Vista - Pictures Duplicated in My Pictures folders

Too, when transferring pictures to your computer from your camera, are you
then deleting the pictures from the cameras memory card (by formatting it,
or whatever)? If not, you may be transferring the same pictures repeatedly.

"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:35994249-2F9B-4A1E-818C-98C8749CCEE6@microsoft.com...
> Why are some of my pictures duplicated in the folders of My Pictures?
> Acturally it has happened to alot of the pictures. Some of the pictures
> have
> the same exact names, and others have name (1), or copy of name (1).
>
> Did Vista Business duplicate my pictures? Is this a flaw or something?
> Is
> this correctable, or do I have to go and delete 1,000's of pictures to
> free
> up my hard drive?
>
> Any ideas on how to correct it?
>
> Thanks
> George

Is there a way to get around this, by searching for "(1).jpg" or something
like this?

Thanks
George

"Dave" wrote:

> It appears that searching for (1) is a problem, because the () is used as to
> contain a Boolean operation.
> (big little)
> will search for instances of "big" or "little"
> therefore, searching for (1) will return all files with a "1" in the
> name....
>
> I don't know how to get around this.... perhaps the file names have
> something else in common?
>
>
>
>
> "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:49D85F93-C747-4A6A-BA26-7905EAE32C0E@microsoft.com...
> > Yes,
> >
> > I get the original picture and the picture that ends in (1).jpg. For
> > example if the original picture is DSC02125.jpg and the copy is DSC02125
> > (1).jpg
> > Both are coming up in the search.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dave" wrote:
> >
> >> Have you tried searching for
> >> " (1).jpg"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:FF9124BB-EE1C-42B4-82F8-2D824EB3542B@microsoft.com...
> >> > Is there an easy way to search the drive so I can delete them? It is a
> >> > slow
> >> > process going through all the folders in the my pictures. I have tried
> >> > using
> >> > the wild card
> >> > *(1).jpg and putting that in the name field, but it doesn not work.
> >> >
> >> > All the pictures have names that end in (1).jpg
> >> >
> >> > There is a space before the (1).jpg so a picture file may be something
> >> > like
> >> > DSC02052 (1).jpg
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > George
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "dean-dean" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> In the past, did you change the location of the Pictures folder, from
> >> >> the
> >> >> default path? That is ,from C:\Users\You\Pictures to another drive,
> >> >> or
> >> >> to
> >> >> another spot under C:\? If so, did you try to move it back to the
> >> >> default
> >> >> location, or move it somewhere else, possibly?
> >> >>
> >> >> "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:EBB026AC-E66F-4370-A42F-64B189AEA6CA@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > No, I have not edited the files. It is as if 100's of files have
> >> >> > been
> >> >> > duplicated. I don't know why.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "dean-dean" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Are the duplicates of files files that you have edited with Windows
> >> >> >> Photo
> >> >> >> Gallery? If so, open Photo Gallery, and in the menu, choose File >
> >> >> >> Options.
> >> >> >> Under the section Original Picture, you can set it to have the
> >> >> >> original
> >> >> >> picture deleted after a certain amount of time.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> news:35994249-2F9B-4A1E-818C-98C8749CCEE6@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >> > Why are some of my pictures duplicated in the folders of My
> >> >> >> > Pictures?
> >> >> >> > Acturally it has happened to alot of the pictures. Some of the
> >> >> >> > pictures
> >> >> >> > have
> >> >> >> > the same exact names, and others have name (1), or copy of name
> >> >> >> > (1).
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Did Vista Business duplicate my pictures? Is this a flaw or
> >> >> >> > something?
> >> >> >> > Is
> >> >> >> > this correctable, or do I have to go and delete 1,000's of
> >> >> >> > pictures
> >> >> >> > to
> >> >> >> > free
> >> >> >> > up my hard drive?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Any ideas on how to correct it?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Thanks
> >> >> >> > George
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
>