Windows XP forum: Windows Can't "see" Jpeg Files on CD

Patricia,

What exactly you mean with 'Windows can't "see" the files'. Does Windows Explorer/My Computer only show empty folders? What do the right-click properties of such a folder say about number of files and space occupied?

What exactly is "say that CD is empty" in relation to "show the folder info". After all, an empty CD has no folders at all.

What do you mean with 'Nero can't "see" the files'. I use Nero to burn the disk, not to view it. What are you doing exactly?

Are .jpg files shown on the hard disk?

Now an interesting experiment. Make a folder on your hard disk that contains three files: a .mp3 file, a .jpg file and another file (say a .doc or a .txt). Set the Folder Options (in Control Panel) to NOT hide extensions of known file types, and you'll see those extensions. Then burn that to CD.

According to your subject line, Windows Explorer will only show 2 files on the CD, and supposedly 3 on the hard disk. But I doubt if that comes out true.

Maybe this CD is a socalled Kodak Photo CD. That uses a special format (although it still shouldn't be empty, I think, but I've never seen one). Could it be that your problem is "PC can't see photo's on Kodak Photo CD"?
Just a wild guess, of course.

Post your experiences. They might help to get the problem clearer.

Kees

Best of luck finding it.

Kees

Have you made sure that those jpeg files are not hidden, or if they are, have you selected Tools>folder Options>View>Show Hidden files and Folders?

I am suggesting this very basic thing because I cannot imagine what else could be causing this. Jpegs are just files like anyother file and there is nothing special or complex about them which may prevent Windows from seeing them. (Apart from the hidden problem ^ of course!)

I copied the PhotoCD contents onto my Ubuntu machine and shared the files with WindowsXP using Samba. Now they open happily in Irfanview (though not in Photoshop CS3 - I'll have to convert them).

While this approach is unlikely to help many, it may help some. I'm fairly certain were I to burn a CD or copy the images to a thumb drive from my Ubuntu machine (can't do the latter - no USB on that old machine!) that I'd be able to carry the files to my WinXP box and all would go well.

Go Ubuntu! This is the third time in as many months Ubuntu has helped me regain old files from other systems (it even opened an ancient Macintosh Word doc from 1998).