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MS Picture It!

16 years ago

I had a mysterious computer crash about 6 weeks ago and now have everything back up and running good except for my Picture It!07. I have tried removing it, reloading it from the original system CD but I still get an error message about some .dll files missing. Can anyone guide me as to restoring this program or refer me to something as easily used as Picture It?

Thanks,

Linda E

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mikie_gw
16 years ago
What .dll files are missing ?

Maybe do a screen capture of the error message and post it here if you can.
iowagirl2006
16 years ago
Linda

I can't help you with your problem - but I use Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006 Anniversary Edition. It is the latest and last version of the Picture It software.

It will have lots more bells and whistles than just Picture It, but the heart of the program is the same. It is a powerful photo editor, but easy to use. It can make cards, caledar pages, scrapbook pages, etc and do some awesome photo editing.

Microsoft has decided to discontinue its photo editing software - but you can still find it on eBay and Amazon. Be sure to get the Anniversary Edition, as it will be Vista compatable if you ever upgrade your computer.

There are some great tutorials online for this software if you decide to get it. One site actually starts with the Picture It software in its tutorials.

Back to your problem. If you "Google" your error word for word, sometimes you can find a solution. Try posting the exact error message here - or even better, a screen shot of the message.

Good luck!

I have added a link to a page that is all about Picture It! and its later versions Digital Image Pro and Digital Image Suite

Here is a link that might be useful: Proud To Use Picture It! by Mary's Graphics
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
16 years ago
A good free photo program is The Gimp you can do so much with it. Here is a wiki about it. Just make sure if you are using windows you get the windows version of Gimp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP

http://docs.gimp.org/en/

The link for the download is the windows version just hit the big red download button.

For those using linux there is of course a linux version.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gimp download for Windows
Linda_e
Original Author
16 years ago
I know I should've posted the error message before, so here it is:

One or more components are missing or broken.

To install the missing component(s), close all programs, restart computer and run Set-Up again.

The two requiared missing .dlls are as follows:

stv.dll
sbox7.dll

Thanks for telling me of the Digital Image Suite 2006 Anniversary. I will try and find it on EBay or Amazon.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
16 years ago
here is a link to the sbox7.dll which you can download free
http://www.dynamiclink.nl/htmfiles/rframes/info_dll/info_s/265.htm
iowagirl2006
16 years ago
Here are a couple fun pictures I have done with Digital Image

Bent photo:

{{gwi:1467199}}

Out of frame:

It is a really fun program to fiddle with.

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