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Old 05-02-2008   #1 (permalink)
A


 
 

useless tags

how do i get rid of the dozens of useless tags that are in this app, with no
pictures remotely relating to anything, that are listed and just cause
wasted time scrolling through?


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Old 05-02-2008   #2 (permalink)
Sunshine


 
 

Re: useless tags

I don't see any tags that got installed with the app (by default) myself.
Anyways, to delete a tag simply select the tag name in the listing on the
left, then right click and choose delete.

--
Sunshine
Windows Live Butterfly
http://SunshineWeb.org

"A" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:evcPYCIrIHA.1228@xxxxxx
Quote:

> how do i get rid of the dozens of useless tags that are in this app, with
> no pictures remotely relating to anything, that are listed and just cause
> wasted time scrolling through?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 05-02-2008   #3 (permalink)
A


 
 

Re: useless tags

Thanks, appreciate your help. :-)

Doing them one at a time would take most of a day (or more), but found out
there's a file, Pictures.pd4 in the Windows Live Photo Gallery folder under
C:\User\(name)\AppData\Microsoft that I could delete and it'd rebuild itself
with only the tags I'd created myself. So that was the "cure" I decided to
use.

That same file name is also in the similar heirarchy under Windows Photo
Gallery and deleting it had the same results.

Again, thanks for your quick reply. :-)


"Sunshine" <sunsh[replacethis]live.com> wrote in message
news:eWStYMIrIHA.2064@xxxxxx
Quote:

>I don't see any tags that got installed with the app (by default) myself.
>Anyways, to delete a tag simply select the tag name in the listing on the
>left, then right click and choose delete.
>
> --
> Sunshine
> Windows Live Butterfly
> http://SunshineWeb.org
>
> "A" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:evcPYCIrIHA.1228@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> how do i get rid of the dozens of useless tags that are in this app, with
>> no pictures remotely relating to anything, that are listed and just cause
>> wasted time scrolling through?
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 05-02-2008   #4 (permalink)
Sunshine


 
 

Re: useless tags

You're welcome

I'm glad you found a satisfactory solution and decided to share it here, for
others to benefit from in the future should they have need for it.

Thank you

--
Sunshine
Windows Live Butterfly
http://SunshineWeb.org

"A" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ObfezkIrIHA.5068@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Thanks, appreciate your help. :-)
>
> Doing them one at a time would take most of a day (or more), but found out
> there's a file, Pictures.pd4 in the Windows Live Photo Gallery folder
> under C:\User\(name)\AppData\Microsoft that I could delete and it'd
> rebuild itself with only the tags I'd created myself. So that was the
> "cure" I decided to use.
>
> That same file name is also in the similar heirarchy under Windows Photo
> Gallery and deleting it had the same results.
>
> Again, thanks for your quick reply. :-)
>
>
> "Sunshine" <sunsh[replacethis]live.com> wrote in message
> news:eWStYMIrIHA.2064@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>I don't see any tags that got installed with the app (by default) myself.
>>Anyways, to delete a tag simply select the tag name in the listing on the
>>left, then right click and choose delete.
>>
>> --
>> Sunshine
>> Windows Live Butterfly
>> http://SunshineWeb.org
>>
>> "A" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:evcPYCIrIHA.1228@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>> how do i get rid of the dozens of useless tags that are in this app,
>>> with no pictures remotely relating to anything, that are listed and just
>>> cause wasted time scrolling through?
>>
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-27-2008   #5 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate 32bit
 
 

Re: useless tags

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Sunshine View Post
I don't see any tags that got installed with the app (by default) myself.
Anyways, to delete a tag simply select the tag name in the listing on the
left, then right click and choose delete.

--
Sunshine
Windows Live Butterfly
Sunshine's Web

"A" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:evcPYCIrIHA.1228@xxxxxx
Quote:
> how do i get rid of the dozens of useless tags that are in this app, with
> no pictures remotely relating to anything, that are listed and just cause
> wasted time scrolling through?

That's odd, because when I installed, it must have put in 300 tags that were on this sample "gallery" of photos it installed. I deleted those pohtos, but the tags still remained.

And there was no way to say "hey, resynchronize the tag list with my actuall photos, deleting any unused tags"... an obvious function that I cannot imagine why it's missing. I hope to god the next version includes better tag management, including this OBVIOUSLY NECESSARY ability to delete all unused tags in one go.

Right-clicking and deleting them one at a time just isn't even remotely a realistic option, given there were over 300 of them... NONE of them being ones I'd likely use in any of my own tagging.

I'm going to try the solution listed here, but this should be something done via the UI by simply right-clicking the "tags" node. I can't believe this isn't in there by default, from the beginning.
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