Solved How do I stop Window 7 from making movies out of pictures I upload ?

[SlimBarjorno]

Every time I upload a pic in my PC it makes a little blank video of it. If I upload 8 pics it makes 8 videos of each one of the pics. I would appreciate any help to solve this problem.

 

[file3456]

Sounds like you have software installed that is doing this as Windows doesn't do that by default.

 

[SlimBarjorno]

Thank you.

Do you have an idea what kind of program would cause to make videos out of pics ? I don't know what to look for in my PC. Maybe it would be in my Control Panel where if I knew what to look for I could uninstall it.

 

[file3456]

Type Programs and Features in the search bar under the Start orb.

 

[SlimBarjorno]

I did that but, didn't see anything about movies. In the Start Menu I found a program named Movie Maker. I deleted that and then uploaded a pic and it still made a movie like before. When I deleted that I thought I had solved the problem but, it didn't.

 

[file3456]

What are all the programs you have installed?

Run Autoruns and wait till everything loads. Go to File above in Autoruns and save the ARN file. Zip that ARN file and upload here please.

Autoruns for Windows - Sysinternals | Microsoft Learn


When you "upload" a picture, how are you doing that? From the phone? What? What kind of images? Jpgs, Gif, etc?

 

[SlimBarjorno]

I'm Sorry I haven't responded for a while. I have been having vehicle problems. My transmission wouldn't shift. I was stuck in 1st and 2nd gear. I have been working on it myself. Too expensive to take it to a dealer. Found out it was an Electronic issue. Been buying parts and I finally fixed it. Was too stressed over my vehicle to try to fix my PC. But, I finally repaired it.

I upload my pic from my I phone. and they are JPG's.
I haven't installed any programs in a long time.

 

[file3456]

Another thought. It could simply be a file association mess up. What I mean by that is that there's a program handling jpgs and thus making them look like videos. To check what program handles jpgs do the following:

Go to the start orb (bottom left) and in search begin typing, Change the file type associated to a file extension. Now run down the list to the jpg entries. The default handler in Windows 7 should be Windows Photo Viewer. If not, double click on the entry/s and change.

 

[SlimBarjorno]

I found 3. The top on is JEPG image, Second one is JPEG file, the third one is JPG file. The top one default Windows Photo Viewer, The Second default is HP Photo Viewer and the third one is default HP Photo Viewer.

 

[file3456]

So it's possible the HP Photo Viewer is doing this. Not sure unless I'm at your computer. Double click the ones that say HP Photo Viewer and change those to the default Windows Photo Viewer. Now try viewing a jpg from your phone.

 

[SlimBarjorno]

That didn't fix it. Another thought.
Every time I upload a photo Itunes comes up first and I have to go thru 3 steps to close it so I can use my photo installer to upload my pics.
I wonder if Itunes is making these videos out of pics ?

 

[Bree]

Every time I upload a pic in my PC it makes a little blank video of it. If I upload 8 pics it makes 8 videos of each one of the pics. I would appreciate any help to solve this problem.

Every time I upload a photo Itunes comes up first....

Ah, your photos are from an iPhone, that explains it. You have your iPhone set up to take Live Photos.
Your PC isn't turning photos into videos - they're not photos, they really are short videos.....

With Live Photos, your iPhone will record what happens 1.5 seconds before and 1.5 seconds after you've taken a picture. Then you can pick a different key photo, add a fun effect, edit your Live Photo and share with your family and friends.

Take and edit Live Photos - Apple Support

The answer is to turn off Live Photos on your iPhone.

 

[SlimBarjorno]

Thank you. I will try that.

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I turned off the Live Photo in my I phone and uploaded a pic and there was still a video with it.
Is there something else I could turn off like "Making a Video" or something to that affect ?

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I woke up way too early this morning when it was still dark and couldn't go back to sleep thinking about this problem with the videos.
Was thinking about another possibility that is causing this.
When I up load a picture a window pops up and asks me what program do I want to use.
The Title of the window is Auto Play. In that window are the choices. It says, "Import pictures and videos using Windows".
I select it and it makes a video with every photo I upload .
There is NO Option to only Import pictures.
Do you know of any program I could install to Only upload pictures ?

 

[SlimBarjorno]

It's been a week, don't know why no one is trying to help me anymore. Still don't know why my PC makes a video when I'm Not uploading a video only photos.

 

[file3456]

It sounds like iTunes is doing it. You would have to look inside iTunes' options or uninstall iTunes. It's had for me to know what is really going on unless I'm sitting in front of your computer.

 

[Bree]

I turned off the Live Photo in my I phone and uploaded a pic and there was still a video with it...

Turning off Live Photo will only affect new photos taken after you have turned it off. It would not change your existing photos, they will still be 'videos'.

 

[SlimBarjorno]

I uninstalled I tunes from my PC. Then I uploaded a New photo which I took with my I phone hoping that would solve the problem. But, it didn't. There's a video right next to the new photo.

 

[file3456]

When you click on the video, what program opens it?

 

[SlimBarjorno]

Uninstalling I tunes did something. Now when I upload a pic there is no Video Icon.
There is an icon that looks like a Blank Piece of Paper with one corner turned up.
I right click on it and it says it is Mov File.
However, I still cannot open it.
I have 4 options to open it with.
1. Photo Gallery
2 Windows Media Player
3. Windows Media Center
4. Windows Photo Viewer

I have tried all 4 and none of them will open the video.

So even though I tunes is gone, some program is still making a video only it's a Blank besides each pic.

 

[file3456]

Then it sounds like what Bree said in post #12 is correct about something called taking Live Photos. You did indicate you turned off Live Photo though. So as a test, if you take a new photo with your phone and then upload that is it still in video format?

Read this: why have my photos become videos? - Apple Community

It's just one reason why I don't care for the "think different" Apple product ecosystem. An iPhone may be easier for some to use, but that comes at a cost...