PC Photo Orientation

When I downoad photos that I took with the I phone 4S to Windows 7 from Camera Roll I find that the orientation in some cases is incorrect depending on how I took the shot. When I attempt to orient the photo in Windows, I find that the folder has a read only designation. I cannot seem to over-ride that designation and correct the photo no matter what I try. I am using the Windows 7 standard photo viewer and have not run into this before with all my other camera sources. Any help is appreciated.

Bob Pepin wrote:
I've tried rotating what appears to be portrait 90 degrees clockwise on my Mac but the recipient still gets it in landscape mode, just 180 degrees from the previous landscape mode.
Sideslip
If you used Preview to rotate, you would have been given the option to "save." Did you click on the "save" button? If so, send the "saved" picture to the PC user.

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3689259/iphone-avfoundation-image-exif-orient ation
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