TIF files not displayed in "My Pictures"

Author: Michel Bordeleau MVP

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SYMPTOMS

Pictures with .TIF extensions do not show up the "My Pictures" section of the Media Center interface.

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This behavior can occur when you have installed Microsoft Office 2003 on your Media Center computer. Installing Microsoft Office 2003 adds event handlers for TIF image files (.TIF and .TIFF extensions) as part of the Office Document Imaging feature. In the process, a registry entry for .TIF files is removed that is required to display .TIF files in Media Center.

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RESOLUTION

Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

Manually edit the registry

Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

1. Make sure that the Media Center software is closed before proceeding.

2. Click Start, and then click Run.

3. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.

4. Locate and then click the following registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF

5. If the .TIF key does not exist, select the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT hive. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key. Name the new key .TIF (note the leading dot).

6. Click on the .TIF key.

7. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click String Value.

8. Type PerceivedType and press Enter.

9. On the Edit menu, click Modify.

10. Type image in the value box, and then click OK.

11. Select the following registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TIF

12. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key.

13. Type OpenWithProgids and press Enter.

14. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD.

15. Type TIFImage.Document and press Enter.

16. Quit Registry Editor.

Start the Media Center software.

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002
Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003

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