(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:38 pm
Post subject: Is there an easy way of viewing and printing .fxr files please? Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>print_fax (more info?)
I have had a few computer crashes and over the years have lost the indices
of various Winfax directories. Whenever I have changed computers I have
always copied the backed up data directories. Occasionally I have managed
to back up to .fxa files and have restored those but I still have those
un-indexed data directories containing the fxs and fxr files (and probably
the contents of cover pages when I used them).
I cant imagine there can be any way of restoring the indices: Is there any
program which can read or produce thumbnails of the contents of those
directories or automatically print every page in them please?
I suspect I will have to print the pages and then scan them into some format
whereby I can zip them up and e-mail them en masse.
The files were created between about 1995 and 2004 and as far as I can
understand, I can only VERY LABORIOUSLY look at each page of each fax
individually. There are hundreds of pages (possibly thosands) and the steps
to look at them in WinFaxPro 10 are unbelievably slow
(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:15 pm
Post subject: Re: Is there an easy way of viewing and printing .fxr files please? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Since this has nothing to do with Microsoft or Windows XP Fax, I'm not sure
how much help you'll find here. Why would you not contact Symantec about
this?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.DeleteThis@amexol.com> wrote in message
news:zsmdnT0swIBClRjVnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@rcn.net...
>I have had a few computer crashes and over the years have lost the indices
> of various Winfax directories. Whenever I have changed computers I have
> always copied the backed up data directories. Occasionally I have managed
> to back up to .fxa files and have restored those but I still have those
> un-indexed data directories containing the fxs and fxr files (and probably
> the contents of cover pages when I used them).
>
> I cant imagine there can be any way of restoring the indices: Is there any
> program which can read or produce thumbnails of the contents of those
> directories or automatically print every page in them please?
>
> I suspect I will have to print the pages and then scan them into some
> format
> whereby I can zip them up and e-mail them en masse.
>
> The files were created between about 1995 and 2004 and as far as I can
> understand, I can only VERY LABORIOUSLY look at each page of each fax
> individually. There are hundreds of pages (possibly thosands) and the
> steps
> to look at them in WinFaxPro 10 are unbelievably slow
>
>
>
(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:18 pm
Post subject: Re: Is there an easy way of viewing and printing .fxr files please? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
news:A63A64A9-75D8-4487-A887-D097291AF960@microsoft.com...
> Since this has nothing to do with Microsoft or Windows XP Fax, I'm not
> sure how much help you'll find here. Why would you not contact Symantec
> about this?
Because they wouldnt answer the question AND they dont have any support AND
they make themselves in any event impossible to contact AND (with no support
for their products) they probably wouldnt know etc etc etc
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "news.rcn.com" <fountainpen RemoveThis @amexol.com> wrote in message
> news:zsmdnT0swIBClRjVnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@rcn.net...
>>I have had a few computer crashes and over the years have lost the indices
>> of various Winfax directories. Whenever I have changed computers I have
>> always copied the backed up data directories. Occasionally I have
>> managed
>> to back up to .fxa files and have restored those but I still have those
>> un-indexed data directories containing the fxs and fxr files (and
>> probably
>> the contents of cover pages when I used them).
>>
>> I cant imagine there can be any way of restoring the indices: Is there
>> any
>> program which can read or produce thumbnails of the contents of those
>> directories or automatically print every page in them please?
>>
>> I suspect I will have to print the pages and then scan them into some
>> format
>> whereby I can zip them up and e-mail them en masse.
>>
>> The files were created between about 1995 and 2004 and as far as I can
>> understand, I can only VERY LABORIOUSLY look at each page of each fax
>> individually. There are hundreds of pages (possibly thosands) and the
>> steps
>> to look at them in WinFaxPro 10 are unbelievably slow
>>
>>
>>
>
(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:39 pm
Post subject: Re: Is there an easy way of viewing and printing .fxr files please? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Figures. Good luck to you. Sounds like a program you should have abandoned a
long time ago.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.RemoveThis@amexol.com> wrote in message
news:38GdnXdajKLFhBjVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@rcn.net...
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:A63A64A9-75D8-4487-A887-D097291AF960@microsoft.com...
>> Since this has nothing to do with Microsoft or Windows XP Fax, I'm not
>> sure how much help you'll find here. Why would you not contact Symantec
>> about this?
> Because they wouldnt answer the question AND they dont have any support
> AND they make themselves in any event impossible to contact AND (with no
> support for their products) they probably wouldnt know etc etc etc
>
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.RemoveThis@amexol.com> wrote in message
>> news:zsmdnT0swIBClRjVnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@rcn.net...
>>>I have had a few computer crashes and over the years have lost the
>>>indices
>>> of various Winfax directories. Whenever I have changed computers I have
>>> always copied the backed up data directories. Occasionally I have
>>> managed
>>> to back up to .fxa files and have restored those but I still have those
>>> un-indexed data directories containing the fxs and fxr files (and
>>> probably
>>> the contents of cover pages when I used them).
>>>
>>> I cant imagine there can be any way of restoring the indices: Is there
>>> any
>>> program which can read or produce thumbnails of the contents of those
>>> directories or automatically print every page in them please?
>>>
>>> I suspect I will have to print the pages and then scan them into some
>>> format
>>> whereby I can zip them up and e-mail them en masse.
>>>
>>> The files were created between about 1995 and 2004 and as far as I can
>>> understand, I can only VERY LABORIOUSLY look at each page of each fax
>>> individually. There are hundreds of pages (possibly thosands) and the
>>> steps
>>> to look at them in WinFaxPro 10 are unbelievably slow
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:11 pm
Post subject: Re: Is there an easy way of viewing and printing .fxr files please? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:D835F0C3-FC98-4389-967B-BA646EF6FDA1@microsoft.com...
> Figures. Good luck to you. Sounds like a program you should have abandoned
> a long time ago.
I did:: now I am trying to use Microsoft groups to see if I can read the
pages. Somewhere someone said that there are lots of free readers out there
for viewing these fax files in XP
I assume this is not the case?
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.RemoveThis@amexol.com> wrote in message
> news:38GdnXdajKLFhBjVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@rcn.net...
>>
>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:A63A64A9-75D8-4487-A887-D097291AF960@microsoft.com...
>>> Since this has nothing to do with Microsoft or Windows XP Fax, I'm not
>>> sure how much help you'll find here. Why would you not contact Symantec
>>> about this?
>> Because they wouldnt answer the question AND they dont have any support
>> AND they make themselves in any event impossible to contact AND (with no
>> support for their products) they probably wouldnt know etc etc etc
>>
>>> Russ Valentine
>>> [MVP-Outlook]
>>> "news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.RemoveThis@amexol.com> wrote in message
>>> news:zsmdnT0swIBClRjVnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@rcn.net...
>>>>I have had a few computer crashes and over the years have lost the
>>>>indices
>>>> of various Winfax directories. Whenever I have changed computers I have
>>>> always copied the backed up data directories. Occasionally I have
>>>> managed
>>>> to back up to .fxa files and have restored those but I still have those
>>>> un-indexed data directories containing the fxs and fxr files (and
>>>> probably
>>>> the contents of cover pages when I used them).
>>>>
>>>> I cant imagine there can be any way of restoring the indices: Is there
>>>> any
>>>> program which can read or produce thumbnails of the contents of those
>>>> directories or automatically print every page in them please?
>>>>
>>>> I suspect I will have to print the pages and then scan them into some
>>>> format
>>>> whereby I can zip them up and e-mail them en masse.
>>>>
>>>> The files were created between about 1995 and 2004 and as far as I can
>>>> understand, I can only VERY LABORIOUSLY look at each page of each fax
>>>> individually. There are hundreds of pages (possibly thosands) and the
>>>> steps
>>>> to look at them in WinFaxPro 10 are unbelievably slow
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:12 pm
Post subject: Re: Is there an easy way of viewing and printing .fxr files please? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
The program is supposed to integrate with Outlook. Is this just a lie on the
part of Symantec?
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:D835F0C3-FC98-4389-967B-BA646EF6FDA1@microsoft.com...
> Figures. Good luck to you. Sounds like a program you should have abandoned
> a long time ago.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.TakeThisOut@amexol.com> wrote in message
> news:38GdnXdajKLFhBjVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@rcn.net...
>>
>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:A63A64A9-75D8-4487-A887-D097291AF960@microsoft.com...
>>> Since this has nothing to do with Microsoft or Windows XP Fax, I'm not
>>> sure how much help you'll find here. Why would you not contact Symantec
>>> about this?
>> Because they wouldnt answer the question AND they dont have any support
>> AND they make themselves in any event impossible to contact AND (with no
>> support for their products) they probably wouldnt know etc etc etc
>>
>>> Russ Valentine
>>> [MVP-Outlook]
>>> "news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.TakeThisOut@amexol.com> wrote in message
>>> news:zsmdnT0swIBClRjVnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@rcn.net...
>>>>I have had a few computer crashes and over the years have lost the
>>>>indices
>>>> of various Winfax directories. Whenever I have changed computers I have
>>>> always copied the backed up data directories. Occasionally I have
>>>> managed
>>>> to back up to .fxa files and have restored those but I still have those
>>>> un-indexed data directories containing the fxs and fxr files (and
>>>> probably
>>>> the contents of cover pages when I used them).
>>>>
>>>> I cant imagine there can be any way of restoring the indices: Is there
>>>> any
>>>> program which can read or produce thumbnails of the contents of those
>>>> directories or automatically print every page in them please?
>>>>
>>>> I suspect I will have to print the pages and then scan them into some
>>>> format
>>>> whereby I can zip them up and e-mail them en masse.
>>>>
>>>> The files were created between about 1995 and 2004 and as far as I can
>>>> understand, I can only VERY LABORIOUSLY look at each page of each fax
>>>> individually. There are hundreds of pages (possibly thosands) and the
>>>> steps
>>>> to look at them in WinFaxPro 10 are unbelievably slow
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:04 pm
Post subject: Re: Is there an easy way of viewing and printing .fxr files please? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
WinFax Pro would integrate with Outlook, it just never worked.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.TakeThisOut@amexol.com> wrote in message
news:cIadnZgsY7FhrhjVnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@rcn.net...
> The program is supposed to integrate with Outlook. Is this just a lie on
> the part of Symantec?
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:D835F0C3-FC98-4389-967B-BA646EF6FDA1@microsoft.com...
>> Figures. Good luck to you. Sounds like a program you should have
>> abandoned a long time ago.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.TakeThisOut@amexol.com> wrote in message
>> news:38GdnXdajKLFhBjVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@rcn.net...
>>>
>>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:A63A64A9-75D8-4487-A887-D097291AF960@microsoft.com...
>>>> Since this has nothing to do with Microsoft or Windows XP Fax, I'm not
>>>> sure how much help you'll find here. Why would you not contact Symantec
>>>> about this?
>>> Because they wouldnt answer the question AND they dont have any support
>>> AND they make themselves in any event impossible to contact AND (with no
>>> support for their products) they probably wouldnt know etc etc etc
>>>
>>>> Russ Valentine
>>>> [MVP-Outlook]
>>>> "news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.TakeThisOut@amexol.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:zsmdnT0swIBClRjVnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@rcn.net...
>>>>>I have had a few computer crashes and over the years have lost the
>>>>>indices
>>>>> of various Winfax directories. Whenever I have changed computers I
>>>>> have
>>>>> always copied the backed up data directories. Occasionally I have
>>>>> managed
>>>>> to back up to .fxa files and have restored those but I still have
>>>>> those
>>>>> un-indexed data directories containing the fxs and fxr files (and
>>>>> probably
>>>>> the contents of cover pages when I used them).
>>>>>
>>>>> I cant imagine there can be any way of restoring the indices: Is there
>>>>> any
>>>>> program which can read or produce thumbnails of the contents of those
>>>>> directories or automatically print every page in them please?
>>>>>
>>>>> I suspect I will have to print the pages and then scan them into some
>>>>> format
>>>>> whereby I can zip them up and e-mail them en masse.
>>>>>
>>>>> The files were created between about 1995 and 2004 and as far as I can
>>>>> understand, I can only VERY LABORIOUSLY look at each page of each fax
>>>>> individually. There are hundreds of pages (possibly thosands) and the
>>>>> steps
>>>>> to look at them in WinFaxPro 10 are unbelievably slow
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:57 am
Post subject: Re: Is there an easy way of viewing and printing .fxr files please? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:44001B56-BAE2-4038-88BB-26124C838654@microsoft.com...
> WinFax Pro would integrate with Outlook, it just never worked.
Do you have any idea which bits worked and which bits didnt please? Whenever
I set up Outlook, there was always a WinFax section which I didnt use
because I could never see any reason to merge the functions of a fax program
with an email program (in those days!) Is there some way of seeing faxes in
any version of Outlook?
Or is this a question for an Outlook group? Or did nothing really work?
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.TakeThisOut@amexol.com> wrote in message
> news:cIadnZgsY7FhrhjVnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@rcn.net...
>> The program is supposed to integrate with Outlook. Is this just a lie on
>> the part of Symantec?
>>
>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:D835F0C3-FC98-4389-967B-BA646EF6FDA1@microsoft.com...
>>> Figures. Good luck to you. Sounds like a program you should have
>>> abandoned a long time ago.
>>> --
>>> Russ Valentine
>>> [MVP-Outlook]
>>> "news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.TakeThisOut@amexol.com> wrote in message
>>> news:38GdnXdajKLFhBjVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@rcn.net...
>>>>
>>>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:A63A64A9-75D8-4487-A887-D097291AF960@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Since this has nothing to do with Microsoft or Windows XP Fax, I'm not
>>>>> sure how much help you'll find here. Why would you not contact
>>>>> Symantec about this?
>>>> Because they wouldnt answer the question AND they dont have any support
>>>> AND they make themselves in any event impossible to contact AND (with
>>>> no support for their products) they probably wouldnt know etc etc etc
>>>>
>>>>> Russ Valentine
>>>>> [MVP-Outlook]
>>>>> "news.rcn.com" <fountainpen.TakeThisOut@amexol.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:zsmdnT0swIBClRjVnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@rcn.net...
>>>>>>I have had a few computer crashes and over the years have lost the
>>>>>>indices
>>>>>> of various Winfax directories. Whenever I have changed computers I
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> always copied the backed up data directories. Occasionally I have
>>>>>> managed
>>>>>> to back up to .fxa files and have restored those but I still have
>>>>>> those
>>>>>> un-indexed data directories containing the fxs and fxr files (and
>>>>>> probably
>>>>>> the contents of cover pages when I used them).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I cant imagine there can be any way of restoring the indices: Is
>>>>>> there any
>>>>>> program which can read or produce thumbnails of the contents of those
>>>>>> directories or automatically print every page in them please?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suspect I will have to print the pages and then scan them into some
>>>>>> format
>>>>>> whereby I can zip them up and e-mail them en masse.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The files were created between about 1995 and 2004 and as far as I
>>>>>> can
>>>>>> understand, I can only VERY LABORIOUSLY look at each page of each fax
>>>>>> individually. There are hundreds of pages (possibly thosands) and
>>>>>> the steps
>>>>>> to look at them in WinFaxPro 10 are unbelievably slow
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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