My Pictures doesn't behave

[Alex Clark]

Hi All,

Got a strange problem on my XP Pro box. For a while now, the My Pictures
folder has stopped behaving like a pictures folder, in that it won't give
the option to switch to Filmstrip View, and the picture tasks on the left
are gone. If I go to the View menu, I don't even have the option to
"Customize this folder..." so that I can tell XP to treat it as a photo
folder.

I tried creating a new folder, and it gave me the option to set it to a
Photo folder so all the handy image tasks were restored, as was Filmstrip
view etc. I copied all my images from the old \My Pictures folder to this
one, still no problem. Deleted the old \My Pictures directory and renamed
the new one to "My Pictures", and it lost it's settings, back to square one!
The only workaround I've found is to leave it called "My New Pictures", that
way I can keep my nice Picture Tasks!

Any help on restoring this to it's former glory would be appreciated,
Thanks
Alex Clark

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Alex,

The folder type setting is stored in the registry, sometimes it becomes mismatched. Open a folder. Click Tools, Folder Options, View, Reset All Folders. Note that this also resets the customizations for all the folders. If you want to do it only for the My Pictures folder, you may need to use Process Explorer or Regmon. See this URL for more information:

Using Process Explorer from www.sysinternals.com

1. Open My Pictures folder
2. Start P'Explorer
3. Switch the lower pane view to Handles, in order to find the 'Bag Number'. Once you locate the Bag #, go to that key and change the FolderType to "MyPictures".

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

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
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Hi All,

Got a strange problem on my XP Pro box. For a while now, the My Pictures
folder has stopped behaving like a pictures folder, in that it won't give
the option to switch to Filmstrip View, and the picture tasks on the left
are gone. If I go to the View menu, I don't even have the option to
"Customize this folder..." so that I can tell XP to treat it as a photo
folder.

I tried creating a new folder, and it gave me the option to set it to a
Photo folder so all the handy image tasks were restored, as was Filmstrip
view etc. I copied all my images from the old \My Pictures folder to this
one, still no problem. Deleted the old \My Pictures directory and renamed
the new one to "My Pictures", and it lost it's settings, back to square one!
The only workaround I've found is to leave it called "My New Pictures", that
way I can keep my nice Picture Tasks!

Any help on restoring this to it's former glory would be appreciated,
Thanks
Alex Clark

 

[Alex Clark]

Thanks Ramesh, that seems to have sorted it.


Alex,

The folder type setting is stored in the registry, sometimes it becomes
mismatched. Open a folder. Click Tools, Folder Options, View, Reset All
Folders. Note that this also resets the customizations for all the folders.
If you want to do it only for the My Pictures folder, you may need to use
Process Explorer or Regmon. See this URL for more information:

Using Process Explorer from www.sysinternals.com

1. Open My Pictures folder
2. Start P'Explorer
3. Switch the lower pane view to Handles, in order to find the 'Bag Number'.
Once you locate the Bag #, go to that key and change the FolderType to
"MyPictures".

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

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
--------------------------------------------
Using ToolbarCop to remove the unwanted Toolband, Toolbar Icons and BHO:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm
--------------------------------------------
The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.php
--------------------------------------------
Hi All,

Got a strange problem on my XP Pro box. For a while now, the My Pictures
folder has stopped behaving like a pictures folder, in that it won't give
the option to switch to Filmstrip View, and the picture tasks on the left
are gone. If I go to the View menu, I don't even have the option to
"Customize this folder..." so that I can tell XP to treat it as a photo
folder.

I tried creating a new folder, and it gave me the option to set it to a
Photo folder so all the handy image tasks were restored, as was Filmstrip
view etc. I copied all my images from the old \My Pictures folder to this
one, still no problem. Deleted the old \My Pictures directory and renamed
the new one to "My Pictures", and it lost it's settings, back to square one!
The only workaround I've found is to leave it called "My New Pictures", that
way I can keep my nice Picture Tasks!

Any help on restoring this to it's former glory would be appreciated,
Thanks
Alex Clark

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

You're welcome Alex. Thanks for the feedback!

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Thanks Ramesh, that seems to have sorted it.


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