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Something else to check ... among the other above comments: I had somewhat experienced this on an older Pc that use to pop -out/loosen its memory sticks on the motherboard. Verify that all your installed memory is actually beng detected and reconized thru your system properties. If it shows less than you know that you should actually have .... something may well have popped out/ loosen.

two2go, I use IrfanView all the time for many simple tasks ... as its functions,speed and ease of use is very flexable. Also, you can select within it Properties Settings ... to add browse with irfanview for drives and folders shell menu. This way enables fast access with a right click to browse any folder at your desire.

Dave, I also suggest as others indicate ... use MP3s. Using WMA music format is not a wise choice these days ... as there is so many restrictions and protective measures these files can carry along with them. You must be absolutely sure none of your WMA file are protected ... otherwise they wont play on anothers PC or CD. However, since you have had some success in having your Show PLAY from CD on some Clients PCs ... seems to indicate maybe your WMA files are non - protected and ok. I suspect these working CDs are on PCs that are newer & more powerful. I believe your PTE Show may be too demanding for PCs ( low to average speed ) some of your Clients may have. Your issue is only being magnified by trying to PLAY it from a CD. If its your intention to distribute your PTE Shows on a CD for all your clients to see ... you must build your PTE Show alot less complex and demanding. You should at least make it so as to play from the harddrive on all PCs ... and hopefully only the oldest PCs have issues running from CDRom. I aggree others comments, that some of your Image files may well be too large ... and be sure to check your Slide Timing. Merging your music into 1 file is also helpful in many cases.

two2go, Plus as another note : Browsing for your images files within the FOLDER/FILE LIST Window only shows the folder/filenames/ etc for access to load into the SLIDE LIST Window. No Images,thumbnail views are seen in the FOLDER/FILE LIST Window. Images can be seen once entered into the SLIDE LIST Window.

Thanks Bill for the refresh version differences , Since I still currently use v3.80 and 4.01 on my pc ... I guess I tend to relay some outdated information. Keeping all these changes/possibilities between various versions can be a challenge to ones memory. I suspect Ian is trying trying to load the transparent GIF into the main Slide List and maintain the transparency properties within the main window display... thus hoping to create something like a custom shaped/ transparent window for the desktop display (like masking it shape). I do know, PTE isnt into creating shaped windows as of yet.

Ian, I dont believe PTE supports transparent (layered) GIFs ... only single layer GIFS ( without transparency). Using single layer GIFs in PTE ... you can select transparent background if desired.

jgayman, I would only be assuming your friends 98 300mz Pc meets the minimum requirements to play your PTE Show. However, keep in mind ... your Show also must be built using minimum demands. Just because your Pc may have the power to run your Show ... doest mean your friends can do the same. So, to PLAY on minimum ... you must build your PTE Show in minimum too. ( Also 256 mb ram doesnt necessasarily mean its all free available ram ) As a TEST .... copy your PTE Show to the 98 harddrive and try to play it. Playing a Show from a CD creates other demands on a PC as a CDRom cannot read as fast as the harddrive. This test will at least tell you if its just a CDRom issue or and actuall PLAY issue on the PC itself.

ImageArtz, Basically what Kirk is saying ... even though your Customer purchaced the CD Music Discs ... it does not entitle them rights to distribute it. This is wether its supplied to you to copy for them... or for themselves to copy and distribute. Even if its free ... its still illegal distribution. The Music industry is giving this matter great attention and provoking ever stronger laws everyday.

aha, Just something to think about ; If you seem not to be able to play your PTE/ MP3 files without your Nimo 5.0 codec ... how do distribute your show to friends/clients ? As they should have the same non playing issue as you ... you best hang on to that codec for future needs

Bill It seems PTE "traps" ESC key so as to close the program normally. Therefore when using the normal exit or ESC to quit, the PTE shows closes correctly by dumping its temp files. However, if you try to force it to terminate ... PTE will just quit and not following it routine by dumping its temp files.

Just a note of advice : On Bills Topic above about script linking There something to keep in mind when linking several exes (Shows) together using Scripts/Exes (AutoIt and others) : When you Close or ESC from the current running Show link ... it will proceed to the next labeled Show in the link. This is normal function ... but be aware that ... Closing or ESC will not end the remaining Show links. What Im basically saying ... dont expect to totally ESC out of a LINKED GROUP of Shows in one simple press of Close or ESC. (This is one reason RunWait has some limitations ... as you must script other variables to work around this so you can close or ESC out of all the links)

Bill, I would naturally expect that a photographer showing proofs to be purchased would use the file name or whatever ID they have displayed in PTE for the buyer to see ... In Irfanview capture option settings ... just save as .jpg using whatever quality level you like. I prefer just using the HotKey from the keyboard to avoid the extra work of adding object buttons and setting. Plus, using just the keyboard HotKey ... you can use SYNC Shows. This is just the basics of setting this Capture up ... there is lots of expansion possible here. I have expanded my test demo a bit more using full screen intro while IrfanView loads ... then the PTE Show plays and closes, I have a ending menu to access the folder where the proff captures have been copied etc. Closing the menu also closes IrfanView together. The possibilites are there without being too complicated and time consuming to setup. New Note : Since you preset all of your necessary IrfanView settings (theres several you must do in i_view32.ini )... then copy Irfanview to CD. This works well since the settings cannot be altered because the ini file is now read only. ( Normally the ini is written too when on the hard drive).Actually you can somewhat disable alot of functions thru the ini ...which makes the program real awkward to function normally, if need be.

Welcome, C Kimball, You have most likely created your PTE Show using the music sync setting. Using any syncronized settings will disable the function of your mouse within your Show. This feature is quite normal ... as not to interfere with the sync timing of the Show. It is not yet possible to manually control a auto sync show. Igor may implement some mouse use with limitations when using the sync mode in some future release.

Bill, Along your idea of using a Script/exe program to pass the necessary commands and parameters : A relatively a simple alternative is to RUN "IrfanView" (preset all configurations - Capture keys -folder destination- etc) and have it run minimized in the background while the PTEShow is running. Have either a button on each slide that sends the HotKeys to caputure the picture to file ... or have the User just manually press the HotKeys. All this happens unseen and silently and saves each of the pictures in a separate filename Basic Requirements : Copy IrfanView to CD ( premake all settings) Launch Both PTE Show and IrfanView thru Script/Exe Sample Script (partial): *** Launches IrfanView in capture mode and then PTE Show Run, i_view32.exe WinWaitActive,IrfanView Send, c WinWaitActive, Capture Setup Send, {ENTER} Run, PTE.exe *** User now presses HotKeys as you desiginated during setup *** Or just Script the HotKeys to a PTE Button for User to press. I have made a demo trying this and it seems to work fine ... and very simple)

miekley, Im not quite sure exactly what you asking to do ... but ... your PTE excutable contains all the files (pictures,music, etc) required for your Show. If you distribute (CD etc) ... you make your Show to an .EXE file ... you do not distribute the .PTE file, as this is your working/setup document. (The .PTE file can not be opened by your users/clients .. therefore its of no use to them.).

Thanks Al, I had just got that address from Ken too ... and sent it out I had sent Harry using a old mail address I had from him from sometime back ... I guess thats not longer active. We will see what he does now

Harry, Id be surprised if you did achieve that function .... as Ive been unable to EMAIL you the file that is required to make this happen. You need the file named Shelexec that I have (its here on my Pc ...its not on yours yet) that enables this function ... however I been unable to email you this file because the forum doesnot enable attachments in its email. I need to email you directly ... without your address, I can not send it !

Len, The above discussion mainly relates to running a AVI directly from a AUTORUN.INF file. Its nowhere near as complicated or confusing to make a AUTORUN.INF for normal uses ( as for your PTE executable). Actuallly, most users tend to think and make it more complicated than it really is or should be. Do a SEARCH as Bill "think(box)" suggests ... its somewhat a well discussed topic among most new users. ... and welcome to PTE and the forum 1

I'll third that on Wnsoft, Bill! Frank, I dont quite expect this is going to happen universally among the vast numbers of software developers out there. Also keep in mind, most dont even offer lifetime upgrades. Best advice is to back up any critical data/files and store remotely in some other medium (Cdr,floppy) or backup drive. I personally make 2 backup copies ... one to a remote drive and another to a CD Disk. It would be nice to have everything we loose get replaced free, timely and without question ... but ... ultimately the responsibility still remains with us to provide precautions/backups for such disasters/loses. Goes to show you ... WnSoft offers alot more than most software makers.

Frank , Windows keeps a backup of your REGISTRY in : WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP There are actually 5 different total complete backups ... for 5 different consecutive days/times ( check the date of the file to verify its actual backup date order) ... this way you can backup your regisrty to 1 day prior or more if need be. The files are Labeled as : rb000.cab ... thru ... rb005.cab I dont know version Windows OS you have ... hopefully they are all somewhat relative.

Vince, One thought ... Did you ever install your PTE KEY file ? Because if you have installed it ( whether your original file is lost or not) ... your REGISTRY contains the KEY and its necessary info. Open Regedit.exe and do a search/find for this : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTE Once you have found this value/key ... just do a EXPORT REGISTRY FILE of this PTE KEY to a safe place and copy it to a disk. Now if you have lost everthing ( key and all documentation of some type of proff of purchase) and never installed your KEY ... I dont know of your options ... you will have to see what WnSoft can/cannot do for you.

Harry, There is another alternative way ...which does not use a specific named player to launch the AVI. I could send you a small Shelexec that will open just about any file using its default program from a CD. (only 18.5 kb) What this means, is that the AVI will open in whatever default player on the OS the User has designated... so it does not matter what player they use ( certain AVI Codecs used will be required ... but this is normal though for any OS a AVI plays on) However, using command line parameters such as: /fullscreen/play/close\ may be somewhat different for different players. Therefore a INF content would contain this : [autorun] open=ShelExec filename.ext (filename.ext would be replaced with your filename here. ----------------------------------------- Your INF content would read as : [autorun] open=ShelExec testamony.avi (the above example does not contain or use parameters ... just opens the AVI) ----------------------------------------- You want to test and try this way ... I will email you the file ?

Harry Sorry to hear of your difficulties. It just may happen to be that the OS you are testing on does not have the Mplayer2. Thats one real problem of using a specific named player ... as that player may not exist on all OS you try it on. You could try doing a FIND FILES of Mplayer ... to see which version (if any) exists or not exists, then adjust your INF content of the filename accordingly. Another possibility to keep in mind too ... is that your AVI file may require a certain CODEC thats not installed on all pc's. Thus creating more problems for you. (You can just test by dbl click the AVI normally to see if it at least plays on that pc.) Its never always easy ... good luck.

Harry You have a small problem in your labeling .... you do not have the required spaces Your Lable: [autorun] open=start mplayer2.exe/fullscreen/play/close\testamony.avi Use this Lable below : [autorun] open=start mplayer2.exe /fullscreen /play /close \testamony.avi Note: Writing Strings as these ... esp when using multiple parameters is quite tricky sometimes and needs to be exact.

mannybr2003, Well to keep it brief .... I know its possible in MMB ... depending on your use and knowlege of script commands. Its documented in their help file.