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MCE 2005: "My Pictures" Displays Only PNG Files Mark Smitka 08-23-2005
Posted by Mark Smitka on August 23, 2005, 12:48 am
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I can't say exactly when this happened, because I don't often use Media
Center to display pictures, but, now I notice that only PNG images are
"found" displayed in Media Center/My Pictures. Perhaps related, I see that
album cover art is also no longer displayed in My Music. It's been replaced
by the "generic" album cover. I can view every file in the Pictures
directory via Explorer in any other app. The attributes on the folder/files
is not set to hidden. I'm lost. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Mark

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Posted by Dana Cline - MVP on August 23, 2005, 8:51 am
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You'd be amazed how often this problem crops up. Seems to have something to
do with installing PhotoShop and/or Office. A registry key got changed or
deleted. Here's the fix...

Run "regedit".

In the tree at the left side, open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and scroll down and
click on .jpeg.

On the right side, you need a string named PerceivedType, with the data
"image".

You can right-click on the .jpeg entry and select New and then String Value.

On the right side, enter PerceivedType, then Enter.

Double-click on PerceivedType, and in the dialog text box enter "image"
without the quotes.

Repeat this activity for the .jpg entry directly below the .jpeg entry.

That should fix it.

Dana Cline - MVP

"Mark Smitka" <trust_no_1[at]nerdshack.com> wrote in message
> I can't say exactly when this happened, because I don't often use Media
> Center to display pictures, but, now I notice that only PNG images are
> "found" displayed in Media Center/My Pictures. Perhaps related, I see that
> album cover art is also no longer displayed in My Music. It's been
replaced
> by the "generic" album cover. I can view every file in the Pictures
> directory via Explorer in any other app. The attributes on the
folder/files
> is not set to hidden. I'm lost. Any suggestions? Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
> --
> e-mail: trust_no_1[at]nerdshack.com




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