Solved I want my MS Photo Editor back!

[MissMinerva]

Let me start by saying :banghead:
I detest all photo programs other than the old MS Photo Editor. I managed to migrate it thru to my Vista computer but, now I am using Win 7 x64 and it just won't work. Does anyone know a work around for this? I've read that it can be used on x32. I've got the exe file in a folder in Program Files and I've changed compatibility to Win 7 but, still doesn't recognize file types.

I guess I shouldn't be too surprised the knuckleheads at MS took away everyone's favorite photo editor. I don't need to organize, sort, search, file, send, resend, forward ANY picture on my computer. I need some quick necessary editing on occasion. Photo Editor was perfect!

End of Rant

So, does anyone know how I can get this to work without overtaxing my mediocre computer skills?

 

[rknapik]

right click on the photo, then left click on edit.

 

[karlsnooks]

Rt-clk on file | choose Open with | do you see your desired photo editor?

 

[Imperfect1]

Totally agree --- Photo Editor is/was the best! I also managed to download it onto my Vista --- let's see if this same download link will work for your Win 7.
Fingers crossed!

MS Photo Editor download link:
http://sites.google.com/site/probeit/MicrosoftPhotoEditor.exe?attredirects=0

Credit goes to "Computing.net Toms Guide" (Download for the old Microsoft Photo Editor
and the download link is in a poster's response, who said,
"Try here" http://www.ceveni.com/2008/04/micro... I did, it downloaded perfectly, and Voila!

 

[seavixen32]

Totally agree --- Photo Editor is/was the best! I also managed to download it onto my Vista --- let's see if this same download link will work for your Win 7.
Fingers crossed!

MS Photo Editor download link:
http://sites.google.com/site/probeit/MicrosoftPhotoEditor.exe?attredirects=0

Credit goes to "Computing.net Toms Guide" (Download for the old Microsoft Photo Editor
and the download link is in a poster's response, who said,
"Try here" http://www.ceveni.com/2008/04/micro... I did, it downloaded perfectly, and Voila!

Out of sheer interest, I tried the MS Photo Editor link (the first one in the above quote) and it installs just fine under Windows 7 64-bit.

 

[boohbah]

if you download windows live essentials then leave all the other programs unchecked for install except windows live photo gallery ( i think thats what its called) then you will have your old photo viewer / editor, set it as default for opening photos and your good to go

Windows Live Essentials: Photo Gallery
its even better than before.

 

[MissMinerva]

Totally agree --- Photo Editor is/was the best! I also managed to download it onto my Vista --- let's see if this same download link will work for your Win 7.
Fingers crossed!

MS Photo Editor download link:
http://sites.google.com/site/probeit/MicrosoftPhotoEditor.exe?attredirects=0

Credit goes to "Computing.net Toms Guide" (Download for the old Microsoft Photo Editor
and the download link is in a poster's response, who said,
"Try here" http://www.ceveni.com/2008/04/micro... I did, it downloaded perfectly, and Voila!

Out of sheer interest, I tried the MS Photo Editor link (the first one in the above quote) and it installs just fine under Windows 7 64-bit.

I installed it just fine. Getting it to work is another story. Does it open pics for you? When I open Photo Editor I get: 'No file format information can be found in the Registry'. So you know of some other setting I should try? Thanks.

 

[seavixen32]

It opened images without any difficulty as per this screenshot.



You might want to run a system file check as it would appear your system registry is corrupted, which is not really a Microsoft Photo Editor problem.

Have a read through this tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

Just out of interest, what image type are you trying to open?

 

[MissMinerva]

It opened images without any difficulty as per this screenshot.

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You might want to run a system file check as it would appear your system registry is corrupted, which is not really a Microsoft Photo Editor problem.

Have a read through this tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

Just out of interest, what image type are you trying to open?

Mostly jpegs. I'm going to try the system file checker. Thanks so much! And to think I've only had this new computer for less than a month

Just ran system file checker and everything was ok. Ran it as admin but path was C:\users\me> instead of C:\Windows\system32> like in the tutorial. The 'target' and 'start in' paths were correct according to tutorial. Shame I'm totally obsessed with this now....

 

[karlsnooks]

check out:
Windows Live Photo Gallery - Windows 7 features - Microsoft Windows

 

[Simon2012]

The editor of win7 is powerful. If you find a professional photo editor, the photoshop is a good choice.

 

[nni4]

A patched Photoed executable fixing long-standing problems with image file size limitation, bad behavior on restoring from taskbar, image corruption when zooming in on 32 bit displays, ..... See earlier post at

http://www.sevenforums.com/music-pictures-video/99267-ms-photo-editor-2.html#post2272779

 

[chaz125]

If MS Photo Editor won't open jpg/jpeg files, chances are the graphics jpeg codec found in root drive:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\GRPHFLT is corrupt. Download a copy (search for JPEGIM32.FLT ) and replace. Has worked every time for me when there's been a problem.

I too incidentally agree that MS Photo Editor is very hard to beat and really don't know why on earth MS discontinued it!

Thanks very much indeed to the member posting a download link for it!

 

[dianamichele]

I got it to download on Windows 7, but I can't drag & drop a picture. Any idea what the problem could be?

 

[chaz125]

I'd uninstall then re-install it. Drag and drop works for me even in Win 7 x64 bit. Otherwise could be a corrupted graphics filter. Have you tried drag and drop for different images, different image formats?

I sometimes get a problem that Photo Editor won't open, stays on the task bar. If this happens close Photo Editor via the task manager (or reboot),
open Regedit (type regedit at the start menu) go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft, Photo Editor, 3.0, Microsoft Photo editor and right click on the Initial_Position key and delete this key.

 

[yoshm]

I also get the same error about the registry when I run it. when I try to save - it crashes silently (just disappears).

Tried uninstall/reinstall - same results.

Running on Win 8.1

 

[Lilly70]

I am having the same problem. I miss microsoft photo editor, it was a quick and easy way to make some simple adjustments and since I have Windows 7 now, it's not longer working. I have downloaded it again from the links on this forum and keep getting the same message: "No file format can be found in the Registry". I want to know how to create directories to get this program working....does anyone have any other suggestions??? Please, I really want this to work!

 

[jleslie]

I downloaded through the link suggested by MissMinerva but althought it downloaded perfectly when I tried to open the photo I wanted to edit it said it couldn't find it!

 

[Berton]

I posted a reply to an older posting but I'll blame it on testing with Win10TP, didn't properly take notice of the date of the last response.

I installed Photo Editor from my Office 2000 Premium disc on Win7 Home Premium to see if it worked, it did. Then I installed it on Win10TP, it worked but there were a couple of file issues before the program opened [may have deselected too many things in the Tools]. It still has the default 3MB size limit but I've not had to the time to check that out. Both Win7 and Win10TP are Notebooks running the 64-bit OS. I did the Customize install and deselected everything but Photo Editor in the Office Tools section, ended up with a 44MB install size. [TIP: Office 2000 is the last version not to need activation but does require the Product Key.]

 

[jleslie]

I downloaded recommended link for Microsoft Photo Editor but it didn't

I downloaded the recommended link
http://sites.google.com/site/probeit/MicrosoftPhotoEditor.exe?attredirects=0 and installed it but when I try to use the program I get an error message that "No file format can be found in the Registry." Is there a fix for this?http://www.sevenforums.com/images/smilies/confused.gif