photo gallery stopped from finding pics in

  • Thread starter Thread starter m j
  • Start date Start date
M

m j

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.
 
m j said:
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.
Click to expand...

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... :-)
 
m j said:
It says
that folder is a system folder or hidden and to MOVE my pictures
into the pictures folder. thanks.
Click to expand...

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".
 
Back
Top