Photo info gone...

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J said:
When I used to hover over a photo icon Win XP would display the size
and
resolution of it and some other details, but lately all it says is
jpg!
Anyone know why this might have happened lately?

Here's the before and after, i.e. what it used to say and what it says
now.....

http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473006/img/Anonymous/Before.jpg

http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473039/img/Anonymous/After.jpg
Click to expand...


The details of what is listed in the InfoTip for image files is kept in
this Registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

It follows the parameters explained in this article.... scroll down to
the section on multimedia files and images:
Customize Windows Explorer Tooltips
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/10/customize-windows-explorer-tooltips/

To add the default parameters for image file InfoTips in XP back into
the Registry, either manually add the correct info using the Registry
Editor, OR copy and paste the info between the asterisk lines below,
into Notepad, and save on the desktop as "ImageInfoTips.reg" (INCLUDING
the quotation marks so that it saves as a .reg file). Then right-click
the ImageInfoTips.reg file on the desktop, click Merge from the menu
that appears and click OK to the confirmation, to add to the Registry.


************copy between, but not including, these asterisks
lines************

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image]
"TileInfo"="prop:Dimensions;Type;Size"
"InfoTip"="prop:Dimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;Type;Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Type;Dimensions;Size;Write"


************end copy ... do not include the asterisks lines***********

Be sure you include the blank line at the end of the copy/paste, or the
registry Editor will not include the last line of text when merging!

Note that there are 3 lines for the values, the lines starting with:
TileInfo, InfoTip, and Details. If your newsreader wraps those three
into more than three lines, you will have to unwrap them when saving.
 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image]
"TileInfo"="prop:Dimensions;Type;Size"
"InfoTip"="prop:Dimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;Type;Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Type;Dimensions;Size;Write"


//end file here//
 
glee said:
J said:
When I used to hover over a photo icon Win XP would display the size
and
resolution of it and some other details, but lately all it says is
jpg!
Anyone know why this might have happened lately?

Here's the before and after, i.e. what it used to say and what it says
now.....

http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473006/img/Anonymous/Before.jpg

http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473039/img/Anonymous/After.jpg
Click to expand...


The details of what is listed in the InfoTip for image files is kept in
this Registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

It follows the parameters explained in this article.... scroll down to
the section on multimedia files and images:
Customize Windows Explorer Tooltips
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/10/customize-windows-explorer-tooltips/

To add the default parameters for image file InfoTips in XP back into
the Registry, either manually add the correct info using the Registry
Editor, OR copy and paste the info between the asterisk lines below,
into Notepad, and save on the desktop as "ImageInfoTips.reg" (INCLUDING
the quotation marks so that it saves as a .reg file). Then right-click
the ImageInfoTips.reg file on the desktop, click Merge from the menu
that appears and click OK to the confirmation, to add to the Registry.


************copy between, but not including, these asterisks
lines************

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image]
"TileInfo"="prop:Dimensions;Type;Size"
"InfoTip"="prop:Dimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;Type;Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Type;Dimensions;Size;Write"


************end copy ... do not include the asterisks lines***********

Be sure you include the blank line at the end of the copy/paste, or the
registry Editor will not include the last line of text when merging!

Note that there are 3 lines for the values, the lines starting with:
TileInfo, InfoTip, and Details. If your newsreader wraps those three into
more than three lines, you will have to unwrap them when saving.
Click to expand...

Didn't help, but thanks.

J
 
J said:
glee said:
J said:
When I used to hover over a photo icon Win XP would display the size
and
resolution of it and some other details, but lately all it says is
jpg!
Anyone know why this might have happened lately?

Here's the before and after, i.e. what it used to say and what it
says
now.....

http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473006/img/Anonymous/Before.jpg

http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473039/img/Anonymous/After.jpg
Click to expand...


The details of what is listed in the InfoTip for image files is kept
in
this Registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

It follows the parameters explained in this article.... scroll down
to
the section on multimedia files and images:
Customize Windows Explorer Tooltips
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/10/customize-windows-explorer-tooltips/

To add the default parameters for image file InfoTips in XP back into
the Registry, either manually add the correct info using the Registry
Editor, OR copy and paste the info between the asterisk lines below,
into Notepad, and save on the desktop as "ImageInfoTips.reg"
(INCLUDING
the quotation marks so that it saves as a .reg file). Then
right-click
the ImageInfoTips.reg file on the desktop, click Merge from the menu
that appears and click OK to the confirmation, to add to the
Registry.


************copy between, but not including, these asterisks
lines************

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image]
"TileInfo"="prop:Dimensions;Type;Size"
"InfoTip"="prop:Dimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;Type;Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Type;Dimensions;Size;Write"


************end copy ... do not include the asterisks
lines***********

Be sure you include the blank line at the end of the copy/paste, or
the
registry Editor will not include the last line of text when merging!

Note that there are 3 lines for the values, the lines starting with:
TileInfo, InfoTip, and Details. If your newsreader wraps those three
into more than three lines, you will have to unwrap them when saving.
Click to expand...

Didn't help, but thanks.
Click to expand...

Open the Registry Editor (Start> Run> regedit) and navigate to the key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

Do the values and data I listed show up there, including the complete
data for InfoTip?
 
glee said:
J said:
glee said:
When I used to hover over a photo icon Win XP would display the size
and
resolution of it and some other details, but lately all it says is
jpg!
Anyone know why this might have happened lately?

Here's the before and after, i.e. what it used to say and what it
says
now.....

http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473006/img/Anonymous/Before.jpg

http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473039/img/Anonymous/After.jpg


The details of what is listed in the InfoTip for image files is kept
in
this Registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

It follows the parameters explained in this article.... scroll down
to
the section on multimedia files and images:
Customize Windows Explorer Tooltips
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/10/customize-windows-explorer-tooltips/

To add the default parameters for image file InfoTips in XP back into
the Registry, either manually add the correct info using the Registry
Editor, OR copy and paste the info between the asterisk lines below,
into Notepad, and save on the desktop as "ImageInfoTips.reg"
(INCLUDING
the quotation marks so that it saves as a .reg file). Then
right-click
the ImageInfoTips.reg file on the desktop, click Merge from the menu
that appears and click OK to the confirmation, to add to the
Registry.


************copy between, but not including, these asterisks
lines************

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image]
"TileInfo"="prop:Dimensions;Type;Size"
"InfoTip"="prop:Dimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;Type;Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Type;Dimensions;Size;Write"


************end copy ... do not include the asterisks
lines***********

Be sure you include the blank line at the end of the copy/paste, or
the
registry Editor will not include the last line of text when merging!

Note that there are 3 lines for the values, the lines starting with:
TileInfo, InfoTip, and Details. If your newsreader wraps those three
into more than three lines, you will have to unwrap them when saving.
Click to expand...

Didn't help, but thanks.
Click to expand...

Open the Registry Editor (Start> Run> regedit) and navigate to the key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

Do the values and data I listed show up there, including the complete
data for InfoTip?
Click to expand...

Glen,

J's post prompted me to see if I was still getting that hovered info. I
wasn't. In fact I was getting nothing. So I created and successfully ran
your registry edit. But I still see nothing on hovering.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4019461/XP-Reg-ImageData.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4019461/XP-NoHoveredImageData.jpg
 
Terry Pinnell said:
glee said:
J said:
When I used to hover over a photo icon Win XP would display the
size
and
resolution of it and some other details, but lately all it says is
jpg!
Anyone know why this might have happened lately?

Here's the before and after, i.e. what it used to say and what it
says
now.....

http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473006/img/Anonymous/Before.jpg

http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473039/img/Anonymous/After.jpg


The details of what is listed in the InfoTip for image files is
kept
in
this Registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

It follows the parameters explained in this article.... scroll down
to
the section on multimedia files and images:
Customize Windows Explorer Tooltips
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/10/customize-windows-explorer-tooltips/

To add the default parameters for image file InfoTips in XP back
into
the Registry, either manually add the correct info using the
Registry
Editor, OR copy and paste the info between the asterisk lines
below,
into Notepad, and save on the desktop as "ImageInfoTips.reg"
(INCLUDING
the quotation marks so that it saves as a .reg file). Then
right-click
the ImageInfoTips.reg file on the desktop, click Merge from the
menu
that appears and click OK to the confirmation, to add to the
Registry.


************copy between, but not including, these asterisks
lines************

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image]
"TileInfo"="prop:Dimensions;Type;Size"
"InfoTip"="prop:Dimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;Type;Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Type;Dimensions;Size;Write"


************end copy ... do not include the asterisks
lines***********

Be sure you include the blank line at the end of the copy/paste, or
the
registry Editor will not include the last line of text when
merging!

Note that there are 3 lines for the values, the lines starting
with:
TileInfo, InfoTip, and Details. If your newsreader wraps those
three
into more than three lines, you will have to unwrap them when
saving.


Didn't help, but thanks.
Click to expand...

Open the Registry Editor (Start> Run> regedit) and navigate to the key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

Do the values and data I listed show up there, including the complete
data for InfoTip?
Click to expand...

Glen,

J's post prompted me to see if I was still getting that hovered info.
I
wasn't. In fact I was getting nothing. So I created and successfully
ran
your registry edit. But I still see nothing on hovering.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4019461/XP-Reg-ImageData.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4019461/XP-NoHoveredImageData.jpg
Click to expand...


Hmmm... J is showing a pop-up InfoTip that has incomplete information.
You're showing no pop-up InfoTip at all.... at least in your screen
capture. Are you getting InfoTips for other file types?

I suspect in your case, with no pop-up at all, it may be another
side-effect of the FarStone Viewer you were using, that messed with your
thumbnails as well.

Check that in My Computer> Tools > Folder Options > View tab, that you
have a check mark in the box for "Show pop-up description for folder and
desktop items"

Also check that you have InfoTip values and data for all file types, at:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*]
"QuickTip"="prop:Type;Size;Write"
"InfoTip"="prop:Type;DocAuthor;DocTitle;DocSubject;DocComments;Write;Size"
"AlwaysShowExt"=""
"TileInfo"="prop:Type;Size"

Also make sure you haven't disabled InfoTips, ToolTips or pop-up
balloons with any tweaking utility like TweakUI.
 
glee said:
J said:
glee said:
When I used to hover over a photo icon Win XP would display the size
and
resolution of it and some other details, but lately all it says is
jpg!
Anyone know why this might have happened lately?

Here's the before and after, i.e. what it used to say and what it says
now.....

http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473006/img/Anonymous/Before.jpg

http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473039/img/Anonymous/After.jpg


The details of what is listed in the InfoTip for image files is kept in
this Registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

It follows the parameters explained in this article.... scroll down to
the section on multimedia files and images:
Customize Windows Explorer Tooltips
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/10/customize-windows-explorer-tooltips/

To add the default parameters for image file InfoTips in XP back into
the Registry, either manually add the correct info using the Registry
Editor, OR copy and paste the info between the asterisk lines below,
into Notepad, and save on the desktop as "ImageInfoTips.reg" (INCLUDING
the quotation marks so that it saves as a .reg file). Then right-click
the ImageInfoTips.reg file on the desktop, click Merge from the menu
that appears and click OK to the confirmation, to add to the Registry.


************copy between, but not including, these asterisks
lines************

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image]
"TileInfo"="prop:Dimensions;Type;Size"
"InfoTip"="prop:Dimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;Type;Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Type;Dimensions;Size;Write"


************end copy ... do not include the asterisks lines***********

Be sure you include the blank line at the end of the copy/paste, or the
registry Editor will not include the last line of text when merging!

Note that there are 3 lines for the values, the lines starting with:
TileInfo, InfoTip, and Details. If your newsreader wraps those three
into more than three lines, you will have to unwrap them when saving.
Click to expand...

Didn't help, but thanks.
Click to expand...

Open the Registry Editor (Start> Run> regedit) and navigate to the key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

Do the values and data I listed show up there, including the complete data
for InfoTip?
Click to expand...

Yep, the data is there for sure, here's a Copy&Paste of the key :-

prop:Dimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;Type;Size

J
 
J said:
glee said:
When I used to hover over a photo icon Win XP would display the
size
and
resolution of it and some other details, but lately all it says is
jpg!
Anyone know why this might have happened lately?

Here's the before and after, i.e. what it used to say and what it
says
now.....

http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473006/img/Anonymous/Before.jpg

http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/9473039/img/Anonymous/After.jpg


The details of what is listed in the InfoTip for image files is
kept in
this Registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

It follows the parameters explained in this article.... scroll down
to
the section on multimedia files and images:
Customize Windows Explorer Tooltips
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/10/customize-windows-explorer-tooltips/

To add the default parameters for image file InfoTips in XP back
into
the Registry, either manually add the correct info using the
Registry
Editor, OR copy and paste the info between the asterisk lines
below,
into Notepad, and save on the desktop as "ImageInfoTips.reg"
(INCLUDING
the quotation marks so that it saves as a .reg file). Then
right-click
the ImageInfoTips.reg file on the desktop, click Merge from the
menu
that appears and click OK to the confirmation, to add to the
Registry.


************copy between, but not including, these asterisks
lines************

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image]
"TileInfo"="prop:Dimensions;Type;Size"
"InfoTip"="prop:Dimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;Type;Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Type;Dimensions;Size;Write"


************end copy ... do not include the asterisks
lines***********

Be sure you include the blank line at the end of the copy/paste, or
the
registry Editor will not include the last line of text when
merging!

Note that there are 3 lines for the values, the lines starting
with: TileInfo, InfoTip, and Details. If your newsreader wraps
those three into more than three lines, you will have to unwrap
them when saving.


Didn't help, but thanks.
Click to expand...

Open the Registry Editor (Start> Run> regedit) and navigate to the
key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image

Do the values and data I listed show up there, including the complete
data for InfoTip?
Click to expand...

Yep, the data is there for sure, here's a Copy&Paste of the key :-

prop:Dimensions;WhenTaken;DocTitle;DocComments;CameraModel;Type;Size
Click to expand...

I'm not sure what else to suggest. Since you are getting the InfoTip
but with reduced info in it, I am guessing your entries are correct here
also:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*]
"QuickTip"="prop:Type;Size;Write"
"InfoTip"="prop:Type;DocAuthor;DocTitle;DocSubject;DocComments;Write;Size"
"AlwaysShowExt"=""
"TileInfo"="prop:Type;Size"

I don't know where else this info (or the lack thereof) could be coming
from. As I mentioned in my reply to Terry, perhaps it's a side effect
of some 3rd-party viewer that has altered a setting elsewhere,
overriding these settings. Do you have any 3rd-party image viewers
installed? Terry has FarStone Viewer, which affected his thumbnails so
that they were not refreshing for a particular image file type.
 
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