Photo Editor

MS Office Photo Editor fails if user not in local admin

SYMPTOMS

When you try to start Photo Editor, you receive the following error message:

No file format information can be found in the Registry.

When you click OK, Photo Editor starts. However, if you try to open a graphics file, such as a bitmap (.bmp) or a Windows Metafile (.wmf), you receive the following error message

Photo Editor cannot find or open file name

where file name is the path and file name of the file that you are trying to open.

 

 

For Microsoft Windows XP

1. Log on as administrator or as a member of the administrators group.

2. Click Start and then click Run. In the Open box, type Regedit.exe.

3. Select the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters

4. On the Edit menu, click Permissions and then click Advanced.

5. Verify that the Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child objects check box is selected.

6. Select Users from Permission entries, and then click Edit.

7. In the Allow column, select the Full Control check box, and then click OK.

8. Click OK and close the Registry Editor.

I added this key, and it's security settings, to a Group Policy for Nashville and Millen