Is Picasa still available to download?

Picasa Photo Organizer 3.9 Build 141.303
Download Picasa Photo Organizer - MajorGeeks

Mike:
Google Picasa supposedly will still install and work in Windows 7.
However, certain features of it supposedly will no longer work.
Let us know how it turned out for you.

Mike Lynch said:

I had come across MajorGeeks as I searched foe Picasa.

I actually tried their "supposed" Downloads.

They are Downloads alright, full of feces!

They surprise the User at the end of their prearranged Rabit Hole, Picasa is SOL.

I personally, now detest anything to do with Majorgeeks.

I don't know what your problem with MajorGeeks is, but MisterEd's link worked perfectly fine for me (other than the download actually being build 141.255 instead of the advertised 141.303), so perhaps there's some problem with your browser or add-ons. I tested the MajorGeeks download, and it installed on Win7 and appears to be identical to the build 141.259 installer I have in my own private archive library.

If your argument is instead with the way that particular Picasa version functions compared to whatever version you're used to, then note you can still get other versions at oldversion.com. (Ignore their indexing, which incorrectly identifies the "latest version", but you can figure it out.)

So your reply said, "I don't know what your problem with MajorGeeks is, but MisterEd's link worked perfectly fine for me (other than the download actually being build 141.255 instead of the advertised 141.303), so perhaps there's some problem with your browser or add-ons."

I appreciate your Reply and Mr. Ed's and any other Forum Members that choose to.

The Picasa Archive PC I am trying to assemble has nothing on it but Windows-7 Pro, all the Simplix Updates for Windows-7 and the most current Microsoft Edge Browser. When I searched for Picasa Downloads on this new PC, I was presented with the MajorGeeks offering. I chose it and was presented with a mindboggling array of Green Rectangles stating DOWNLOAD. I tried them and soon realized they were DOWNLOADS for anything and everything that MajorGeeks wanted to push at the time. That's when I tried other sites offering PICASA DOWNLOADS which when executed stated that they had "ceased" providing PICASA but attempted to "sell" another product. Here is the MajorGeek sequence I was presented with this morning on the new PC. CAPTURES: 01,02,03.

I then went to my old "severely hacked" PC and search for PICASA DOWNLOADS and was presented with a completely different offering from MajorGeeks. CAPTURES: 04, 05

Quite a difference and NOT actually what MajorGeeks originally presented. Their original offering was page after page of DOANLOAD green rectangles none of which were associated with anything. By clicking on any of them the User, me was presented with a DOWNLOAD for a "associated" product having little or nothing to do with PICASA. Literally the bottom line: I DOWNLOADED what MajorGeeks offered as the PICASA Download. perhaps what Mr. Ed found and reported on, putting it on a Thumb Drive. I took the Thumb Drive to the New PC and installed what MajorGeeks offered. Unfortunately, the DOWNLOADED Picasa from MajorGeeks opened but does not function properly. It's there, but it does NOT allow the USER, me, to import Photos or Videos from any source. USB Sticks, USB attached Drives, USB attached Docks whit USB drives in the Dock. Zero, Nada, nice try but no cigar. Why would MajorGeeks use what "appears" to be a vulgar Tag Line like: "the bunny gets it" in their Ad? Again, I Googled the The Tag Line and read what was reported back. FILTH! Enough said so far, I'll let my Post percolate a week or so and if there isn't a solution, I'll assume Picasa has gone the way of Windows-7, and Edge. Then I'll try the sites that offer to sell Picasa to see what they actually provide. Lastly, if any Forum Member can instruct me on how to transfer the Picasa Application and Photos from our OLD PC to the NEW ONE, I'd appreciate it. Thanks again for the Feedback. We sincerely appreciate your efforts.

Sorry for the difficulty you are having. Maybe I should have warned you about MajorGeeks. I just tried it again.
To download Picasa from Majorgeeks

1. Click on Download@MajorGeeks
2. If an ad pops up then just close it
3. Picasa then automatically downloads the file picasa39-setup.exe

Note that Chrome insisted on showing Google ads on MajorGeeks. Firefox someimes didn't show any ads.

I realize that a lot of these free download sites are now confusing things with ads. You just have to learn how to deal with each site. Actually MajorGeeks is not as bad as some other sites. In fact on some sites it was so confusing that I simply gave up.

Why is my external drive missing from Picasa?
file management - Why is my external drive missing from Picasa? - Photography Stack Exchange

I just tried several external devices. The only device Picasa couldn't see was an external SSD that was formatted exFAT.
In the example below I could see both a flash drive and external SSD.

Mike Lynch said:

The Picasa Archive PC I am trying to assemble has nothing on it but Windows-7 Pro, all the Simplix Updates for Windows-7 and the most current Microsoft Edge Browser. When I searched for Picasa Downloads on this new PC, I was presented with the MajorGeeks offering. I chose it and was presented with a mindboggling array of Green Rectangles stating DOWNLOAD.
[...]
I then went to my old "severely hacked" PC and search for PICASA DOWNLOADS and was presented with a completely different offering from MajorGeeks. Quite a difference and NOT actually what MajorGeeks originally presented.

Understand that what MajorGeeks controls is what is shown in your fourth screenshot. What you were "originally" seeing was a bunch of embedded and/or popup ads. Those don't come from MajorGeeks itself, those come from an ad service MG gets money from.

So is MG to blame? Well, yeah, because they agreed to take the ad money. But that's how they support themselves. So does nearly every other third-party download repository, so get used to it. Not to be a MG apologist, but many of the others are far, far sneakier and less obvious.

In your screenshot #1, notice the popup window says "Ad" in the upper-left corner. In your screenshot #2, notice the URL bar shows you're no longer at "majorgeeks.com", but got redirected to "veryfast.io". A third, though less common, clue is that screenshot #2 shows "Product name: Fast!" instead of "Picasa". It's critical to always be on alert for these kinds of clues because that's how so many people get suckered into downloading malware -- they click a link thinking they're downloading one thing and don't realize they got redirected.

So how do you protect yourself? First, use a better browser. Edge is not it. Chrome is not it. There are Chromium forks that do a better job re: security and ad-blocking, such as Supermium, Brave, Thorium, et al. Those developers start with a copy of the Chromium base and strip out the annoying parts. There are also non-Chromium based browsers, such as Firefox and its forks, that don't have the annoying parts to begin with.

Second, consider using an ad-blocker. Your screenshot #4 shows you have the Ad-Block extension installed on that computer, but not on the new build in screenshot #1. That is almost certainly why you didn't have the same MajorGeeks experience on the two computers.

Third, be wary of any download that doesn't contain the name you're expecting in its filename. In your screenshot #3, note the filename is simply "Setup.exe" without Picasa as part of its name, and the Publisher is "Fast Corporation", not "Google". The "C:\Users\Picasa\Downloads" folder location is a sneaky bit of subterfuge to make you think "Setup.exe" relates to Picasa, but that's just a folder Fast Corp is going to create to fool you. FTR, keep in mind that's not MajorGeeks doing that, it's Fast Corp. being slimy.

And fourth, never ever allow a download to run directly or auto-install (the Run popup in your screenshot #3). Always select "Cancel" or "Save file", then examine the file before running it. Find the download file (in this case, it looks like it's in "C:\Users\Picasa\Downloads"), then right-click and examine Properties. Check the "Details" and "Digital Signatures" tabs to see if things look legit. That would have quickly revealed the Fast setup file wasn't Picasa.

As for your problem importing photos, I don't know. But a couple things to try might be to copy the Picasa installer from the USB stick to the hard drive in the new computer and install from there instead of directly from USB. Before installing, right-click the installer file and check Properties. If you see an "Unblock" button, click it and apply the change. Downloads from the internet will often be marked like this for security reasons, which could create problems for installing. When trying to install, the UAC popup is supposed to alleviate that problem, but it may do so only partially, depending on exactly what the program is supposed to be able to do.

I'm bewildered!

- - - Updated - - -

Here is the latest after installing the MajorGeeks Picasa Down LOAD.

Note in the lower left-hand corner "Click Import all or Import selected".

Both are Greyed out.

Must be me, nothing else could be this difficult.

I don't know. Time to do some troubleshooting, I guess.

Can this Picasa instance import other images correctly? A Win7 install usually includes some gratuitous pictures in "C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures", so navigate there and see if Picasa can import them. If yes, continue.

From Windows (outside of Picasa), can you manually drag-and-drop pictures from the USB20FD card to a folder on your hard drive (e.g., "My Documents" or "My Pictures")? If yes, continue.

Will Picasa import those copied pictures from that intermediate location?

These troubleshooting steps may help you zero in on where the problem is -- either with Picasa, the memory card, or the image files themselves.