Guest winmalee Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 My Pictures folder has just recently become empty - where have all my pictures gone? I did not delete them, the recycle bin is empty and searches even for *.jpg etc come up nil. However If I open the My Folders folder and type in a subfolder name in the address bar e.g. add to c:\Documents and Settings\Default\My Documents\My Pictures\ "Animals" or "Cars", or "Boats" or any other name I can remember Abracadabra the pictures suddenly appear. If i use DOS and try the same I get no such folder even a DIR will get a nil result. So I now know that the pictures are there but My Pictures folder does not show any of them. I have reset the defaults on the folder options so that's not the answer. Any body got any ideas as to what is happening please help (big badda boom!) Dave
Guest Kelly Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: My Pictures folder says is empty but really it's not - weird Without knowing more....read through this and see if any of this was done recently: The pictures that show up under Display Properties, Desktop are located in these folders: C:\Documents and Settings\user name\My Documents\My Pictures C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper C:\Windows\Resources\Themes Another checkpoint: Also, go to: Start/Run then type in: "%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" To hide and/or remove/relocate: Under My Computer scroll down to Shared Documents/Shared Pictures. If Shared Pictures is listed, remove it. TweakUI for XP: Unchecking "Lock Web Content" under Explorer to be added to desktop disables the pictures from being listed. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp Workarounds: Create another folder (under your user profile), remove the pictures from My Pictures that you don't want listed under Backgrounds and in the My Pictures folder, create a shortcut to the new folder. Or create subfolders within My Pictures. Another note: In Shared Documents there is "Shared Music" and "Shared Pictures". In "Shared Pictures" there is a personal folder of pictures called "My Pictures" and another folder called "Sample Pictures". Take the "My Pictures" folder out of Shared Documents, and restart the computer. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "winmalee" <winmalee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:868BCAFF-38DB-4DFF-8841-A2E47B6B5F20@microsoft.com... > My Pictures folder has just recently become empty - where have all my > pictures gone? I did not delete them, the recycle bin is empty and > searches > even for *.jpg etc come up nil. > > However If I open the My Folders folder and type in a subfolder name in > the > address bar e.g. add to c:\Documents and Settings\Default\My Documents\My > Pictures\ "Animals" or "Cars", or "Boats" or any other name I can remember > Abracadabra the pictures suddenly appear. If i use DOS and try the same I > get > no such folder even a DIR will get a nil result. > > So I now know that the pictures are there but My Pictures folder does not > show any of them. I have reset the defaults on the folder options so > that's > not the answer. > > Any body got any ideas as to what is happening please help (big badda > boom!) > > Dave
Guest Ayush Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: My Pictures folder says is empty but really it's not - weird [winmalee] wrote-: > My Pictures folder has just recently become empty - where have all my > pictures gone? I did not delete them, the recycle bin is empty and searches > even for *.jpg etc come up nil. > > However If I open the My Folders folder and type in a subfolder name in the > address bar e.g. add to c:\Documents and Settings\Default\My Documents\My > Pictures\ "Animals" or "Cars", or "Boats" or any other name I can remember > Abracadabra the pictures suddenly appear. If i use DOS and try the same I get > no such folder even a DIR will get a nil result. > > So I now know that the pictures are there but My Pictures folder does not > show any of them. I have reset the defaults on the folder options so that's > not the answer. > > Any body got any ideas as to what is happening please help (big badda boom!) > > Dave Open command promt and CD to My Pictures folder then run: Attrib -s -h * /d Good Luck, Ayush. -- XP-Tips [Disable Turn off computer button on Welcome screen] : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/advanced/sdbutton.mspx
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