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  1. =============== 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
  2. =========== 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
  3. 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
  4. =============== 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
  5. =========== 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
  6. ============== 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...
  7. ================== 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
  8. 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
  9. ================= 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
  10. =============== 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
  11. 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'.
  12. =================== 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
  13. ================ 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
  14. 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
  15. =============== 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
  16. ============== 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
  17. 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
  18. =============== 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
  19. ============= Peter/Ken... I just tried it and sent the link to Igor. I usually prefer to FTP directly to the person, but I keep forgetting about MediaFire. Thanks. Gary
  20. ============ Peter... I think I was not quite awake this morning when I responded to Yatchsman1. You are correct. I am not sure if Igor wants more than the .pte file that I already posted. I asked him if he needs the 'Backup in Zip'. I am not sure how to send that large file to him, so I am waiting a response from him. Thanks for all of your help. Gary
  21. =========== That is interesting. I do have it ticked in the Project Options. See attached. Gary Added later.... Ooopppss. I misread your reply. Yes, I want to 'Keep last slide on the screen.' KeepLastSlide.doc
  22. Whoops... I don't think the file got uploaded... Let me try again. I forgot to zip it... Gary Ramses_Span.zip
  23. ========= John... I have had my antivirus portion ('checking of files when they are opened or copied') of my SystemSuite turned off for a long time since it was causing the other problem of locking up the PTE program when I ran the Create Exe. The SystemSuite people just gave up on trying to fix that problem. I disabled the Active Protection, too. But I still got the problem. :( Gary
  24. ======================= John and Nobeefstu... I am using 5.6.4. I am attaching the .pte file for the Spanish version that has only one music file (and it does not have your Startup window file) to make it simplier. Thanks for looking at it. Gary Added later... I forgot to zip it so look at the next couple postings below...
  25. ============== Greetings, Yes, and the EXE showed the problem. At the end of the slideshow, it showed the beginning slide. Since the problem showed up even with another slideshow I made a few months ago when I ran it in Preview, I don't think starting over would help. I don't have any customized slides. It is just too strange. I never noticed it before. Maybe because when the show is finished, I normally would just close it down. At first, the beginning slide started to show up within seconds of the supposed end of the show. But I also now see that if I don't close the slideshow down, the beginning slide will pop up from 1 minute or 2.5 minutes and up to 3.5 minutes after the show ends, if I don't touch anything. Gary
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