Every time my cursor is placed over a saved picture, it displays an error report which reads 'Windows explorer has encounted a problem and needs to close.'
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

Milly

does it do it after rebooting?
and on EVERY picture?
how big are the pictures? in kb / mb's

I'm sure I had a similar problem with AVIs, but have no idea how it got fixed :huh: Don't remember having to do much - maybe it just sorted itself out :loopy:

I assume it's OK if you double-click on the files? Which application do you use to open your images?

Yes, it still does it after re-booting, and it does it on most of the pictures, except for the first ones I ever downloaded. I'm wondering if one of the pics is corrupt, but it's finding which one it is. The sizes are all different, so that is difficult to say. I have had an IT expert in who is totally baffled, has taken off Photoshop and other programmes assuming they could be the problem, but to no avail. He now says I might have to clear my entire pc and start from scratch, but I have mislaid the original disk that came with my pc. I was just wondering if anyone knew how to fix it without having to go to the drastic measures of starting again? And, should I have to start again, would I be able to get another copy of the disk from PC World where i bought it from?

Brilliant news!... I've managed to sort it. It seems that it WAS due to a corrupt picture, being one I scanned, not downloaded. I'm not sure why though. Anyway, I deleted my 'unwanted' pics one by one, and it kept happening until I deleted a file with some scanned pics in (of my brother - so we'll blame him!) and hey presto... no more error reports! I'm so relieved.
Thanks for your help anyway.