OK - thanks - so - are there any other files updated?  No logs or other tracking info?  What does Qimage do if the thumbs and the filter and or image file are out of sync?

Well - I think I have this one settled and the culprit is - - me (surprise!).  Anyway, before I put it to bed for good, could one of you tell me this?  When I finish editing a filter, other than the .flt file, what are the other files that Qimage updates? And where are they? I think the definite answer to this question will confirm my suspicions.  Thanks again

Thanks to all of you.  Each of you has said some things that are not exactly like my sitation, but close enough to give me some things to fiddle with. I will report back - and/or update information as I work through this.  Thanks again.

Had already done the things that Fred suggests.  This appears now to happen anytime I make a change to an already existing filter. Then the thumb wont show up, rebuilding thumbs causes all the thumbs not to show (in that folder) and then as long as I wait until Qimage crashes, I am ok until I change another filter.  I have re-installed Qimage but that didn't help.  Clearly, some component of my Qimage installation has become corrupted, but where?.  I looked at the ini file and it looks OK, but I am not an expert there. I might add that I printed a bunch of photos last night with no problem.  Funny thing though, about ten minutes after the last print finished, - and the computer was sitting idle (I was across the room sorting though the prints), Qimage crashed. Wierd stuff. I'll figure it out eventually - but appreciate all of your suggestions.

Well, I know it must be just me or else this column would be full of others with the same problem, but I can't keep Qimage going for very long, and I have not changed my workflow. The problems mentioned in my previous post continue but have spread.  If I go in to full edit of a picture from the page editor, when I am done modifying the filter and click ok, Qimage hangs (hourglass) and I wait and wait and finally have to abort it.  Then, when I restart Qimage, it will not display the thumb of that picture. If I rebuild the thumbs, then all of the thumbs in that folder wont show. Then if I try to do anything else, Qimage crashes.  Then when I restart Qimage, and go back to the "bad" folder, the thumbs come up, and I 'm back in business, unless I open a photo from the page editor.  I am a 7 year very heavy user, and have never had anything like this before.

Don't think so - else it would still be corrupt - but it hasn't changed at all, only now Qimage behaves normally (after crashing on its own).  Anyway, Qimage used to warn me if I had a bad Jpeg or corrupt file.  Anyway, I don't really care - I can almost always work around the one or two little idiosyncrasies that I occasionally find either in Qimage or myself.

I tired that and it didn't work - but it did solve the problem.  When I did that, Qimage hung (hourglass) and after about two minutes aborted itself with the "Qimage has encountered a problem and has to close . . . . " etc.  Then when I restarted Qimage,and went back to that folder - viola -.  This has happened now in three different folders over the past two weeks.  Never had this before.  Each time, I have solved the problem through some unnatural act. (so to speak) but always involving copying everything to a new folder and trying to rebuild the thumbs.  Today even that didn't work (after a few tries) but then I left the room for a few minutes and when I came back, Qimage had aborted itself. ? Anyway - thanks for the quick response Fred.

This is very wierd.  I open Qimage.  I go to a folder I have edited before.  All of the images have .flt files.  But the thumbs wont show up for some of the images - just the Q logo.  And Qimage hangs - and wont do anything - I just have to abort it.  The only thing unique about any of these images is that I used Qimage to make filtered copies which are in another folder - something I do all the time. In fact, other images in that folder that had the same thing done are showing up fine.  This is pretty repeatable for these images. I even deleted the .flt files thinking maybe they had become corrupt somehow.  Didn't matter.  The JPG files are exactly as they were wehn downloaded - haven't been resaved since then. I am running Windows XP and am up to date on everything.

From the main window, in the right pane, the drop down to go directly to a page doesn't work correctly.  The drop down open OK, but as soon as the cursor is moved, the drop down closes before a selection can be made.

Using Studio Edition - If I have an album open, and I close Qimage, when I restart Qimage, and try to open an album, it wont open - that is - nothing at all happens after I select an album and say open, it just goes back to the Qimage screen.  The folder has defaulted back to desktop, and there is nothing in the thumbs window.  All I have to do is select a folder with pictures in it from the drop down.  Then once there are thumbs showing, I can open an album, so it isn't too big a deal.

Mike - thanks - now I get that.  But still would like to know how I can move the anchor closer to the text. - Thanks - Mel W.

This is news to me - and I have no clue how to do it - and I sure don't understand what has changed - and I use floating text a lot. How do I move the anchor closer to the text?  The manual says you can do this, but does not say how to do it.  Also - I dont really understand what the change lets me do that I can not already do relative to moving the text itself.  But I'll be happy if some one can tell me how to move the anchor closer to the text - as that would be very useful.