On your server, open Windows File Explorer. (If you don’t know which is the server, or don’t have one, use any computer where you can view captured radiographs.)
Open C:\ and look for common image folder locations (NOTE: Images may also be save in D:\ or drives; however X:\ Y:\ and Z:\ are typically networked paths and not appropriate for Second Opinion; try this again on another computer). Common image file paths include:
Once you've determined the correct file path, copy it and enter it in the the "Images Folder" field in the Edit Office dialog, as described in Step 2.
On your server, open Windows File Explorer. (If you don’t know which is the server, or don’t have one, use any computer where you can view captured radiographs.)
Select “This PC” from the left menu.
Using the search tool, search for each of the following file extensions - one at a time - until your search turns up large number of results.
Once you have identified an extension with a large number of results, verify that the files with that extension are radiographs by double clicking to open one of the files. If the image is, in fact, a radiograph, then you'll need to determine where it and files like it are stored. Windows usually displays the file path adjacent or underneath each file name in the search results. The format should look something like this: "C:\Data\Images”.
Once you've determined the correct file path, copy it and enter it in the the "Images Folder" field in the Edit Office dialog, as described in Step 2.
NOTE: If images appear in various folders you must determine the parent directory that they all share. For example, if the images are stored in C:\ImgDATA\A, C:\ImgDATA\B, C:\ImgDATA\C … C:\ImgDATA\Z then the file path to copy is C:\ImgDATA.
The process outlined above is shown here:
On your server, open your x-ray capture software. (If you don’t know which is the server, or don’t have one, use any computer where you can view captured radiographs.)
Next, open “Settings” or “Preferences” for you x-ray capture software.
In the settings/preferences, look for a field titled “Image Repository”, “Storage Location”, “Image Folder” or similar. This field is usually on the general or main settings of the application, but may appear on another tab.
Your image file path will be show in that field.
If the path shown includes the hard drive identifier -- e.g. C:\\DATA\2DXRays -- then copy it and enter it in the the "Images Folder" field in the Edit Office dialog, as described in Step 2.
If the path shown does not include the hard drive identifier (i.e. does not include a character with a colon and two backslashes, like C:\\), you are most likely not on your server. If so, please repeat the previous steps using the server computer.
This method for locating your file path is shown here: