Smashed Monkey
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- Suffolk
PC: Samsung Series 7 Slate (supplied with Windows 7 originally). Core i5, 64 GB SSD, 64 GB SD, 4 GB RAM. Now running Windows 8.1
I recently has a real problem with the configuration or ability to change the lock screen images. Now, much has been written about this and in my case, the cause was definitely because I used my 64 GB SD card as an additional disk. I had checked the option to save my documents, images and music to the new SD. I also went to Explorer and used the "move" feature on the Locations tab. I set the path to a new path I had created D:\Users\<me>\Documents etc... and opted to move the files when prompted. All lovely stuff. I did this for My Pictures, Downloads, My Music and My Videos.
It was only about 2 weeks later, that I found myself going to the settings area and found that if I clicked on Lock Screen, or the PC and Devices menu item, that the settings page just closed out. This is where I began to search around for some clues, and came across an item about the Lock Screen cache folders under:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData (Lockscreen_z etc).
I deleted all the images there (after taking ownership of the folders), and then found that I had access to the settings restored, but no image preview, and also no thumbnails of the 5 or so default images that usually span the main preview in a row beneath. Clicking on browse, took me to the My Pictures folder, but of course does not allow you to view the C:\Windows\Web\Screen folder where the default images are held. I was able to copy that folder as a test to the My Pictures folder (on SD card) and choose a lock screen image. I still found though that the 5 thumbnails still would not show.
In the end, I had to reset the default save location back to C:\ and then moved the My Pictures folder back to its original location. I left the other folder on the SD card though as it was very large and did not want that consuming space (my original reason for moving to the SD card). I was still having problems though and upon deleting the cache again, I found that I could not choose any images as a lock screen, and still no thumbnails.
Finally, I had to delete the test folder and re-copy it to the My Pictures folder (now back on C:\) and I got the lock screen image back. I had to go though each lock screen image to verify that I could change it, and upon choosing the tower image (img100.jpg) suddenly all the thumbnails reappeared and the whole Lock Screen settings were restored to normal.
So going forward, I have set up the SD card version of the My Pictures folder as a member of the Pictures Library, and also created a short-cut to the SD Card version in the My Pictures folder on C:\.
It seems somewhat odd that even when using UI provided functions, I obviously cannot store certain files where I want to, or on a piece of storage that has more available space?
Does anyone have any reliable means for safely moving large folders from system defined areas to the additional storage on a SD card? I want to resist doing any major registry hacks, but I would really like to move the SkyDrive folder on to the SD card too as it is getting pretty huge?
I recently has a real problem with the configuration or ability to change the lock screen images. Now, much has been written about this and in my case, the cause was definitely because I used my 64 GB SD card as an additional disk. I had checked the option to save my documents, images and music to the new SD. I also went to Explorer and used the "move" feature on the Locations tab. I set the path to a new path I had created D:\Users\<me>\Documents etc... and opted to move the files when prompted. All lovely stuff. I did this for My Pictures, Downloads, My Music and My Videos.
It was only about 2 weeks later, that I found myself going to the settings area and found that if I clicked on Lock Screen, or the PC and Devices menu item, that the settings page just closed out. This is where I began to search around for some clues, and came across an item about the Lock Screen cache folders under:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData (Lockscreen_z etc).
I deleted all the images there (after taking ownership of the folders), and then found that I had access to the settings restored, but no image preview, and also no thumbnails of the 5 or so default images that usually span the main preview in a row beneath. Clicking on browse, took me to the My Pictures folder, but of course does not allow you to view the C:\Windows\Web\Screen folder where the default images are held. I was able to copy that folder as a test to the My Pictures folder (on SD card) and choose a lock screen image. I still found though that the 5 thumbnails still would not show.
In the end, I had to reset the default save location back to C:\ and then moved the My Pictures folder back to its original location. I left the other folder on the SD card though as it was very large and did not want that consuming space (my original reason for moving to the SD card). I was still having problems though and upon deleting the cache again, I found that I could not choose any images as a lock screen, and still no thumbnails.
Finally, I had to delete the test folder and re-copy it to the My Pictures folder (now back on C:\) and I got the lock screen image back. I had to go though each lock screen image to verify that I could change it, and upon choosing the tower image (img100.jpg) suddenly all the thumbnails reappeared and the whole Lock Screen settings were restored to normal.
So going forward, I have set up the SD card version of the My Pictures folder as a member of the Pictures Library, and also created a short-cut to the SD Card version in the My Pictures folder on C:\.
It seems somewhat odd that even when using UI provided functions, I obviously cannot store certain files where I want to, or on a piece of storage that has more available space?
Does anyone have any reliable means for safely moving large folders from system defined areas to the additional storage on a SD card? I want to resist doing any major registry hacks, but I would really like to move the SkyDrive folder on to the SD card too as it is getting pretty huge?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro 6.3.9600
- Computer type
- Tablet
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Samsung Series 7 Slate (700T)
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-2467M 1.60 GHz
- Motherboard
- Samsung
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Tablet touchscreen
- Screen Resolution
- 1366 x 768
- Hard Drives
- Onboard: Samsung SSD 64 GB
Removable: Samsung MicroSDHC PRO 64 GB
- PSU
- External
- Case
- Tablet PC
- Cooling
- On-board CPU fan
- Keyboard
- Touch or Bluetooth
- Mouse
- Touch or Bluetooth Optical
- Internet Speed
- 6 Mb/s
- Browser
- Internet Explorer
- Antivirus
- Microsoft