Microsoft KB Archive/196380

= PI: Cannot Open Picture Error with Some MIX Files =

Article ID: 196380

Article Last Modified on 5/13/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Picture It! 99 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000.2 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q196380



SYMPTOMS
If you try to open a MIX file in Microsoft Picture It!, you may receive the following error:

Cannot Open Picture

Picture It! cannot open this file.

It uses effects that are not supported

by this version of Picture It!.

The same MIX file will open in other applications that support MIX format (such as Microsoft Word).



CAUSE
The MIX file was saved from Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000. The problem is caused by a problem in Microsoft Picture It!.



RESOLUTION
Save the file in another format before opening in Picture It!. Note that the layered objects that the MIX format preserves will be flattened into a single picture.

Additional query words: fails

Keywords: kbprb KB196380

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