Windows Media Center – No Pictures Were Found

© Ramesh Srinivasan | Windows Vista | 22nd March 2008

Q:   I opened Windows Media Center, clicked picture library and browse to a folder which contains my digital photos. To my surprise, none of the digital photos (mostly JPEG files) don’t show up, while the files are still on the hard disk. It used to show up the thumbnail images correctly, but now it shows the message No pictures were found. I’m using Windows Vista Ultimate. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A:   This problem occurs if some of the file class data is missing for the image file type you’re trying to view. This may be a result of installing a third-party image viewer or editor application. Windows uses the PerceivedType registry value to determine the file format type (image, video, music etc). Missing PerceivedType registry value caused some strange problems in the earlier version of Windows as well.

PERCEIVEDTYPE FIX

1. Download fixmediatypes.reg and save to Desktop.

2. Right-click on the file and then choose Merge.

3. Click Yes when asked for confirmation.

The above file (for Windows Vista systems) fixes the PerceivedType registry value for most of the image and media file types supported by Windows Media Center.

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  1. Garth
    said this on Monday, December 1st 2008 6:52 pm

    Worked great thank you – i had this problem with my video library and it worked instantly

  2. Bradley
    said this on Saturday, November 29th 2008 10:27 pm

    it wont let me use the fixmediatypes.reg i go on the link run allow yes but then it goes onto an error box

  3. dog.big
    said this on Wednesday, November 26th 2008 4:58 pm

    Thank you very much :) problem was solved nice :)

  4. Norway
    said this on Saturday, November 8th 2008 4:24 am

    Solved my problems within seconds :-)
    Thanks a lot!

  5. Kansas A
    said this on Wednesday, November 5th 2008 1:31 pm

    Thanks so much! Worked like a charm :)

  6. kevlad
    said this on Tuesday, November 4th 2008 8:48 pm

    it worked for me thanks alot for the help appreciated

  7. Santo
    said this on Sunday, November 2nd 2008 9:54 pm

    Excellent!! Resolved! Keep up your good work. Thank you.

  8. Vincente
    said this on Tuesday, August 19th 2008 2:52 pm

    Thanks for that it worked a treat with my PC. However, I have the same issue with my xbox360 when using windows media center. I can see the files but when I click on them to view, it states, ‘no pictures found’?

  9. Systous
    said this on Tuesday, June 24th 2008 3:28 am

    I was referenced to this site from another for a MCE problem. One download and merge and 3 days of troubleshooting has been fixed!

    Thanks,
    Syst

  10. Dick Long
    said this on Wednesday, June 4th 2008 10:56 am

    Excellent post, solved my problem too!
    Thanx

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