Re: Where oh where have my pictures gone...

"Duncs" <> wrote in message
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> Oh where oh where can they be!
>
> Help, but I can't find my Pictures amywhere on my hard-drive. I've
> looked in "C:\users\duncs\documents\Pictures", but I don't have a
> folder called "documents", or indeed one called "Pictures".
>
> In Explorer, under 'Desktop | Duncs' I have the following, among other
> things:
>
> Documents - This has a location of G:\
>
> I don't however, have anything for 'Pictures' or 'My Pictures'. When
> I do a search on my G:\ drive, for .JPG files, it lists all the
> picture files that I have...so where are they? Displaying the folder
> shows the following-"My Pictures (G", but still I can't find them.
> There is no folder called 'My Pictures' or 'Pictures' on the G: drive.
>
> If I try to right-click and open location, I get the message "G:\My
> Pictures is not accessible. The directory name is invalid."
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Many TIA
>
> Duncs




Default location for Pictures folder is C:\Users\UserName\Pictures

Another place to check would be C:\Users\Public\Public Pictures


You can do an all out search by opening Computer and typing ext:jpg in the
Search field (this will take a while)

or

Open a command prompt and type dir \*.jpg /s /p

or

Open a command prompt and type dir \*.jpg /s > jpg.txt and open jpg.txt with
notepad and do a search on the jpg if you remember the name


The Search 4.0 on XP, Vista and Windows 7 seems to be modeled on Google's
Desktop Search and has a limitation in search behavior you should be aware
of . If you're doing a search on filename with fox in it, it won't bring up
for example Firefox.exe. It will list filenames if they have a separator
like a space or _ before the search word, Install_Fox.exe for example.

So if you are doing a search using the built in Search, you need to supply
the starting characters at the beginning of the filename or beginning after
a separator. So if you ask for it to search for ox, it won't return with a
fox, which is OK for an internet search engine, but it defeats the purpose
of filename search in Windows, in my opinion.

Duncs wrote:
> On Oct 17, 6:56 pm, "Tae Song" <tae_s...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "Duncs" <true.kilted.s...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:3cd8504c-6f5e-44ef-a592-...
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>>> Oh where oh where can they be!
>>> Help, but I can't find my Pictures amywhere on my hard-drive. I've
>>> looked in "C:\users\duncs\documents\Pictures", but I don't have a
>>> folder called "documents", or indeed one called "Pictures".
>>> In Explorer, under 'Desktop | Duncs' I have the following, among other
>>> things:
>>> Documents - This has a location of G:\
>>> I don't however, have anything for 'Pictures' or 'My Pictures'. When
>>> I do a search on my G:\ drive, for .JPG files, it lists all the
>>> picture files that I have...so where are they? Displaying the folder
>>> shows the following-"My Pictures (G", but still I can't find them.
>>> There is no folder called 'My Pictures' or 'Pictures' on the G: drive.
>>> If I try to right-click and open location, I get the message "G:\My
>>> Pictures is not accessible. The directory name is invalid."
>>> Can anyone help?
>>> Many TIA
>>> Duncs
>> Default location for Pictures folder is C:\Users\UserName\Pictures
>>
>> Another place to check would be C:\Users\Public\Public Pictures
>>
>> You can do an all out search by opening Computer and typing ext:jpg in the
>> Search field (this will take a while)
>>
>> or
>>
>> Open a command prompt and type dir \*.jpg /s /p
>>
>> or
>>
>> Open a command prompt and type dir \*.jpg /s > jpg.txt and open jpg.txt with
>> notepad and do a search on the jpg if you remember the name
>>
>> The Search 4.0 on XP, Vista and Windows 7 seems to be modeled on Google's
>> Desktop Search and has a limitation in search behavior you should be aware
>> of . If you're doing a search on filename with fox in it, it won't bring up
>> for example Firefox.exe. It will list filenames if they have a separator
>> like a space or _ before the search word, Install_Fox.exe for example.
>>
>> So if you are doing a search using the built in Search, you need to supply
>> the starting characters at the beginning of the filename or beginning after
>> a separator. So if you ask for it to search for ox, it won't return with a
>> fox, which is OK for an internet search engine, but it defeats the purpose
>> of filename search in Windows, in my opinion.- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
>
>
>> Default location for Pictures folder is C:\Users\UserName\Pictures
> There is no folder called 'Pictures', within Users\<my user name>.
>
>> Another place to check would be C:\Users\Public\Public Pictures
> All that is in this folder, is a folder called 'Sample Pictures'.
>
>> You can do an all out search by opening Computer and typing ext:jpg in the Search field (this will take a while)
> If I do this it returns, among other things, files such as:
>
> g:\My Pictures\Digital Pictures\Photo Frame\Football 2007
>
> These I would expect the search to find, as these are .JPG files that
> I have. However, when I paste this path into explorer, I get the
> message:
>
> Windows cannot find 'g:\My Pictures\Digital Pictures\Photo Frame
> \Football 2007'. Check the spelling and try again.
>
> So, from the search I can see the files are there, I just can't get at
> them.
>
> Wher can I go now?
>
> TIA
>
> Duncs

Try navigating to that folder from My computer or Windows Explorer
instead of cutting pasting the path. You might be copy a space before
or after the full path name.

gls858

"Duncs" <> wrote in message
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> On Oct 21, 7:47 pm, gls858 <gls...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Duncs wrote:
>> > On Oct 17, 6:56 pm, "Tae Song" <tae_s...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> "Duncs" <true.kilted.s...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> >>news:3cd8504c-6f5e-44ef-a592-...
>>
>> >>> Oh where oh where can they be!
>> >>> Help, but I can't find my Pictures amywhere on my hard-drive. I've
>> >>> looked in "C:\users\duncs\documents\Pictures", but I don't have a
>> >>> folder called "documents", or indeed one called "Pictures".
>> >>> In Explorer, under 'Desktop | Duncs' I have the following, among other
>> >>> things:
>> >>> Documents - This has a location of G:\
>> >>> I don't however, have anything for 'Pictures' or 'My Pictures'. When
>> >>> I do a search on my G:\ drive, for .JPG files, it lists all the
>> >>> picture files that I have...so where are they? Displaying the folder
>> >>> shows the following-"My Pictures (G", but still I can't find them.
>> >>> There is no folder called 'My Pictures' or 'Pictures' on the G: drive.
>> >>> If I try to right-click and open location, I get the message "G:\My
>> >>> Pictures is not accessible. The directory name is invalid."
>> >>> Can anyone help?
>> >>> Many TIA
>> >>> Duncs
>>
>> Try navigating to that folder from My computer or Windows Explorer
>> instead of cutting pasting the path. You might be copy a space before
>> or after the full path name.
>>
>> gls858- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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> No folder called "My Pictures" appears in the G: drive, although a
> search does display this as the path to the files.


You seem to be getting nowhere with Vista's search.
Download the free version of AgentRansack and
search for .jpg files:
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransa...?page=download

"Duncs" <> wrote in message
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> On 23 Oct, 13:08, "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote:
>> "Duncs" <true.kilted.s...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:af4ddf7f-6346-4b68-a1ee-...
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>>
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>> > On Oct 21, 7:47 pm, gls858 <gls...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >> Duncs wrote:
>> >> > On Oct 17, 6:56 pm, "Tae Song" <tae_s...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> "Duncs" <true.kilted.s...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> >> >>news:3cd8504c-6f5e-44ef-a592-...
>>
>> >> >>> Oh where oh where can they be!
>> >> >>> Help, but I can't find my Pictures amywhere on my hard-drive. I've
>> >> >>> looked in "C:\users\duncs\documents\Pictures", but I don't have a
>> >> >>> folder called "documents", or indeed one called "Pictures".
>> >> >>> In Explorer, under 'Desktop | Duncs' I have the following, among other
>> >> >>> things:
>> >> >>> Documents - This has a location of G:\
>> >> >>> I don't however, have anything for 'Pictures' or 'My Pictures'. When
>> >> >>> I do a search on my G:\ drive, for .JPG files, it lists all the
>> >> >>> picture files that I have...so where are they? Displaying the folder
>> >> >>> shows the following-"My Pictures (G", but still I can't find them.
>> >> >>> There is no folder called 'My Pictures' or 'Pictures' on the G: drive.
>> >> >>> If I try to right-click and open location, I get the message "G:\My
>> >> >>> Pictures is not accessible. The directory name is invalid."
>> >> >>> Can anyone help?
>> >> >>> Many TIA
>> >> >>> Duncs
>>
>> >> Try navigating to that folder from My computer or Windows Explorer
>> >> instead of cutting pasting the path. You might be copy a space before
>> >> or after the full path name.
>>
>> >> gls858- Hide quoted text -
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>> >> - Show quoted text -
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>> > No folder called "My Pictures" appears in the G: drive, although a
>> > search does display this as the path to the files.
>>
>> You seem to be getting nowhere with Vista's search.
>> Download the free version of AgentRansack and
>> search for .jpg files:http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransa...page=download- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> This just gets better!
>
> I've just ran AgentRansack on all my internal & external drives,
> seaarching for .JPG files. Yes, it found some, but these were ones
> that are part of apps etc. The most curious thing is, it didn't find
> any of the images that I've mentioned before...the ones that should be
> in "My Pictures" or "Pictures" and that Vista's own search locates, in
> the correct location, with no problem!
>
> Any suggestions?
>

You say that Vista's search tells you that it has found files but you cant find them.
Then AgentRansack tells you that it can't find the files that Vista says it found.
I would rather believe what AgentRansack says than Vista's search results.

It's probably Vista's convoluted indexing that's the problem; maybe Vista is relying
too much on an outdated index of files instead of the actual files themselves.

If AgentRansack cant find your files then they are not there.
I disabled Vista's search and the search service long ago, I found
it just too unreliable.