Microsoft KB Archive/326774

= Editing the File Property Summary Values May Damage TIFF/EX Files =

Article ID: 326774

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q326774



SYMPTOMS
If you click a TIFF/EX file in Windows Explorer, click Properties on the File menu, click the Summary tab, and then edit the values on the Summary tab, the file may become corrupted. This causes programs that can edit such files not to be able to open the files.



CAUSE
Windows Explorer does not recognize these files as TIFF/EX files. Instead, Windows Explorer behaves as if the TIFF/EX files are TIFF files. If you edit the values on the Summary tab, the files may become corrupted.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do not edit the values on the Summary tab for TIFF/EX files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: .tif .tiff .tiff/ex

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB326774

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