Guest Koger34 Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Hello, My OS is XP Home/SP3; The "My Pictures" folder was deleted. Please tell me how to get it back.? The recycling bin has been emptied and system restore did not bring it back. Will appreciate any help. -- George
Guest brandon dub Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 RE: My Pictures folder You can re-create your My Pictures folder. This may seem like a lot to a novice but its just a simple cut and paste then save! In "My Documents" create a new folder called "My Pictures". Open Notepad and copy and paste the following: [DeleteOnCopy] Owner=YOUR NAME Personalized=39 PersonalizedName=My Pictures [.ShellClassInfo] InfoTip=@Shell32.dll,-12688 IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\mydocs.dll IconIndex=-101 In 'owner=your name', change 'your name' to the name of your account. Go to > File > Save As 1. In the "Save in" box select the 'My Pictures' folder 2. In the "File Name" section, enter Desktop.ini 3. From the "Save as Type" drop down list, select "all files" Done! -- Brandon Dub., TO canada, Shell ''explorer'' "Koger34" wrote: > Hello, > My OS is XP Home/SP3; > > The "My Pictures" folder was deleted. Please tell me how to get it back.? > > The recycling bin has been emptied and system restore did not bring it back. > Will appreciate any help. > > > > -- > George
Guest ju.c Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: My Pictures folder Deleting the Bags registry key should restore your folder. Open the Run Box and type "cmd" then enter. In the command window copy and paste these commands, one at a time. reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU Log Off, Log On. ju.c "Koger34" <Koger34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D6A12922-C650-46F4-9D7C-13B556410359@microsoft.com... > Hello, > My OS is XP Home/SP3; > > The "My Pictures" folder was deleted. Please tell me how to get it back.? > > The recycling bin has been emptied and system restore did not bring it back. > Will appreciate any help. > > > > -- > George
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: My Pictures folder Hi George, Click Start, Run and type: rundll32 mydocs.dll,PerUserInit Press {ENTER} This creates a new My Pictures folder with the special icon. To recover the files that were deleted, you'll need a third-party file recovery tool. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com "Koger34" <Koger34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D6A12922-C650-46F4-9D7C-13B556410359@microsoft.com... > Hello, > My OS is XP Home/SP3; > > The "My Pictures" folder was deleted. Please tell me how to get it back.? > > The recycling bin has been emptied and system restore did not bring it > back. > Will appreciate any help. > > > > -- > George
Guest Koger34 Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: My Pictures folder Hi Ramesh, Thanks for your suggestion. I followed your instructions and a pop-up said error: PerUserInit missing. What should I look for now? -- George "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote: > Hi George, > > Click Start, Run and type: > > rundll32 mydocs.dll,PerUserInit > > Press {ENTER} > > This creates a new My Pictures folder with the special icon. > > To recover the files that were deleted, you'll need a third-party file > recovery tool. > > -- > Regards, > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] > The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog > Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com > > > "Koger34" <Koger34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:D6A12922-C650-46F4-9D7C-13B556410359@microsoft.com... > > Hello, > > My OS is XP Home/SP3; > > > > The "My Pictures" folder was deleted. Please tell me how to get it back.? > > > > The recycling bin has been emptied and system restore did not bring it > > back. > > Will appreciate any help. > > > > > > > > -- > > George > > >
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Re: My Pictures folder Hi George, Make sure you copy the command *exactly* and paste it in Start, Run dialog. Note that the command-line param is case-sensitive. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com "Koger34" <Koger34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8CE49954-112C-447B-9A63-C5DC62C0E255@microsoft.com... > Hi Ramesh, > Thanks for your suggestion. I followed your instructions and a pop-up > said > error: > PerUserInit missing. What should I look for now? > -- > George > > > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote: > >> Hi George, >> >> Click Start, Run and type: >> >> rundll32 mydocs.dll,PerUserInit >> >> Press {ENTER} >> >> This creates a new My Pictures folder with the special icon. >> >> To recover the files that were deleted, you'll need a third-party file >> recovery tool. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] >> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog >> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com >> >> >> "Koger34" <Koger34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:D6A12922-C650-46F4-9D7C-13B556410359@microsoft.com... >> > Hello, >> > My OS is XP Home/SP3; >> > >> > The "My Pictures" folder was deleted. Please tell me how to get it >> > back.? >> > >> > The recycling bin has been emptied and system restore did not bring it >> > back. >> > Will appreciate any help. >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > George >> >> >>
Guest Koger34 Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Re: My Pictures folder Many thanks for your help. Problem solved. -- George "ju.c" wrote: > Deleting the Bags registry key should restore your folder. > > > Open the Run Box and type "cmd" then enter. > > In the command window copy and paste these commands, one at a time. > > reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags > reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU > > Log Off, Log On. > > > ju.c > > > "Koger34" <Koger34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:D6A12922-C650-46F4-9D7C-13B556410359@microsoft.com... > > Hello, > > My OS is XP Home/SP3; > > > > The "My Pictures" folder was deleted. Please tell me how to get it back.? > > > > The recycling bin has been emptied and system restore did not bring it back. > > Will appreciate any help. > > > > > > > > -- > > George > >
Guest Koger34 Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Re: My Pictures folder Many thanks for your help. Problem solved. -- George "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote: > Hi George, > > Click Start, Run and type: > > rundll32 mydocs.dll,PerUserInit > > Press {ENTER} > > This creates a new My Pictures folder with the special icon. > > To recover the files that were deleted, you'll need a third-party file > recovery tool. > > -- > Regards, > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] > The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog > Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com > > > "Koger34" <Koger34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:D6A12922-C650-46F4-9D7C-13B556410359@microsoft.com... > > Hello, > > My OS is XP Home/SP3; > > > > The "My Pictures" folder was deleted. Please tell me how to get it back.? > > > > The recycling bin has been emptied and system restore did not bring it > > back. > > Will appreciate any help. > > > > > > > > -- > > George > > >
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