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==================================== Igor, I created a new slideshow using 5.7 Beta9 and I still get the problem of the last slide not staying on the screen at the end of the show. After the last slide in the show is displayed, it proceeds to show the first slide in the slideshow. This happens in the Preview and when playing the .exe file. You said you thought it was a bug in the program but it is still happening in the latest beta. Gary

Lin... I had forgotten where that file came from. But I had some feeling that I had seen it before. Thanks for reminding me and letting me know what it was. Yea...it came from Boxig...if I remember right. Gary ==================

Greetings Everyone... I have not been on the Forum for a good while due to this virus problem I had. I just want to let everyone know that the Virus was conquered and I am back to 'normal'. Whatever it was, attacked about 100 of my PTE's exe slideshows. I was able to dump all of them and recreate them since the .pte files were not damaged. We think it had to do with a maleware that came in through an ogg file, or something like that. After dumping a few of the strange ogg.dll files that apparently should not have been there, thing got back to normal. In addition to this, Brian (Conflow) worked with me extensively to insure that I got all the virus' remnants out of my PC. He spent at least 7 days giving me programs and advice and walking me through a lot of investigative processes. So this does not just end with me getting all the good help, let me pass on some of his cool programs which are free that you can use to examine the health of your PCs: * http://www.iobit.com/ - download the Advanced Window Care 2 Personal Edition (free) * https://www.regcure.com/ - RegCure: it does a free scan that can tell you if something is amiss (but the free version won't actually fix anything). * http://www.snapfiles.com/screenshots/comodoregcleaner.htm - This will fix your Registry errors. It found and cleaned out the last of my problem files. Brian also recommended using BitDefender for active virus protection: http://www.bitdefender.com/ . I am using the 30 trial version and it has be ranked very high. It is easy to use. (As I am typing this, BitDefender popped up and said it deleted a file that had a virus that could not be cleaned...so it really works!) Also, I have dumped my 3rd party firewall and now use the Windows Firewall. Brian had me run many other programs to get rid of my problem, but these programs above should help me, and you, keep you PC clean. I hope this helps. Thanks all... Gary

Brian... Thanks for the links. I will be running all the 'wipers' I can find. You think the 'malware' is still on my PC. That may be true since I still have this 'Create' problem. Also, I talked to the originator of the ogg file that you suggested that it might have been contaminated through a download. It was actually created by him on his PC...not downloaded. I found a Windows site that provides links to a bunch of 'wipers' that I will be trying: http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/xpsp2.aspx Thanks... Gary ======================

Greetings All, I think I know what might have put me in this hot water with this virus. I just put 2 and 2 together. A few weeks ago, I had posted that I could not do a 'Create Exe' without locking up the file. I had discovered that if I untick the "Check files when they are opened or copied" in my AV program, the problem went away. So with this protection level unchecked, maybe this allowed the virus to get into my system. I still have the problem when I try a 'Create Exe' so I have to have to have it unticked when I have to do a 'Create'. I'll have to be more careful to re-tick this selection when I am not doing a 'Create'. Maybe??? Gary

Brian... Thanks for the link to the Microsoft-Scanner. I will run it to double-check that the PC has cleaned up. I had already deleted the 100 or so files. When I ran my AV program, it quarantined these files. The choice was to delete them or to restore them. Since I could print out the filenames and paths of all the files and I have backups of them, I chose to delete them just to be safe. It is interesting that you relate the 'ogg.dll' to music files as the source of the virus. A couple weeks before all of this happened, I used a PTE exe file from a member of our Forum that had an ogg music attached. I noticed the first file that the AV program listed as being infected was that PTE exe file. It seems that that ogg music file infected my ogg.dll and then infected every PTE exe file through the music file (?). I discovered the problem when I tried to do a Create Exe. I would just not do it and PTE just froze. After trying to reinstall the PTE program, the 'ogg.dll' came up in the error messages. Then running my AV program started showing that it was quarantining a few files, then more and more files. The vast majority of the files were PTE exe's that I had made. There were a few exe's from other programs infected and a bunch of Window Restore files that were infected. I just wish my AV program could have discovered this when I put the infected file on my PC. Thanks... Gary

============= Yep..it is a Love/Hate relationship. I am now in the Hate phase as I try to replace the 100 or so files that became corrupted and I had to delete.... :( :( Gary PS But I love it when I can figure out how to defeat the beast when it acts up!!! :rolleyes:

=============== Well, after I cleared my head by posting my problem on this Forum, I think I solved it. I had mentioned that there were a couple files in the 'C:\Documents and Settings\Admin...\Local Settings\Temp' folder that could not be deleted. I thought they might be associated with this problem but wasn't sure. I just could not get rid of them. A light bulb just went off in my head and I went into the Safe Mode. I was able to delete the two file and then, I rebooted to regular Windows. I was than able to reinstall 5.64!!!! I am too tired to try 5.7 but I'll try it tomorrow. Thanks...It's always the last thing you try, right??? Gary

=========== No, unfortunately, this is the real thing. This 'Packed Win32.Krap.Gen' is a Trojan that has infected the PC and is preventing the re-install of PTE. Over 100 files have been quarantined and have to be deleted. Most are PTE's exe slideshows that I have created. Some were exe's from several other programs and a bunch of Window's restore files. It is strange how it zeroed in on PTE's exe slideshows. Gary

Greetings, I have been trying to deal with a virus I got a couple days ago. I noticed the problem when I tried to do a 'Create Exe'. The error message said something that had to do with the 'PteViewer5.exe' file. Everything froze. So I dumped the entire program and tried to reinstall 5.64. However, I keep getting the following set of error message: "Extracting files... C:\PicturesToExe 56\5.64\ogg.dll" and, C:\PicturesToExe 56\5.64\ogg.dll An error occurred while trying to rename a file in the destination directory: MoveFile failed; code 5. Access is denied" I was able, it seems, to get rid of the virus, 'Packed Win32.Krap.Gen'. When I found the virus, the path of the virus scan showed: c:\picturestoexe 56\showvideopte\HideShowTB.exe. I don't know if 'HideShowTB.exe is a PTE file that was corrupted or is an actual virus file. I found that over 100 files have become corrupted and over 90% of these corrupted files were exe files that I had made with PTE. The first few files that showed up to be corrupted were: ogg.dll, PteViewer5.exe and wma.dll, all in the 5.64 folder. I think I can replace all of the corrupted files from my backup that I had to delete. However, my big problem is that I can not reinstall 5.64. (I also had 5.7 installed and it became infected so I dumped it. I can not install it either). When I try to do an install, I get the error message above. The install process creates some tmp files in C:\Documents and Settings\Admin...\Local Settings\Temp but they disappear when I abort the install process. Two of the files are called 'is-EBNOU.tmp' and 'is-C6HE.tmp'. There are a couple other files there that can't be deleted. Might be associated with this problem...don't know. So....my question is, how can I get PTE reinstalled? I have been trying different things for 2 days but no luck, yet. I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks... Gary

=============== Hi Colin, You can find these by choosing 'Project Options'. In the 'Screen' tab, you will see 'Aspect Ratio of Slides' and 'Virtual Size of Sides'. I am really no expert on what to use here. For example, I don't understand when or why you would choose 'Fixed Size of Slide'. Others are much more in tune to how these choices will affect the slideshow. But I hope this points you in the right direction. Gary

=========== Yachtsman1... I'm not sure if your response was directed at me. If it was, I don't understand how combining 9 audio tracks into one long track would help me find the beginning of each song while I am in the Timeline. I use Audacity but combining them reduces the flexibility I would want to have during the editing process. I might want to try replacing one audio file with another, until I found the right mix. It would help to be able to find where exactly that one music file is in the Timeline, especially if all the music is quite similar and hard to distinguish between them. I don't think Audacity will help me find the thin blue vertical lines. Did I miss your point? If you were responding to Xaver....my bad...never mind. Gary

============== Xaver, Sure, that would be great. But PTE is not there yet and I don't know exactly how he will do it. But even if he does it as you suggest, I still think it would be a nice feature to be able to 'GoTo' the beginning of each audio track. I am just trying to improve what Igor has given us without asking for a large re-write of the program. Once he gets into multiple audio tracks, etc., that will be a whole new ballgame for others to suggest improvements to those changes. I am just trying to get him to realize that trying to find that thin blue vertical line is not easy. Gary...

================== Xaver, I agree that multiple audio tracks would be a great feature. But whether there is only one audio channel or there are multiple audio channels, I still would like my suggestion to be implemented. I currently have 9 music selections in a slideshow I am working on. It is very time consuming and frustrating trying to find the beginning of each music piece in the Timeline. Being able to have a 'GoTo' button would be very helpful in either case. Gary

Greetings, I have made a suggestion in the past to increase the visibility of the thin blue vertical line (in the Timeline) that denotes the beginning of a new music selection. This thin blue vertical line is really hard to find, especially if you have several music selections. This has not been done (yet) so I have another idea that I think might be even more useful. How about adding a 'GoTo' button in the Timeline that will forward the cursor to the beginning of the next background music selection? I find it very frustrating trying to find that thin blue vertical line when I have many background music files. Thanks... Gary

================= Greetings, I haven't tried Kantaris, but nobody mentioned Divx, yet. A few days ago, I downloaded the player (free) and it played the MP4 on my PC that I had created in PTE. It also has the capability to burn the MP4 to a DVD. I tried it and it worked. I don't think there is any timelimit on this version, as least I don't see any. (One note about burning the MP4 to a DVD in Divx. It took me a while but I finally figured out that you have to 'import' the MP4 file into its Library in order for the Burn function to be active and recognize that you have an MP4 to burn). It won't play on a regular DVD player. But I wonder if the Blu-ray players will play this DVD with PTE's MP4? I don't have a Blu-ray player so I am wondering if anyone had tried this out. Any comments? Divx download site: http://www.divx.com/en/downloads Gary

=============== Peter, I downloaded the Trial version on my wife's PC just to be sure it would work without any of my install codes affecting it. In my test, the only item in the Create menu list that brought up a 'warning' that a Key is needed was the 'DVD-Video Disc'. At least, this is what I find. So maybe it is confusing? Gary

Greetings, I recently got a little confused about when my 2-year subscription to 'VideoBuilder' was up. I wasn't exactly sure. And then, I wasn't really sure which of the 8 items in the Create menu was the 'VideoBuilder'. I have been using PTE when there were not so many choices and I think I just had brain-lock. I couldn't really tell, I new I was close, so I just paid the $34 and renewed. I finally figured out that the term 'VideoBuilder' applies only to the 'DVD-Video Disc' choice. And now (I never noticed it before) but under its Help/About, it shows when the 2-year subscription will end. Very nice. Maybe that is new? There is a lot of discussion about 'VideoBuilder' in the Forums, but the menu choices do not reflect that exact term. I think it would help a nubee, and people like me, if the actually term is used in the Create menu. So, my suggestion is to rename the 'DVD-Video Disc' selection to 'DVD-Video Disc (VideoBuilder)'. Gary PS Since most people seem to spell it 'VideoBuilder' without the space, maybe Igor should change the spelling in the menus to reflect that. It helps when you do a search in the Forums to narrow the results down to that specific item. It would eliminate all results with only the 'Video'.

=================== Ron... I finally figured out a way to get it onto YouTube. I figured out how to get the PTE slideshow up on YouTube in HD 1280x720, with aspect ratio in 16:10. They really look fantastic compared to what I have done in the past. I did not resize any images. I originally had the show in 4:3. I changed the aspect ratio in PTE to 16:10 and chose HD in the 'Publish on YouTube' window in PTE. I think this is a 'sweet spot' for me. It really came out nice. If you want to see them, try this link: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_quer..._type=&aq=f One is in English and one is in Spanish. The title of the English version is 'The Story of Ramses - AHURA' and the one in Spanish is called 'La Historia de Ramses - AHURA'. Another way to find them with Search is using 'AHURA Ramses'. Anyway, wow...the PTE shows can look great on YouTube. Gary

================ Ron... I did look around the Forum but I could not see anything that suggested the requirement to resize all the images just so they would work in YouTube. All this is not too clear to me. The images in this show are 1000x750 and the slideshow is created the the 4:3 aspect ratio. However, I did see the statement that "YouTube requirements for 4:3 is 640x480". So I went into the Custom settings for the PTE's YouTube publishing window and chose 640x480. I ran the PTE's YouTube publishing window again and it looks like that works. The graphic was not cut off. Is this the way to do it??? Gary

Greetings, I am trying to use PTE's YouTube upload process in 5.6.4. The show is saved in 4:3. However, when I start the PTE process to upload the show to YouTube, I see that the top part of an image in the opening of the show is cut off a bit at the top. (Maybe this happens at the bottom too, but I didn't have a graphic down at the bottom). This happens with both the SD and the HD selection. I didn't continue with the process. When I created the show, I put everything within the "safe TV zone". Is this normal is do I have to move everything even more within the "safe TV zone"? Gary Added Later: I attached a Word file with the original image and the image as it looks in the PTE's YouTube upload process. YouTubeUpload.doc

=============== Colin, Thanks for taking a look at the slideshow. Stand in line. It is unbelievable to me what one can do to an animal. But thank goodness for the people who volunteer for the AHURA organization. Also, thanks for testing to see if the last slide came on. Very strange. I have found that it happens to old PTE shows that I have made many years ago. I wonder what the heck it could be. Since it seems to be happening only to me, it must be my PC. But it makes no sense!!! I'll do more testing. Thanks... Gary

============== I posted my show here at PTE right after I uploaded it to Beechbrook. I guess he has not had time to post it yet. Check back later, I hope there wasn't a problem. Thanks... Gary

As I mentioned in the Author's Notes, this show is a very emotional show for me. I prepared it for the AHURA (Humanitarian Association for Animal Rescue). After coming across the images and the story behind them, I had to memorialize the event and give it to the association for their use. It is hard for me to switch gears now and talk about the mechanics of the show. This is the show where I found that, even though I had checked the box to keep the last slide on the screen, the show would flip to the first slide. Since the last slide has hot links to the AHURA website, their blog and an email address, I wanted it to stay on that last slide. So my ultimate fix, until Igor finds the problem, is to add 60 seconds to the last slide. I would like to know if anyone would leave the show on the screen for a longer period and let me know if the same thing happens on their PC. Thanks...Gary P.S. Thanks to Nobeefstu for his template (Begin_v560.zip) that he created in PTE that allowed me to include the introductory Notice. I tweaked what he had a bit to work it into my show. ADDED LATER: Beechbrook decided not to post the PTE show on its site: "This organization is certainly a wonderful cause for sure. What a very sad story !!! However the images are far too graphic to place them on Beechbrook.Com. They do not fit my disclaimer clause of: 'Our web site is child safe and family friendly. The content and material found on beechbrook.com is suitable for all audiences.' " The slideshow depicts a true story of an Animal Rescue organization dealing with an abused dog. Though the story is sad, I do feel that the average person should be able to view the story. I have put it on MediaFire for you to make your own choice (10Mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=17e171a...04e75f6e8ebb871

=============== Eric... You don't have to confuse me...I am already confused... But, in your previous email, it looked like you thought I wanted to "close show after last slide". I do want to keep the last slide on the screen, as your screenshot shows. Maybe I am doing something entirely wrong in my making of this show. The '4 secs' is just a default that I am ignoring. I first used the 'Auto spread...' just to get all the images spaced out evenly along the selected music. That worked out just about right. But then, I unselected the 'Auto spread...' and went into the Timeline to make minor adjustment to individual slides. So, yes, the Timeline should show an varied timings for some slides. I never clicked on the '4 sec...Set for existing slides'. Am I doing this incorrectly??? But, the fact that the problem also occurs in a completely different slideshow, one made only with 'Auto spread...', makes me think it is a bug in PTE. Gary