Pictures Duplicated in My Pictures folders

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

It usually happens when the control key is held down when selecting images
and if the image is moved a copy is created...

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"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

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

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
>
>

George wrote:
> No, I have not edited the files. It is as if 100's of files have
> been duplicated. I don't know why.
===============================
The ones that say...copy of xxxxx.jpg...are
generated when you try to multiple select.

It happens occasionally to most anyone who
is trying to multiple select by holding the Ctrl
or Shift key while left clicking to select the
image files.

The copies are created when you fail to
completely release the mouse button before
you move the pointer to another file. If a group
of selected files is dragged...even the slightest
bit...releasing the mouse button will produce
copies of all the previously highlighted files.

A search for copy of should find the unwanted
copies so you can delete them.

--

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MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

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Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

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
>>
>>

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
> >>
> >>
>
>

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
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

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
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>

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
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>