One Solution:
I resolved the problem to the extent that the messages changed to:
"OK! Version: can't detect version on Windows"

The way I solved it was to install a completely separate version of Menalto Gallery. I followed their complete setup instructions based on my OS (Windows XP). Then I reinstalled and reconfigured XoopsGallery accordingly.

I did not change any permissions or do anything to cmd.exe.

Now, that I have upgraded XoopsGallery to 1.3.3.5. When I run the admin/check file permissions, the result is:
"File Permissions Appear to be OK."

Solution to what error, exactly? WHich modules, which files, which environment?

Herko

Opps... good point.

Intalling xoopsgallery (Menalto Gallery module for xoops)
Error occurs while setting up preferences.
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Software:
Firefox 1.0.1 or IE6
Windows XP Home Edition SP2
Apache 2.0.53
PHP 5.0.3
Xoops 2.0.9.2
XoopsGallery 1.3.3.3
MySql 4.1.11-nt

I read several dozen suggested fixes and found that nothing worked. As a last resort I reinstalled ImageMagick to c:\ImageMagick, NOT c:\program files\ImageMagick and made the corresponding changes to the Gallery config. This fixed the problem.

I must confess that I found this suggestion somewhere in my quest to resolve this issue, but I cannot remember where that was. My apologies to the original author, and thank you for your suggestion, wherever you're at.

As an FYI, I am running Windows 2003, Apache 2 for Windows (API verdion 20020903), and PHP 4.3.4 . Before getting this to work I tried ading permissions to cmd.exe for a variety of builtin internet user accounts, and I copied cmd.exe to my PHP directory, but these proved unhelpful. Reinstalling ImageMagick to the new directory worked WITHOUT changing any permissions on any file. I am also NOT running IIS - that godforsaken POS.

The change I made works for xoopsgallery 1.3.3.6 and myalbum-p 2.8. I am using ImageMagick 6.2.2-0-Q16-windows-static.exe on XOOPS 2.0.9.2 .

Good Solution! Thanks for posting it.

Menalto.Gallery.com and Coppermine.sourceforge.net, both advise that there should be no spaces in your path name to programs such as ImageMagick or Jhead.