WPF Error: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found

If you get an error containing

No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found.

System.NotSupportedException: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x88982F50): Exception from HRESULT: 0x88982F50</blockquote>

Stack Trace

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at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.SetupDecoderFromUriOrStream(Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, Guid& clsId, Boolean& isOriginalWritable, Stream& uriStream, UnmanagedMemoryStream& unmanagedMemoryStream, SafeFileHandle& safeFilehandle)
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.CreateFromUriOrStream(Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy, Boolean insertInDecoderCache)
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapFrame.CreateFromUriOrStream(Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy)
at System.Windows.Media.ImageSourceConverter.ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, Object value)
at System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.ConvertFromString(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, String text)
at System.Windows.Markup.XamlTypeMapper.ParseProperty(Object targetObject, Type propType, String propName, Object dpOrPiOrFi, ITypeDescriptorContext typeContext, ParserContext parserContext, String value, Int16 converterTypeId)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

• No codec found that can decode the specified file?

This could happen if your registry is not so correct.Or if you installed multiple media codecs and uninstall and clean etc. may have cleared the settings from the registry,Some are needed by WPF (See Imaging Overview)

FIX:

Copy this into a txt file and rename txt file wic.reg and run

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7ED96837-96F0-4812-B211-F13C24117ED3}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7ED96837-96F0-4812-B211-F13C24117ED3}\Instance]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7ED96837-96F0-4812-B211-F13C24117ED3}\Instance\{381DDA3C-9CE9-4834-A23E-1F98F8FC52BE}]
"CLSID"="{381DDA3C-9CE9-4834-A23E-1F98F8FC52BE}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7ED96837-96F0-4812-B211-F13C24117ED3}\Instance\{389EA17B-5078-4CDE-B6EF-25C15175C751}]
"CLSID"="{389EA17B-5078-4CDE-B6EF-25C15175C751}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7ED96837-96F0-4812-B211-F13C24117ED3}\Instance\{6B462062-7CBF-400D-9FDB-813DD10F2778}]
"CLSID"="{6B462062-7CBF-400D-9FDB-813DD10F2778}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7ED96837-96F0-4812-B211-F13C24117ED3}\Instance\{9456A480-E88B-43EA-9E73-0B2D9B71B1CA}]
"CLSID"="{9456A480-E88B-43EA-9E73-0B2D9B71B1CA}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7ED96837-96F0-4812-B211-F13C24117ED3}\Instance\{A26CEC36-234C-4950-AE16-E34AACE71D0D}]
"CLSID"="{A26CEC36-234C-4950-AE16-E34AACE71D0D}"
"FriendlyName"="WMPhoto Decoder"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7ED96837-96F0-4812-B211-F13C24117ED3}\Instance\{B54E85D9-FE23-499F-8B88-6ACEA713752B}]
"CLSID"="{B54E85D9-FE23-499F-8B88-6ACEA713752B}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7ED96837-96F0-4812-B211-F13C24117ED3}\Instance\{C61BFCDF-2E0F-4AAD-A8D7-E06BAFEBCDFE}]

"CLSID"="{C61BFCDF-2E0F-4AAD-A8D7-E06BAFEBCDFE}"