My Pictures Screensaver wont recognise pics in My Pictures folder

David Horner

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Jan 11, 2005, 10:39:21 AM1/11/05

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I run Windows XP SP2 and the My Pictures Screensaver used to work perfectly,
showing pictures from any folder I selected. But recently it wont recognise
the pictures in the C:/Documents and settings/My Documents/My Pictures
folder, and also in the saved backup of this folder ( which is on another
Hard Drive)
It still shows the pictures from any other folder I select but not from
these two.
What on Earth is wrong?
Unfortunately I only noticed this recently and I don't know if I installed
any other programs just before this happened.

I hope someone out there can help me.
Thanks
Dave H

John Inzer

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Jan 11, 2005, 10:40:12 PM1/11/05

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I cannot recall seeing this issue discussed.
Posting some details may help in finding a
solution.

Can you view the images in your My Pictures
folder in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer?

What happens when you try to choose your
My Pictures folder as a screen saver? Can
you see the images in the Preview?

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David Horner

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Jan 12, 2005, 6:12:57 AM1/12/05

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Hi,
Thanks for your interest in my problem.
Yes I can view the pics in My Pictures in the Windows Picture and Fax
viewer. When I choose the My Pictures folder as the source for My Pictures
Slideshow Screen saver, the message is shown ''there were no pictures found
in C:\Documents and Settings\User\(me)\My Documents\My Pictures''
When I select Preview this message is shown on a black screen, changing
position as a screensaver does.

Dave H
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John Inzer

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Jan 12, 2005, 3:11:56 PM1/12/05

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David Horner wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for your interest in my problem.
> Yes I can view the pics in My Pictures in the Windows
> Picture and Fax viewer. When I choose the My Pictures
> folder as the source for My Pictures Slideshow Screen
> saver, the message is shown ''there were no pictures
> found in C:\Documents and Settings\User\(me)\My
> Documents\My Pictures'' When I select Preview this message is shown on a
> black
> screen, changing position as a screensaver does.
>
> Dave H

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Sorry, but I have no solution for this issue.

If you discover the fix please share it with
this newsgroup...it may help someone else.

Tom Baldwin

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Jan 14, 2005, 11:37:59 AM1/14/05

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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:39:21 -0000, "David Horner"
<david....@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>I run Windows XP SP2 and the My Pictures Screensaver used to work perfectly,
>showing pictures from any folder I selected. But recently it wont recognise
>the pictures in the C:/Documents and settings/My Documents/My Pictures
>folder, and also in the saved backup of this folder ( which is on another
>Hard Drive)
> It still shows the pictures from any other folder I select but not from
>these two.
> What on Earth is wrong?

<snip>
Me too, sort of. I'm assuming were talking about the "My Pictures
Slideshow".

I'm XP Home SP2 but the problem first arose maybe three years ago.

When the slideshow kicks in I sometimes get one, two, maybe three
"there were no pictures found in ..." messages. Then the pictures
start to show. Other times they show immediately. Bizarre!