"My Pictures" behaving like music folder

[Guest]

Hi,

I'm trying to re-organise my photos in Windows XP. They're all saved in the
"My Pictures" folder. However, this folder is acting like a music folder, ie:
there's a faded picture of a music note instead of a photo on the
bottom-right of the window, and when I go to select "Arrange Icons By..." I
get options such as Track, Artist, Year, etc instead of Size, Picture Taken
On, etc.

Is there anyway I can change the properties so that "My Pictures" will
behave as a photo folder? I've tried to select "Properties" but there's no
"Customise" tab like in all the sub-folders. (By the way, all the subfolders
containing photos act like picture folders should (e.g. I can arrange them as
filmstrips etc)) Any support with this would be very much appreciated!

Thanks

 

[John Inzer]

Hi,

I'm trying to re-organise my photos in Windows XP.
They're all saved in the "My Pictures" folder. However,
this folder is acting like a music folder, ie: there's a
faded picture of a music note instead of a photo on the
bottom-right of the window, and when I go to select
"Arrange Icons By..." I get options such as Track,
Artist, Year, etc instead of Size, Picture Taken On, etc.

Is there anyway I can change the properties so that "My
Pictures" will behave as a photo folder? I've tried to
select "Properties" but there's no "Customise" tab like
in all the sub-folders. (By the way, all the subfolders
containing photos act like picture folders should (e.g. I
can arrange them as filmstrips etc)) Any support with
this would be very much appreciated!

Thanks

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Maybe the following links will offer some ideas:

My Pictures folder problem:
http://tinyurl.com/k3p5m

Common Tasks Don't Match Folder Type
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_common_tasks.htm

(555077) "My Pictures" and "My Music" folders
are displayed with the standard folder icon
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555077/en-us

(812003) How to modify your folder view
settings or to customize a folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812003

(813711) Your view settings or customizations
for a folder are lost or incorrect
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813711

(291257) Picture Tasks Options Are Not
Available in a Folder That Contains Images
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291257

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

In addition to John's spot-on advice:

The "Customize" tab would not be available for special folders like "My
Pictures", "My Documents" etc. To fix the problem, try one of the following
methods:

[Option 1]
Resetting the folder preferences:

Click Start, Run and type C:\
Click Tools, Folder Options
In the View tab, click "Reset all folders"
Click OK.
Close the folder

[Option 2]
See: "Common Tasks Don't Match Folder Type"
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_common_tasks.htm

[Option 3]
You can use Keith Miller's script to fix the problem. Download
"TaskPaneFix.zip" from here:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize/msg/d7dd4582cc4b2e99
Note: Close all folder windows before running this script.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Hi,

I'm trying to re-organise my photos in Windows XP.
They're all saved in the "My Pictures" folder. However,
this folder is acting like a music folder, ie: there's a
faded picture of a music note instead of a photo on the
bottom-right of the window, and when I go to select
"Arrange Icons By..." I get options such as Track,
Artist, Year, etc instead of Size, Picture Taken On, etc.

Is there anyway I can change the properties so that "My
Pictures" will behave as a photo folder? I've tried to
select "Properties" but there's no "Customise" tab like
in all the sub-folders. (By the way, all the subfolders
containing photos act like picture folders should (e.g. I
can arrange them as filmstrips etc)) Any support with
this would be very much appreciated!

Thanks

===================================
Maybe the following links will offer some ideas:

My Pictures folder problem:
http://tinyurl.com/k3p5m

Common Tasks Don't Match Folder Type
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_common_tasks.htm

(555077) "My Pictures" and "My Music" folders
are displayed with the standard folder icon
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555077/en-us

(812003) How to modify your folder view
settings or to customize a folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812003

(813711) Your view settings or customizations
for a folder are lost or incorrect
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813711

(291257) Picture Tasks Options Are Not
Available in a Folder That Contains Images
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291257