PhD: JPEG Files Are Not Installed When You Install PhotoDraw (252817)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000

This article was previously published under Q252817

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to find the following files referred to in the Microsoft PhotoDraw Idea Book, the files are not located on your hard disk:

  • Pdib01.jpg
  • Pdib02.jpg
  • Pdib03.jpg
  • Pdib04.jpg
  • Pdib05.jpg
  • Pdib06.jpg
  • Pdib07.jpg
  • Pdib08.jpg
  • Pdib09.jpg
  • Pdib10.jpg

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the JPEG files on the PhotoDraw Installation CD-ROM are not copied to your hard disk when you install PhotoDraw.

NOTE: The MIX files that are located on the PhotoDraw Installation CD-ROM are copied to your hard disk when you install PhotoDraw.

RESOLUTION

To copy the JPEG files to your hard disk:

  1. Insert the PhotoDraw Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Press and hold down the SHIFT key as you insert the CD-ROM to prevent PhotoDraw Setup from starting automatically.
  2. Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.
  3. In the Named box, type pdib*.jpg.
  4. In the Look in box, click the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive that contains the PhotoDraw Installation CD-ROM, and then click Find Now.
  5. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
  6. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
  7. Close the Find: Files Named Pdib*.jpg window.
  8. Click Start, and then click Run.
  9. In the Open box, type the following line (including the quotation marks), and then click OK

    "drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\PhotoDraw\Tutorial"

    where drive is the drive letter of the hard disk on which PhotoDraw is installed.
  10. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
  11. If you are prompted to replace existing files, click Yes to All.
  12. Close the Tutorial window.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The JPEG files that are listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article are referred to on the following pages of the PhotoDraw Idea Book:

  • Page 24 (Step 3)
  • Page 28 (Step 1)
  • Page 54 (Step 1)
  • Page 60 (Step 1)
  • Page 70 (in the paragraph preceding Step 1)
  • Page 76 (Step 1)

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/18/2005
Keywords:kbdocerr kbprb KB252817