Haha, thanks for this Sharon, but as you say, clear as mud....hehe

Before when the images showed clearly in my images file they were showing as (*.jpeg) or (*.gif) etc etc... now; to show the images at all you have to click all files(*.*) which does bring them to the box so I can see them, but their extensions are not listed.......and each time I try (even if its a new file I am trying to bring in from another part of my hard drive, all it keeps telling me is "unexpected file format" so if i have undestood you correctly, I still cannot get it to work

:( lol

Phil