If all went well then the 'Windows Photo Viewer can't open this picture because the file appears to be damaged, corrupted or is too large.' error is no longer displayed and it will now show your photo. In the explorer window I could get it to display the thumbnails correctly, though each time I tried to open an image (with the viewer) to take a closer look I got the error, 'Windows Photo Viewer can't open this picture because either Photo Viewer does't support the format (which I now is not the case, to my knowledge the only format I've come.

Demonstrates repairs for JPEG and RAW photos (CR2, NEF, etc.).

How you can determine if it can be repaired.

Different situations that can result in the error message.

The free version only allows for one file to be selected at the time. If you have for example copied them to a folder on your desktop, you typically select the C: drive > Users > Your username > Desktop > and then the Folder.

Browse to the folder containing the copies of the corrupt photos.

Select the drive containing the copies of the corrupt photos.

There is no setup, just a single executable file. Work on copies of the corrupt JPEG photos! The sample needs to be named to 'sample.jpg'.

Place the corrupt or damaged JPEGs + sample file in one folder.

Close some programs that you aren't using or free some hard disk space (if it's almost full)and try again. I have used this combination for 3 years and now I get this message 'Windows Photo Viewer can't display this picture because there might not be enough memory available on you computer. JPG-Repair shows previews of the JPEGs it's able to repair Windows Photo Viewer can't display this picture.

Windows photo viewer can t open this picture