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Use Win7 Media Center to manage all images in a unified way

Although it comes with an image viewer in Win7, it is just a viewer, does not have image management functions, and cannot directly view dynamic images in GIF format. Therefore, friends who often want to view images will have to install third-party software to help. In fact, if your operating system
is Win7 Home Premium, you don't need to install any software, you can solve these problems with Win7's own Windows Media Center (Media Center).
Windows Media Center is a feature of Win7 Home Premium or above. It is often confused with Windows Media Player. It is considered a player for playing audio and video files. In fact, Windows Media Center is far more than just a player. It can also be used to watch HDTV and DVD
, display photos and watch online programs. Windows Media Center can be found in the Win7 Start Menu - All Programs.

Locating Windows Media Center in Win7 Start Menu
After opening Windows Media Center, you can see “Picture+Video” in the function list, click or use Mouse
wheel to switch Function, open the "picture library".

Enter Windows Media Center Photo Gallery

The default is to list the photo libraries in the Win7 library. We can also add other saved images to Windows Media Center. Click the "Add Image" button in the bottom right corner.

Adding images to the Windows Media Center image library

Select the "Images" item in the Select Media Library step.

Select the media library type

Next, follow the Windows Media Center prompts until you select the image folder you want to add. Once you've confirmed it, click the "Finish" button and the new image folder will be added to the Windows Media Center image gallery.

Confirming the location of new images

It’s much more convenient to view images in Windows Media Center’s photo gallery, and if you add various dates, keywords, etc. to your photos, you can also View photos and images in a customized way.

Viewing Photos in Windows Media Center Photo Gallery

Tips:
In addition to Windows Media Center, Win7 Home Premium has more features than Home Edition. The cool experience of Aero transparency, and the most convenient and affordable way to get Win7 Home Premium is to buy a branded computer with Win7 Home Premium.