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Old 02-04-2007   #1 (permalink)
m j


 
 

photo gallery stopped from finding pics in

Hi my photo gallery doesn't see pics in my Vista pictures program.
When I go to start menu I hit pictures and they are there but
I can't get them into my photo programs like Picasa and MG. It says
that folder is a system folder or hidden and to MOVE my pictures
into the pictures folder. thanks.



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Old 02-12-2007   #2 (permalink)
Kelly


 
 

RE: photo gallery stopped from finding pics in



"m j" wrote:

> Hi my photo gallery doesn't see pics in my Vista pictures program.
> When I go to start menu I hit pictures and they are there but
> I can't get them into my photo programs like Picasa and MG. It says
> that folder is a system folder or hidden and to MOVE my pictures
> into the pictures folder. thanks.


I'm experiencing the same symptoms on my machine. Photo Gallery seems to
only be picking up the images in \Users\Public\Public Pictures. I notice
that my user directory (\Users\[myID]) is hidden, which is exactly what
Windows Photo Gallery is complaining about. But I never made my home
directory hidden, at least not in any intentional fashion.

As with MJ, if I open Pictures under the start menu all my pictures are
there. Interestingly, if I drag and drop a folder from Pictures onto Photo
Gallery, it shows the copy process...from \Users\[myID]\Pictures to
\Users\[myID]\Pictures. Helpful... :-)

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Old 02-18-2007   #3 (permalink)
Kelly


 
 

RE: photo gallery stopped from finding pics in



"m j" wrote:

>It says
> that folder is a system folder or hidden and to MOVE my pictures
> into the pictures folder. thanks.


MJ, another follow up to this. I think I figured out where my problem was
coming from. After installing Windows Vista initially, I used Windows Easy
Transfer to move my documents and pictures over from my old (Windows XP)
machine. I believe that this transfer process left my \Users\[myID]\Pictures
directory as both Read Only and Hidden.

When I checked the folder properties initially, \Pictures was showing the
"some files/folders are read only" partially selected check box. The Hidden
check box was checked, but greyed out- I was unable to change it. I
deselected the "Hidden" check box, and when prompted chose "Apply changes to
this folder only" Once I did that, the "Hidden" property was no longer
greyed out and I was able to de-select it- I applied that change to all
sub-folders.

After completing the above steps, I was able to re-launch Windows Photo
Gallery and successfully "Add folder to Gallery".
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