I was sent a few photos by a visitor to my site, and for the life of me I cannot get them opened! I have been unable to get in touch with the visitor again, so here’s hoping someone on here can help.
The files have a .MIX extension and a bit of searching has revealed that this may be a Microsoft Picture It! file type. I’ve tried several Microsoft programs, Photoshop, ACDsee and a few other things I could think of, but cannot open the files. Closest I can get is to insert them into a Word document. Word can display the thumbnails (so I know they’re images allright!) but fails to insert them due to an error.
So who knows a way to get these images converted into JPEGs for example? Anybody who has Picture It! installed?
By: Archer - 28th September 2005 at 07:56
Thanks for the tips! I’ll have a go at that, but I suspect that Word will not cooperate as I have tried inserting the image into a file before and it produced an error. The images may all be faulty of course without me knowing it!
I’ll have a search for those programs.
By: shalav - 26th September 2005 at 22:27
If you can open the file in MS word then all you need to do is save the word file as an html.
File->Save As->(choose)Web Page
It will save the picture as a jpeg in yourfilename_files directory
Word will also convert the file from .mix, but you will need to have your original install CD available in order for it install the required converter.
I would think that if you can see the image as a thumbnail word is able to read the format. Try the above option and let us know if it works.
By: hallo84 - 26th September 2005 at 21:42
I think you’d have to got a Microsoft PictureIt or the discontinued PhotoDraw 2000 for it to open…
Better download a copy using bittorrent… I’m sure people are sharing it online. Good luck hunting!
Microsoft makes the weirdest file types and haggles you to buy their products…
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September 26, 2005 at 8:21 pm