I can't add photos. My Pictures are located in F:\My documents\Pictures
not c:\users\blah blah...
the error:
YOU CAN"T ADD THIS LOCATION TO THE GALLERY
This folder or one of it's parent folders is considered a system folder or
marked as hidden. It's recommended that you move your pictures to the
Pictures folder or to another folder.

now Iwent to windows Live! photo gallery and I could add the folders fine.

Which is better/recommend anyway? thephoto gallerywith vista or this live
version??

Do what the error message recommends.

The Vista folders beginning with "My" are not real folders. They are
junctions (shortcuts) which point to the corresponding folder e.g. "My
Music" points to "Music".
The Junction Points are in Vista for backward compatibility of pre-Vista
applications. Pre-Vista applications (applications written for XP and 2000)
look for folders that are no longer used in Vista. Folders with the “My�
prefix such as My Documents, My Pictures, and so on. There are also folders
in your user profile that have been changed in Vista, and pre-Vista apps
might be looking for the old folder structure during installation. If you
don’t set the option to Show Hidden Files in Windows Explorer, you will
rarely even see the Junction Point folders.

I suggest you use a full-featured photo editing program such as the free
paint.net.
http://www.getpaint.net/
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"Wally" wrote in message
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I can't add photos. My Pictures are located in F:\My documents\Pictures
not c:\users\blah blah...
the error:
YOU CAN"T ADD THIS LOCATION TO THE GALLERY
This folder or one of it's parent folders is considered a system folder or
marked as hidden. It's recommended that you move your pictures to the
Pictures folder or to another folder.

now Iwent to windows Live! photo gallery and I could add the folders fine.

Which is better/recommend anyway? thephoto gallerywith vista or this live
version??

the left pane is pointing ok to my new location in explorer for my pictures,
video, etc.. I am all about tagging.That is why T am using gallery, to
organize.But if the live ver. is never theater, then problemsolved, cause
that works.
"Bob" wrote:

Do what the error message recommends.

The Vista folders beginning with "My" are not real folders. They are
junctions (shortcuts) which point to the corresponding folder e.g. "My
Music" points to "Music".
The Junction Points are in Vista for backward compatibility of pre-Vista
applications. Pre-Vista applications (applications written for XP and 2000)
look for folders that are no longer used in Vista. Folders with the “My�
prefix such as My Documents, My Pictures, and so on. There are also folders
in your user profile that have been changed in Vista, and pre-Vista apps
might be looking for the old folder structure during installation. If you
don’t set the option to Show Hidden Files in Windows Explorer, you will
rarely even see the Junction Point folders.

I suggest you use a full-featured photo editing program such as the free
paint.net.
http://www.getpaint.net/
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*Report back, please*
[When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so
that others may learn and benefit from the issue]

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

"Wally" wrote in message
...
I can't add photos. My Pictures are located in F:\My documents\Pictures
not c:\users\blah blah...
the error:
YOU CAN"T ADD THIS LOCATION TO THE GALLERY
This folder or one of it's parent folders is considered a system folder or
marked as hidden. It's recommended that you move your pictures to the
Pictures folder or to another folder.

now Iwent to windows Live! photo gallery and I could add the folders fine.

Which is better/recommend anyway? thephoto gallerywith vista or this live
version??