Need a quick and easy way to email photos, pictures, image files on your computer? It is real easy.

Open Windows Explorer (not to be confused with Internet Explorer). Look for the folder icon with the magnifying glass on it. You may have the icon in your Quick Launch bar or on your desk. See images. You can always go to Start–>Programs–>Accessories–>Windows Explorer.

Once you’re in Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder/files that you want to email.

Select the photos that you want to email. In the example below, I have selected two photos. I clicked on one, then held the Ctrl key down and selected the next. You can use this technique for as many files as you need. If you need all the files in a folder, Press Ctrl and “a” at the same time to select all. You can also select a group by clicking on the first file, hold the “shift” key while clicking the last file, this selects a group.

Now you need to place your pointer over a selected file and “right click”. From there, go to “Send To” then “Mail Recipient”

You should see the following box open up.

At this point you can click “OK” and the photos will be reduced in size for email. This is the default. You can select “Keep the original sizes”, which is not recommend if the files are large. Also keep in mind that the recipient’s Internet connection speed and any attachment size limitations they may have.

You can customize the size by clicking the “Show more options” link in the lower left corner.

Once you select “OK”, a new email message will appear with the photo(s) as attachments.

Just fill in the email address and send and you are finished. That’s it. Remember that this method is useful for sending just a few small photos.

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