Microsoft KB Archive/194584

= Homepub: Images Are Displayed as Colored Squares in Paper Projects =

Article ID: 194584

Article Last Modified on 10/6/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Graphics Studio Greetings 99 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Graphics Studio Home Publishing 99

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This article was previously published under Q194584



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.



SYMPTOMS
When you create, view, or print a paper project, areas where you placed an image may contain a colored square.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the graphics import filter is damaged.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, reinstall the graphics import filter. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Quit all running programs.
 * 2) Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
 * 3) In the Named box, type "gifimp32.flt wmfimp32.flt" (without quotation marks), and then click Find Now.
 * 4) In the list of found files, right-click the Gifimp32.flt file, and then click Rename.
 * 5) Type "gifimp32.old" (without quotation marks), and then press ENTER.
 * 6) In the list of found files, right-click the Wmfimp32.flt file, and then click Rename.
 * 7) Type "wmfimp32.old" (without quotation marks), and then press ENTER.
 * 8) Reinstall Home Publishing 99, and then test the software to check if the issue is resolved. If the issue continues to occur, continue to the next step.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).
 * 1) Use Registry Editor to delete the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\GIF

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\WMF

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\ Export\GIF

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\ Export\WMF

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\ Import\GIF

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\ Import\WMF
 * 1) Reinstall Home Publishing 99.

If reinstalling the graphics import filter does not resolve the issue, follow the steps in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

221993 Homepub Error Message: Something Is Missing...Clip Gallery 9



MORE INFORMATION
The majority of graphics used in Paper Projects are in Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) or Windows Metafile (WMF) format. Other import filters are listed in the following table.

  Import Filter                             File --

  Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)   Jpegim32.flt

  Portable Network Graphics (PNG)           Png32.flt

  Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)           Tifim32.flt

Additional query words: gr99 greet99 hp99 block missing picture clipart kbimu

Keywords: kbinterop kbsetup kbprb kbdisplay KB194584

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