[help p2e won't run]

thanks i am not updating anything - don't worry

i deleted all folders relating to pte (all versions), took out all registry references, rebooted and installed - same issue

i am going to have to come back to this in a few days - while I am trying to correct this problem my work is piling up on me!!

[help p2e won't run]

lemme read thru these and try some things out - just didn't want anyone to think I was ignoring their advice!

running xp version 2002 (old, yes, but I don't like upgrading things... can you see why?)

[help p2e won't run]

thank you so much - I tried all those and when you said install to another drive I thought I'd have a winner but same thing

i can't imagine something could have corrupted the actual pte program because I tried different versions

[help p2e won't run]

I noticed today when I downloaded and ran the upgrade - it installs and then when I try to run it it gives the infamous "PicturesToExe.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close..."

I uninstalled all versions, installed 6.0 again and same problem - uninstalled that and rebooted and re-installed 6.5, same problem

it's not hanging anywhere it says this as soon as you click to open the program

i have the same system I have been working on for 3 years and have run p2e just fine until now...

[PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.6]

I may just have to use an action to put on a bigger canvas

it is just irritating as I used to drop my images and save and create a show - matter of minutes

i like the new version because I can create shows for the web...

[PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.6]

I REALLY appreciate you taking the time to help me

however, when I do that, comments and navigation are shrunk down to fit on a 500px space rather than a 1078px space and are completely covered by vertical slides

it is a work around but not the same functionality at all (that is a frustration with the software, not you btw)

[PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.6]

The images on my slides are 500px wide (or tall) lets say - same resolution but some are landscape, some portrait

in previous versions you would select "original" for the mode and they would all stay in orginal format/size (400x500 or 500x400) and it was a universal setting

Now they either fit to screen meaning they stretch to become the width of the slide or

I have to go into "size/position in pixels" and put "size" at 100% to maintain original height and width for each individual slide

if I adjust just the size of the slide itself it does not accomodate both landscape and portrait sizes AND it messes up the comment and navigation sections as well

[PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.6]

well not that much work until you do it about a 1000 times

especially frustrating when this functionality was in the last few version of the software - strange to make new versions of software with more work for the end user

[PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.6]

Irek,

You can use the screen option "Fixed size of slide (in pixels)" for restricting the overall pixel dimensions of the screen for your show. You can insert a (possibly small) image into a particular slide in a (simulated) original mode, relative to the specified fixed screen size:

Insert the image via the O&A window; highlight it in the objects list; open the "Size/position in pixels" window (Common tab); click the word "Size", or enter the original dimensions of the inserted image. The former (real) original mode does no longer exist.

Is there a way to do this and apply it to all slides? I have to go 4 steps to do this for every individual slide? and I do this for every show I make (about 3 a week)...

[Pte show doesn't expire]

this has happened to me as well

most of my shows expire, but one that I tested well after the expiration date still played, checked dates and everything (mine was set to 5 days, not a certain date) but the exe file date was way more than 5 days previous

I am now wondering how many other times that happened and am still not sure how to know whether one will work or not...

any information is appreciated!