This is so bizarre. I am having the same issue. I am new here. I will try to provide all the information I have. I have a New Dell XPS 15Z, running Windows 7 Home Premium, Intel Core I7-2640m CPU @ 2.80 GHz, 8GB Memory. I love this machine except for this 1 very strange thing. I will take pictures and download them to my computer. I then transfer them from my laptop to an external hard drive. I usually just cut and paste but sometimes I will also copy and then delete. I will reboot my laptop. When I do a picture search, there are all the pictures for a while. I cannot open them or delete them again as it says WPV can’t find them. I see the picture as I search. This happens a lot. Eventually they go away but there are some pictures that when I delete them, I need them deleted right away!! Is this an indexing issue? I appreciate any help you can provide. Thank you