A generic error occurred in GDI+, JPEG Image to MemoryStream

Question

This seems to be a bit of an infamous error all over the web. So much so that I have been unable to find an answer to my problem as my scenario doesn\'t fit. An exception ge

Answer 1

I encountered the problem too. The problem was due to the loading stream being disposed. But I did not dispose it, it was inside .Net framework. All I had to do was use:

image_instance = Image.FromFile(file_name);

instead of

image_instance.Load(file_name);

image_instance is of type System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox! PictureBox's Load() disposes the stream which the image was loaded from, and I did not know that.