imread error file does not exist

i want to read the image soso.png so i wrote the following code and kept getting this error:

imgread=imread('c:\ This PC\Downloads\soso.Jpg')

Error using imread>get_full_filename (line 566)

File "c:\ This PC\Downloads\soso.Jpg" does not exist.

[DGM]

Does that file actually have a ".Jpg" extension (case-sensitive)? Just because the file browser says it's a .jpg file doesn't mean that the filename actually has any extension at all. Personally, I have no idea how anyone puts up with a file browser hiding extensions like this. It does nothing but generate ambiguity.

[suha alasheh]

i tried with ".jpg" and without, they both gave the same error :(

Answer 1

[Kibo]

I'm not sure whether you already fixed this issue or not.

The correct path is "C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Downloads\soso.jpg"

Try to replace YOURUSERNAME.

There definately no "This PC" folder under C:\.

[Walter Roberson]

A user could deliberately create a "This PC" folder... it just wouldn't be a good idea.

Answer 2

[Sajid Afaque]

actually the path which you have given is in wrong format

try to remove the space before foldername This PC

imgread=imread('c:\This PC\Downloads\soso.Jpg');

recheck the path once atleast in my PC , This PC is replaced by C:\Users\Downloads

Answer 3

[Image Analyst]

You may have a discrepancy in spelling or spaces in the string. Here, try this more robust way of doing it:

folder = 'c:\ This PC\Downloads';
if ~isfolder(folder)
	errorMessage = sprintf('Error: this folder does not exist:\n%s', folder);
	uiwait(errordlg(errorMessage));
	return;
end
baseFileName = 'soso.Jpg';
fullFileName = fullfile(folder, baseFileName);
if ~isfile(fullFileName)
	errorMessage = sprintf('Error: this image file does not exist:\n%s', fullFileName);
	uiwait(errordlg(errorMessage));
	return;
end
imageArray = imread(fullFileName);
imshow(imageArray);
axes('on', 'image');

Like DGM says, go to your "folder and search options" in File Explorer, click on the View tab, and uncheck the checkbox that says "Hide extensions for known file types". That was just a super dumb choice Microsoft chose when they wanted to make it firendlier and more "mac-like" when all it did was to make it more confusing. Luckily you can undo that to show all extensions.