Zb Thumbnails

MRBCCC · 31st May 2009

I have over 6000 photographs on my computer of a sailing cruise my wife and I did from 2004 to 2006. These have somehow, and I have no idea how, been converted from jpeg files to Zb Thumbnails.info files. As a result I am unable to open them.

I have done a lot of research on the net but still have not found the answer. What I have found seems to go back to 2004, there is nothing recent.

Can anyone help me convert them back to jpegs.

My operating system is Vista Ultimate

Thank you

**Whiskeyman** · 31st May 2009

They should just be thumbnails of your photos that are created by Canon Zoom Browser. The .jpegs should still be on your system.

"What are "zb thumbnail info" files for?

MRBCCC · 2nd June 2009

Thank you Whiskeyman,

Yes I am sure they are there but any programme that handles photographs does not read them. Can I rename them (preferably all in one go) doing 6000+ changes could be painful.

MRB CCC

**PeteC** · 2nd June 2009

First question - is Canon ZoomBrowser installed on your computer?

If so .....

Locate a ZB thumbnail.info file - these are hidden files

Double click on the info file - a window will most likely popup 'Windows cannot open this file .......'

Click on 'Select a program from a list' > OK

In the Open with dialogue hit the browse button and browse to the location of ZoomBrowser.exe - path on my computer ....

C:\Program Files\Canon\ZoomBrowser EX\Program\ZoomBrowser.exe

Highlight zoombrowser.exe > Open

Check 'Always use this program .... > OK

Zoombrowser should open showing the image thumbnails with the location of the files in the window header.

Double clicking on any ZB thumbnail.info file should open the thumbnails in Zoombrowser.

MRBCCC · 2nd June 2009

Thank you PeterC

This is why I am confused.

I do not have Zoombrowser on my computer. I have Canon Scangear and Canoscan Toolbox Ver.4.9 for a scanner that I no longer use.

Any other ideas

MRBCCC

**PeteC** · 2nd June 2009

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I do not have Zoombrowser on my computer.

I'm amazed

Do you have a Canon digital camera and if so did you install the software CD which came with it?

ZoomBrowser can be downloaded here .....

http://www.photo-freeware.net/zoombrowser-ex.php

http://download.cnet.com/ZoomBrowser...2_4-24035.html

An intro here ....

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/software/zbex5-e/index.html

Alternatively have you done as wiskeyman suggested - search for *.jpeg ?

MRBCCC · 2nd June 2009

No we have never had a Canon digital cameranor loaded any Canon software other than the ones I mentioned i.e. for the scanner.

We have a Pentax Optima digital camera and loaded the software for that which is a pentax version of ACDSee.

ACDSee does not read the files.

I will try and do a search using *.jpeg as suggested by you and Whiskeyman and will, also, try and download the Canon ZoomBrowser from the link you have provided.

Thank you. I will report back once I have tried that.

MRBCCC · 3rd June 2009

Good morning PeterC and Whiskeyman,

I have not yet done the jpeg search but I have downloaded Zoombrowser and when I attempt to open the thumbnails I get a message that advises me they are 0.0 format and should be upgraded to 8.0 format.

Does anyone have any idea how to do this.

I will contact Canon and see if they can help.

Anyway some progress is being made thanks to your input.

MRBCCC

**PeteC** · 3rd June 2009

MRBCCC

The most important advice that has been given in this thread is to search for jpeg files and so far you have sidestepped that

Tips for finding files

Quote:

when I attempt to open the thumbnails I get a message that advises me they are 0.0 format and should be upgraded to 8.0 format.

Probably because they are not thumbnails generated by ZoomBrowser and thus not recognised.