Vista - Foldershare and Picasa

Ok - so I wanted to see if anyone else is having this issue and if they may
have a solution.

First off, I didn't always have this problem but at some point it started.
Given Foldershare hasn't changed in quite some time, I expect it is probably
Picasa but getting answers out of them is probably harder they getting
answers here.

Here is my issue/scenario.
I sync My Pictures folder from one machine to another. I typically run
Picasa on Machine A and import new pictures on Machine A - hoping to sync
those pictures to my other machine (don't anyone ever risk losing their
pictures!!! your significant other will kill you if you do!!). Recently
though with no error message from Picasa, the import completes but Picasa
doesn't see the new pictures. I found that Picasa first dumps them in a
hidden "temp" directory in the Pictures folder and then once done, renames
the folder and unhides. Unfortunately though, it is no longer renaming and
unhiding the folder (Fortunately, I am able to rename and unhide the folder
manually). Here is the rub with Foldershare. If I shutdown foldershare,
everything imports fine. If it's running though, 100% of the time, it does
not do the rename and unhide.

So, anyone think they can help me? Driving me nuts that the wife can't
import pictures without help anymore. If others are doing the same, would
love to hear from them so I might try other things.

BTW - I have completely uninstalled Picasa and reinstalled to no avail.

> though with no error message from Picasa, the import completes but PicasaI think I can explain this, at least partially: FolderShare, when it does
the sync, strips the "hidden" attribute from any files that it syncs. If you
look in your Pictures folders, you'll see many picasa.ini files that are now
visible rather than being hidden. I think when FolderShare touches the
hidden temp directory, it strips the hidden attribute, and when that happens
Picasa gets confused.

There is no fix I can think of, only a change in your import process that
involves importing to the desktop, then dragging the folder over to the
Pictures folder manually. It sucks, yes, but fundamentally you're not going
to see Google change Picasa to accommodate Foldershare, nor Foldershare to
accommodate Picasa's somewhat bizarre method of doing things.

Jason Dunn
www.digitalmediathoughts.com

My experience is that Picasa and My Pictures are tied together but still
different. That's a positive, so that your original photos remain in My
Pictures, untouched, while changes can be made in Picasa. From Picasa Help

"Any edits you make to photos in Picasa are not saved to the original file
on disk until you click the "Save Changes" button in the album header. Saving
your changes this way will overwrite the original file, while retaining a
backup in a new "Originals" folder. Click the "Undo Save" button to revert a
file to the backed up version."

On PC B, you might want to set up Picasa and have it monitor the folder that
you are synching your photos to (My Pictures to My Pictures or My Pictures to
Other). Then when new ones are copied into there, they will automatically be
detected by Picasa and added. Otherwise you need to Import them again on PC
B to see them.


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