"Stan Brown" wrote:

> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 05:41:00 -0700 from BG
> <B*@discussions.microsoft.com>:
> > My drive crashed and the only copy I was able to salvage of my Arcsoft Suite
> > was what I had cut/pasted onto a disk, but when I cut/pasted it back to my
> > harddrive nothing worked properly :(
> >
> > I lost the link in the right click menu, usually when I right click a
> > picture and click "Edit" it automatically took me to PhotoImpression, but it
> > now takes me to Paint. When I select the "Browse" option and click
> > PHotoImpression, nothing happens?
> >
> > How can I fix this? Is there any way to get the program functioning properly
> > again and restore it to the "Edit" part of the menu when I want to edit a
> > picture?
> 
> First, try running PhotoImpression and look carefully through every
> single option screen. There should be something there to register the
> program in Windows as a picture editor for specified file types. Most
> image programs have something like that.
>
> If you can't find that, you can always edit the "Edit" action
> yourself.
>
> 1. Open Windows Explorer or My Computer and click Tools | Folder
> Options | File Types.
>
> 2. Select the appropriate type and click Advanced.
>
> 3. Change the action (or, better, add one).
>
> --
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
>                                   http://OakRoadSystems.com/
> "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
> been my life work."  -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/
>

> My drive crashed and the only copy I was able to salvage of
> my Arcsoft Suite
> was what I had cut/pasted onto a disk, but when I cut/pasted
> it back to my
> harddrive nothing worked properly :(
>
> I lost the link in the right click menu, usually when I right
> click a
> picture and click "Edit" it automatically took me to
> PhotoImpression, but it
> now takes me to Paint. When I select the "Browse" option and
> click
> PHotoImpression, nothing happens?
>
> How can I fix this? Is there any way to get the program
> functioning properly
> again and restore it to the "Edit" part of the menu when I
> want to edit a
> picture?
>
> Also, when I open Funhouse and Card Creator, none of the
> functions work, it
> keeps telling me I need to reinstall from the disk, only I
> never had a disk,
> it was all lost with the recovery drive? What do I do?

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> In news:D3996D2A-47E0-4AC7-8A60-7BB5CD985538@microsoft.com,
> BG <B*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > My drive crashed and the only copy I was able to salvage of
> > my Arcsoft Suite
> > was what I had cut/pasted onto a disk, but when I cut/pasted
> > it back to my
> > harddrive nothing worked properly :(
> >
> > I lost the link in the right click menu, usually when I right
> > click a
> > picture and click "Edit" it automatically took me to
> > PhotoImpression, but it
> > now takes me to Paint. When I select the "Browse" option and
> > click
> > PHotoImpression, nothing happens?
> >
> > How can I fix this? Is there any way to get the program
> > functioning properly
> > again and restore it to the "Edit" part of the menu when I
> > want to edit a
> > picture?
> >
> > Also, when I open Funhouse and Card Creator, none of the
> > functions work, it
> > keeps telling me I need to reinstall from the disk, only I
> > never had a disk,
> > it was all lost with the recovery drive? What do I do?
>
> Copying and pasting folders from your old installation and
> expecting the programs to run properly is a waste of time. The
> programs have to be reinstalled in order to work. If these
> programs came preinstalled on your computer, your only recourse
> is to contact the manufacturer and request replacement
> installation disks.
>
> Just out of curiosity, after the crash, did you have to
> reinstall Windows XP? If so, what did you use to do this.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>