Pictures in the 'Pictures' folder on Vista have disappeared.

Hi everyone,

I hope somebody can point me in the right direction for a solution to my
problem. The link for 'Pictures' on the Favourite Links menu does not work
anymore. It is still showing, but with a file icon rather than a folder
one. 'Properties' shows only a blank box. I can access the folder itself
going via the My Computer route, but, although all the folders are shown,
there are no photo's at all showing in any of them. A couple have smallish
family videos still showing, but no pictures at all. This is a recent
problem as I was able to access the photo's only a few days ago.

Not all pictures on my computer have disappeared though, as some that my
daughter has saved in a folder on the desktop are still there, and all the
Vista stock pictures remain. Its just the 'Pictures' folder that seems to
be affected.

Thanks in advance for any help.
PMC

Hello PMC,

You might double check using OPTION THREE in the tutorial below to make
sure that your "C:\Users\(user name)\Pictures" folder is still set with
it's default location.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/14...ng-folder.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

P M Cooper;1044119 Wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I hope somebody can point me in the right direction for a solution to
> my
> problem. The link for 'Pictures' on the Favourite Links menu does not
> work
> anymore. It is still showing, but with a file icon rather than a folder
> one. 'Properties' shows only a blank box. I can access the folder
> itself
> going via the My Computer route, but, although all the folders are
> shown,
> there are no photo's at all showing in any of them. A couple have
> smallish
> family videos still showing, but no pictures at all. This is a recent
> problem as I was able to access the photo's only a few days ago.
>
> Not all pictures on my computer have disappeared though, as some that
> my
> daughter has saved in a folder on the desktop are still there, and all
> the
> Vista stock pictures remain. Its just the 'Pictures' folder that seems
> to
> be affected.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> PMC


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Hi Shawn,

Thanks for the link. Option Three worked a treat at getting my folder back
onto the 'Favourite Links' section of the start menu and working again. The
problem still remains however that all my pictures are still not showing in
the sub-folders. Other files that were in there, videos, documents etc.,
are showing fine, but not a single photo. Any idea if I've lost them for
good, or if there is a way to get them back please?

All the best
PMC

"Brink" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hello PMC,
>
> You might double check using OPTION THREE in the tutorial below to make
> sure that your "C:\Users\(user name)\Pictures" folder is still set with
> it's default location.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/14...ng-folder.html
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
> P M Cooper;1044119 Wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I hope somebody can point me in the right direction for a solution to
>> my
>> problem. The link for 'Pictures' on the Favourite Links menu does not
>> work
>> anymore. It is still showing, but with a file icon rather than a folder
>> one. 'Properties' shows only a blank box. I can access the folder
>> itself
>> going via the My Computer route, but, although all the folders are
>> shown,
>> there are no photo's at all showing in any of them. A couple have
>> smallish
>> family videos still showing, but no pictures at all. This is a recent
>> problem as I was able to access the photo's only a few days ago.
>>
>> Not all pictures on my computer have disappeared though, as some that
>> my
>> daughter has saved in a folder on the desktop are still there, and all
>> the
>> Vista stock pictures remain. Its just the 'Pictures' folder that seems
>> to
>> be affected.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help.
>> PMC
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> '*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
> (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> them.*
> '*::Windows 7 Forums::*' *and*
>
> *Please post feedback to help others.*

You might see if the free program Recuva may be able to find and restore
them for you. I hope so.

'Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File Recovery - Home'
(http://www.recuva.com/)



P M Cooper;1044313 Wrote:
> Hi Shawn,
>
> Thanks for the link. Option Three worked a treat at getting my folder
> back
> onto the 'Favourite Links' section of the start menu and working again.
> The
> problem still remains however that all my pictures are still not
> showing in
> the sub-folders. Other files that were in there, videos, documents
> etc.,
> are showing fine, but not a single photo. Any idea if I've lost them
> for
> good, or if there is a way to get them back please?
>
> All the best
> PMC
>
> "Brink" <> wrote in message
> news:...> > >
> > >
> > > Hello PMC,
> > >
> > > You might double check using OPTION THREE in the tutorial below to
> > make
> > > sure that your "C:\Users\(user name)\Pictures" folder is still set
> > with
> > > it's default location.
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/14...ng-folder.html
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Shawn
> > >
> > > P M Cooper;1044119 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > >> Hi everyone,
> > > >>
> > > >> I hope somebody can point me in the right direction for a solution
> > > to
> > > >> my
> > > >> problem. The link for 'Pictures' on the Favourite Links menu does
> > > not
> > > >> work
> > > >> anymore. It is still showing, but with a file icon rather than a
> > > folder
> > > >> one. 'Properties' shows only a blank box. I can access the folder
> > > >> itself
> > > >> going via the My Computer route, but, although all the folders are
> > > >> shown,
> > > >> there are no photo's at all showing in any of them. A couple have
> > > >> smallish
> > > >> family videos still showing, but no pictures at all. This is a
> > > recent
> > > >> problem as I was able to access the photo's only a few days ago.
> > > >>
> > > >> Not all pictures on my computer have disappeared though, as some
> > > that
> > > >> my
> > > >> daughter has saved in a folder on the desktop are still there, and
> > > all
> > > >> the
> > > >> Vista stock pictures remain. Its just the 'Pictures' folder that
> > > seems
> > > >> to
> > > >> be affected.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks in advance for any help.
> > > >> PMC> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Brink
> > >
> > > '*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
> > >
> > (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
> > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> > > them.*
> > > '*::Windows 7 Forums::*' ('Windows 7 Forums'
> > ) *and*
> > >
> > > *Please post feedback to help others.* > >


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