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No Pictures in Windows Picture Library
The Picture App says no pictures added when I copy and paste into Pictures Library. What am I doing wrong?
You are talking about the "metro photos" app right?
Check your pictures properties. Right click on pictures.
OS
Server 2012 / 8.0
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Built
CPU
Intel i7 QuadCore 3770k
Motherboard
Asrock Extreme 4
Memory
16GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card(s)
intel embedded gpu
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
AOC / Westinghouse
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Plextor pcie msata
PSU
Rosewill Silent Night 500W Fanless / PicoPSU
Case
open bench - no case enclosure
Cooling
Silverstone HEO2 Passive Silent
Keyboard
logitech washable K310
Mouse
logitech wired
Browser
ie / maxthon
Other Info
Totally silent. No fans at all.
I have done that. Pictures downloaded from the Iphone show up but the pictures I copy to the folder don't display.
Oh, from an Iphone? Are pics actually in the pictures folder? What happens when you "click a pic" ?
Are the pics file type associated with the metro photos app?
When in the app, what do you see when you right click? Can you import your pics?
OS
Server 2012 / 8.0
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Built
CPU
Intel i7 QuadCore 3770k
Motherboard
Asrock Extreme 4
Memory
16GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card(s)
intel embedded gpu
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
AOC / Westinghouse
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Plextor pcie msata
PSU
Rosewill Silent Night 500W Fanless / PicoPSU
Case
open bench - no case enclosure
Cooling
Silverstone HEO2 Passive Silent
Keyboard
logitech washable K310
Mouse
logitech wired
Browser
ie / maxthon
Other Info
Totally silent. No fans at all.
So there is no way of copying and just pasting into the picture library?
Sure, you should be able to copy and paste to the picture library.
How many pics in your library folder? How many folders?
What happens when you select a pic and choose to open with "Photos"
OS
Server 2012 / 8.0
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Built
CPU
Intel i7 QuadCore 3770k
Motherboard
Asrock Extreme 4
Memory
16GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card(s)
intel embedded gpu
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
AOC / Westinghouse
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Plextor pcie msata
PSU
Rosewill Silent Night 500W Fanless / PicoPSU
Case
open bench - no case enclosure
Cooling
Silverstone HEO2 Passive Silent
Keyboard
logitech washable K310
Mouse
logitech wired
Browser
ie / maxthon
Other Info
Totally silent. No fans at all.
I download a picture from the Iphone. I showed up on the start picture app. I deleted all the pictures in the file except the one I just loaded from the phone. I cut and pasted the picture to the desktop. I moved the picture back to the picture library and now it doesn't display.
Try to find some pics. Do you have, let's say 20 pics. Copy them from somewhere to the pictures library folder.
How many pictures do you have in your pictures library folder ?
Your Iphone has a way to transfer pics from storage to a folder on your computer. Copy them to the pictures library folder.
What happens when you select to open a pic with "Photos" ?
OS
Server 2012 / 8.0
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Built
CPU
Intel i7 QuadCore 3770k
Motherboard
Asrock Extreme 4
Memory
16GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card(s)
intel embedded gpu
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
AOC / Westinghouse
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Plextor pcie msata
PSU
Rosewill Silent Night 500W Fanless / PicoPSU
Case
open bench - no case enclosure
Cooling
Silverstone HEO2 Passive Silent
Keyboard
logitech washable K310
Mouse
logitech wired
Browser
ie / maxthon
Other Info
Totally silent. No fans at all.
I copied a new picture to my desktop. I did what you recommended to do on your last post and opened the picture with Photos. I then copied that picture along with 2 others that were on my desktop and placed them into the empty default picture library folder. The 2 older pictures showed up but the new picture didn't when I opened the app.
Great. The photos app will not show pics located on the desktop.
Use the file explorer and check the pictures library folder contents . How many pictures there?
OS
Server 2012 / 8.0
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Built
CPU
Intel i7 QuadCore 3770k
Motherboard
Asrock Extreme 4
Memory
16GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card(s)
intel embedded gpu
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
AOC / Westinghouse
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Plextor pcie msata
PSU
Rosewill Silent Night 500W Fanless / PicoPSU
Case
open bench - no case enclosure
Cooling
Silverstone HEO2 Passive Silent
Keyboard
logitech washable K310
Mouse
logitech wired
Browser
ie / maxthon
Other Info
Totally silent. No fans at all.
Ok. Now start the photos app from the start screen or apps. What do you see?
OS
Server 2012 / 8.0
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Built
CPU
Intel i7 QuadCore 3770k
Motherboard
Asrock Extreme 4
Memory
16GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card(s)
intel embedded gpu
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
AOC / Westinghouse
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Plextor pcie msata
PSU
Rosewill Silent Night 500W Fanless / PicoPSU
Case
open bench - no case enclosure
Cooling
Silverstone HEO2 Passive Silent
Keyboard
logitech washable K310
Mouse
logitech wired
Browser
ie / maxthon
Other Info
Totally silent. No fans at all.
Click on the pictures folder box, first square on the left.
Do you see 1 folder, 3 files?
Try adding more picture files .
OS
Server 2012 / 8.0
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Built
CPU
Intel i7 QuadCore 3770k
Motherboard
Asrock Extreme 4
Memory
16GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card(s)
intel embedded gpu
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
AOC / Westinghouse
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Plextor pcie msata
PSU
Rosewill Silent Night 500W Fanless / PicoPSU
Case
open bench - no case enclosure
Cooling
Silverstone HEO2 Passive Silent
Keyboard
logitech washable K310
Mouse
logitech wired
Browser
ie / maxthon
Other Info
Totally silent. No fans at all.
That's fine. So your pictures library folder has 2 pics. Find some more pictures.
Try adding more picture files .
OS
Server 2012 / 8.0
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Built
CPU
Intel i7 QuadCore 3770k
Motherboard
Asrock Extreme 4
Memory
16GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card(s)
intel embedded gpu
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
AOC / Westinghouse
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Plextor pcie msata
PSU
Rosewill Silent Night 500W Fanless / PicoPSU
Case
open bench - no case enclosure
Cooling
Silverstone HEO2 Passive Silent
Keyboard
logitech washable K310
Mouse
logitech wired
Browser
ie / maxthon
Other Info
Totally silent. No fans at all.
You might want to check in the Public Pictures folder, sometimes the Library's are linked to the Public folders and things end up inside the Public folders for some strange reason.
OS
Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home built
CPU
Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
Motherboard
Gforce 780i SLI FTW
Memory
8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
GTX-480
Sound Card
Asus D2 Xonar
Monitor(s) Displays
HannsG
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
Gskill 120GB SSD
PSU
Thermal Take 1000watts
Case
Thermal Take Xtreme
Cooling
9 fans air cooled
Keyboard
G15 logitech
Mouse
G9 logitech
Internet Speed
50mbps
I just noticed something. I copied 5 pictures from an old hard drive and pasted them into my picture library They were grayed out compared to the other pictures and didn't show up when I started the app.