Res Edit, but Sherlock 2 couldn't find Res Edit.
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> http://www.resexcellence.com/support_files/resedit.shtml

Thanks, Mike.

It worked! I downloaded ResEdit from that site and used it to open the files.

When I tried to open the files one-by-one, ResEdit notified me that
there was no resource fork in the files, and that by opening the files,
a fork would be created.

I then closed the files and double-clicked on them to open them again in
Photoshop. Then I had to "Save as" with a different name and delete the
original files.

It's a time-consuming process to do one file at a time, but at least it works.

This is the first time I've gotten ResEdit to work.

Tony

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Gregory Weston - 24 Jan 2005 21:46 GMT

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> > http://www.resexcellence.com/support_files/resedit.shtml
>
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> there was no resource fork in the files, and that by opening the files,
> a fork would be created.

Future Info: You can get/change the directory information for a file in
ResEdit without actually opening the file (and adding the resource fork
in the process). Should be only one or two commands down from where you
were, IIRC.

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David C. - 01 Feb 2005 22:41 GMT

> It worked! I downloaded ResEdit from that site and used it to open the files.
>
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>
> This is the first time I've gotten ResEdit to work.

If changing the type/creator works for you, you may want to do a search
for a program called "FileTyper". This program does one thing (modify
file info) but it does it very well, and has features for
batch-conversions.

-- David

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Karl - 24 Jan 2005 19:46 GMT

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> > In article
> > <41F48140.55D4757F@my-real-email-address-to-deter-junk.mail>,
> >
> > > I have JPEG files that keep being opened by Explorer, even though I used
> > > File Exchange to assign Photoshop to open them.

[...]

> I just downloaded a new batch of photos. This time, the files were
> downloaded as Photoshop JPEGs as they should be, as they were before the
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>
> Tony

use the "get info" ("apple I"), click on "open with" and choose the
application you want to associate with this file. I believe it will
further ask you if you want to open all the file types with this
application.

HTH Karl.

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AES - 24 Jan 2005 20:32 GMT

> use the "get info" ("apple I"), click on "open with" and choose the
> application you want to associate with this file. I believe it will
> further ask you if you want to open all the file types with this
> application.

This is the approach that seems to work for me. You do this in the
Finder, having selected one representative file of the type that you're
concerned with, then check the option to apply it to all files of that
type.

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Mike Rosenberg - 25 Jan 2005 00:04 GMT

Yes, but this only applies to OS X. The original poster is running
9.2.10

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Mike Rosenberg - 25 Jan 2005 00:11 GMT

> Yes, but this only applies to OS X. The original poster is running
> 9.2.10

Oops! Of course I meant 9.2.1.

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