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How to determine DPI of PNG image in Windows Explorer?

Anonymous
2010-05-06T15:08:43+00:00

In Windows XP and Vista, to determine the DPI of a PNG image, I could right-click, go to properties, then the summary tab, and there were entries for horizontal resolution and vertical resolution of the PNG along with the width, height, and bit depth.  However, in Windows 7, when I go to the properties, I only see width, height, and bit depth.  For JPG's I also see the DPI, but not for PNG's.

Is there an additional setting I need to turn on?  Is there somewhere else I should be looking to find the DPI information?  Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-05-07T11:24:47+00:00

    Hi jzeckel,

    This feature seems to be by design in Windows 7.

    If you wish to have the feature reinstated in Windows 7, you may leave your feedback at the Windows 7 Feedback site.

    Hope this information helps.

    Gokul - Microsoft Support

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-04-21T15:24:28+00:00

    For Windows 7, in Windows Explorer, make sure you are in Details view (not icons or tiles), right click anywhere in the column titles bar (name, date, type, etc), click on "More..." at the bottom. In the pop up dialog that appears, place a checkmark in the boxes of your desired detail columns: "horizontal resolution", "vertical resolution", "bit depth", "width", and "height" are all in that list. Feel free to uncheck any unwanted columns and/or reorder the columns using the Move Up and Move Down buttons. I prefer closing the dialog and using drag and drop to reorder and resize the columns from the titles bar. This process will need to be repeated when browsing in a different file folder.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-08-21T05:21:21+00:00

    This feature seems to be by design in Windows 7.

    Interesting. The same feature is still in Windows 10. I wonder what its purpose is? Why would you want to hide the dpi in the Properties dialog for PNG files, but not for other file types? Particularly as the information may be found via the method described by minradio.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-04-12T01:30:14+00:00

    These answers are not helpful. Maybe you need windows 7 ultimate to see dpi for png files but if you do then that's just lazy work by Microsoft since you can already see dpi for jpeg, tif, etc.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-01-08T00:29:47+00:00

    When I right click on a .png file and choose Properties and then select the Details tab and scroll down just a little bit I can see the horizontal and vertical DPI, dimensions, and bit depth just fine.  I'm running x64 Windows 7 Ultimate if that makes a difference.

    Travis Wright Senior Program Manager Lead Microsoft

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