need help with jpeg files and creating batch file

[millsy]

I have a client with a new Windows 2000 laptop and he likes to be able to preview JPEG images without having to open them.

However the images from his digital camera have stored it in this format *****.JPG and it does not want to preview them or show them in the Thumbnail view. I have been through all options but nothing seemed to help.
The only thing to do is convert the files from *****.JPG format to *****.jpeg format.

If anyone has any bright ideas to why this happens I would appreciate it??

Also I was thinking of creating a simple batch file to convert all the images he currently has on his laptop to the correct *****.jpeg that seems to work. Can someone help me with it.

 

[millsy]

Anyone help please??

 

[morkinva]

I don't know about win2k, but in win98 when I browse the target folder (which is set to 'view as webpage) in Explorer, I can see a thumbnail view, but only of 1 pic at a time.

 

[millsy]

thanks for a reply but tried that - didn't help

any ideas on batch file to convert *.JPG - *.jpeg

 

[spanky]

opps... editing....

EDIT: ok... i just tried this in win98. i copied five jpg files to a folder called temp. at a command prompt, i typed:

ren *.jpg *.jpeg

after i did that, i listed the contents of that directory and all the files changed to files of type .jpeg and kept its name. so then i tried to revert back by typing:

ren *.jpeg *.jpg

and that worked too. so just make a batch file using the ren command. but before u try this, i would make a backup of those files first 😛

 

[millsy]

Cool - cheers

i will give that a go

 

[millsy]

I tried a batch file but it didn't do anything

I think i did it right

Created a *.txt file - renamed to *.bat
created temp folder with some *.JPEG files in
placed batch file in the folder and added the line: ren *.JPEG *.gif
just for test purposes??

did i miss something -

 

[JAXSCAD]

There is an excellent program that takes a lot of hassle out of all this. It's called ACDsee and there is a trial program available also.

 

[WarCon]

Renaming jpg's to gif's won't work. They are a different format (data is stored differently). ACDsee is a good program. Also Paint Shop Pro (probably most good image editing software) has a batch conversion process. You might try downloading the trial of Paint Shop Pro and see if the batch conversion works for you. I believe its www.jasc.com.