No picture appears in Player Journal when I use camera. There are saves which will take me to where I took the picture but there is no picture that I can reference. Any ideas why?

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Which operating system are you running?

Windows XP.

In general,
-- When playing EoA, always log into Windows with full Administrator privileges, not into a Limited User or Power User account.
-- Reboot immediately before playing EoA, close all open applications, and do NOT run any other applications before starting the game. For your situation, also disable all anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-adware, and any other system protection software EXCEPT for your firewall.
-- Do NOT boot up with the EoA disc in the drive, or with any disc in any drive.
-- When ready to play EoA, insert the disc into the drive and allow it to spin up to speed. Cancel back to the Desktop if it autostarts.
-- Always use the Desktop icon to start EoA, not a disc menu item.


Just to be certain we're on the same page:
-- a. The Camera is the shiny blue globe in the upper right corner of the screen, third icon from the right.
-- b. If you're in the mode in which the screen view follows mouse movement, right-click to lock the view.
-- c. Move the cursor to the upper right corner of the screen. The line of icons should appear.
-- d. Click on the Camera to save your game progress to date.
-- e. You can go back to the places where you did saves, with all game progress up to that point intact, by clicking on the rust-red book next to the Camera and selecting the desired save.


Suggestions:

1. After EoA installation is complete, you need to have at least 5 GB of free space on the drive to which you've installed EoA. Particularly if EoA is installed to your C: drive, free space is defined as space available on the drive after subtracting the total allocation for the virtual memory paging file. To determine space allocated for the paging file:
-- a. Click Start, right-click on My Computer, and then click on Properties.
-- b. In the System Properties dialog box, click on the Advanced tab.
-- c. In the Performance pane, click on Settings.
-- d. In the Performance Options dialog box, click on the Advanced tab.
-- e. See Total paging file size for all drives:.
-- f. Click on OK > OK to exit.

2. See "7. C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Myst V End of Ages\sav contains the subfolders:", under Installing and Re-Installing EoA in Myst V: Clean Boot Install/Re-install With Win XP.
-- a. If you don't find the noted files and folders, or if the folders don't contain any files, re-install EoA from a clean boot. Carefully follow the instructions under Installing and Re-Installing EoA, "6. Clean-boot EoA Re-install, Previous Installation" in Myst V: Clean Boot Install/Re-install With Win XP.
----- 1. Note the comments and instructions involving vpd.properties, especially "8. If you aren't certain whether vpd.properties is used by programs other than EoA:".
-- b. Do a *full* EoA installation.
----- 1. It's best to install EoA to your C: drive, since this tends to eliminate various problems.
-- c. It's a really good idea to carry out all of the sections under Overall Windows and Hard Disk Tune-up before re-installing EoA.