Contents
   
Introduction
  Welcome
  Features
  Requirements
  Getting Started
Using MySlideShow
  Starting Program
  Exploring Workspace
  Browsing and Viewing
  Creating Slide Show
  Slide List
  Slide Information
  Slide Settings
  Project Settings
  Start Screen
  Sound
  Playing Slide Show
  Executable Slide Shows
  Autorun CDs
  Albums
  Video files, CDs and DVDs
  Slide Editor
  Timeline Editor
  Web Galleries
Support
  Troubleshooting
  Contacting Anix Software
Ordering
  How to Order?
  After Getting Registration Code
 
Troubleshooting  

This topic provides troubleshooting suggestions for the following scenarios. Please also look at the FAQ section on our website.

I created a CD, but my computer doesn't automatically run it when I insert the CD into the drive.

To "autoplay" a CD, Windows tries to find an Autorun.inf file in the root of the CD. If you create your output slide show as "Single Executable File", MySlideShow generates <SlideShowName>.exe and Autorun.inf files. You should burn them to the root of your CD (not inside a folder!). If you do so, please note that your CD burning software must burn the output slide show .exe file with the original name, because Autorun.inf contains a command-line to run it. Sometimes CD burning software changes and cuts off long file names. Please open the Autorun.inf file on your CD and compare the .exe file name after the Open line with the real slide show .exe file name on your CD. Do not use long file names and space characters for executable file names when you create an output slide show.

I burned a CD with my output slide show. When I run the CD, it works slow and the slide intervals become long. The same slide show works fine from my hard drive.

CD drives are very slow in comparison with hard drives. If your source images are large (they may have large pixel resolution or be uncompressed), use the Resize slide images options in the Create Output Slide Show dialog / Images tab. For example, select the Large / 1024x768 option. The program will create output slides in JPEG format. Typical 1024x768 JPEG images have 70-150 Kb size.

When I play my slide show, the program doesn't display my captions

Open the Project Settings window (the Settings button or the SlideShow | Project Settings menu) and select the Show Captions checkbox.

I can't add new pictures to my slide show project. The folders pane and file list are hidden.

Select the View menu | Folders and/or Files items or the corresponding toolbar buttons to make them visible.