My Pictures not showing proper folder structure

schwizer

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I have only one folder set under the library management for pictures.

E:\Users\Me\Pictures

But when I actually go to the pictures library in WMC (using folder view), I don't see all the folders in that directory. Instead I see one folder titled "My Pictures".

When I click the "My Pictures" folder it then takes me where I want to be, showing all the folders of pictures in the above mentioned directory. The problem is that i'm anal retentive and I do not want to have to click into the "My Pictures" folder each time to get to all the folders I want. They should come up by default. They used to come up like this but then I reformatted.

Any idea what is causing this behavior?
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7 Professional
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965
Motherboard
Asus Crosshairs III
Memory
G.Skill 2x2GB DDR3 @ 800MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ATI HIS 5850
Monitor(s) Displays
21" Widescreen LCD
Hard Drives
40GB Kingston SSDNow V
500GB WD Caviar Black
1TB WD Caviar Black
Case
Antec P183
Cooling
Scythe Mugen 2 Revision B
Reformatted = reinstalled windows?
You have your pictures in folders but don't want to see folders when clicking on My Pictures? Is this My Pictures in the WMC menu? Or after you are in "My Pictures" in WMC, you see another "my pictures" folder? I'm not sure I understand the problem. However I may have noticed the same issue with videos, when it see there are folders, it puts EVERYTHING into folders, even the ones in the root directory of the pictures library.
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
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Custom build
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8 GHz (3.51 over clocked)
Motherboard
Asus M4A87TD-EVO
Memory
Corsair 8 GB CMX4GX3M2A1600C9R (1333 mHz)
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Saphire Radeon 5830HD + Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual Tuner
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VIA VT1818 High Definition Audio 8-Channel, AMD Radeon HDMI
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23" Samsung SyncMaster PX2370 + 47" LG 47LH90 LED HDTV
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1920x1080p
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Western Digital --> WD10EARS-00Y5B1 1 TB 5200 rpm (Backup)
Seagate --> ST2000DM001-1CH164 2 TB 7200 rpm (Media) Mirrored to
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PSU
850 WATT OCZ --> OCZ850GXSSLI RTL
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Cool Master Scout --> SGC-2000-KKN1-GP RT
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CM 140mm front & top, 120mm rear & 2x side, stock CPU fan
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Razer Lycosa Mirror, Logitech MX3200 wireless
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Logitech G9x, Logitech MX3200 wireless
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10 Mbps
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Microsoft Security Essentials
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Chrome & Internet Explorer 11
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Custom rig self build.
Recently upgraded for part time Media Center DVR duties.
All my folders of pictures are sorted by date under the E:\Users\Me\Pictures folder like this.

E:\Users\Me\Pictures\2012-01-23
E:\Users\Me\Pictures\2012-01-25
E:\Users\Me\Pictures\2012-01-29

etc.

When I open windows media center and then I click "Picture Library" under "Pictures & Videos", I see only one folder. It's called "My Pictures". Once I click into this folder, I see all my date folders like I want to. The problem is that they used to show right away without me having to click into the "my pictures" folder.

Yes I reinstalled windows and simply dragged all the dated picture folders from one drive over to the other.
 

My Computer My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Professional
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965
Motherboard
Asus Crosshairs III
Memory
G.Skill 2x2GB DDR3 @ 800MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ATI HIS 5850
Monitor(s) Displays
21" Widescreen LCD
Hard Drives
40GB Kingston SSDNow V
500GB WD Caviar Black
1TB WD Caviar Black
Case
Antec P183
Cooling
Scythe Mugen 2 Revision B

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom assembled by me :}
OS
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
CPU
i7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM's too
Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH X99 2nd ASUS x299 Apex
Memory
Trident-z 3200C14 2nd Trident-z 3600C16
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
Sound Card
Built-in Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24" 144Hz
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 144Hz
Hard Drives
2-Samsung M.2 Evo & Evo Plus
2-Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD's/ 3-2.5 W.D. Black 1tb-&3-1tb/3-3.5 WD Black 1tb hdd's
PSU
EVGA SuperNOVA 1000-P2 2nd 1200-P2
Case
2-Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower
Cooling
Custom water loops
Keyboard
Logitech G710+/ 2nd Logitech G910
Mouse
2-RedDragon M901 Perdition 16400 dpi Gaming mouse = wired
Internet Speed
Comcast Ping 19ms 89.31mbps download speed 6.12mbps upload
Antivirus
Malwarebytes Pro/ Superantispyware Pro
Browser
FireFox & Pale moon
Other Info
2nd ASUS X299 Apex/Intel i9-9940x with Custom water loop/7H-Prem-x64/Corsair 450D case/Ram Trident-z 3600C16 4x8gb / Samsung970Evo plus 500gb SSD/Dual ssd EZ swap evo/PSU EVGA SuperNova 1200w-P2 80+Platinum/GPU Titan Xp /8-ML-140 on push-pull on 2-280GTX rads
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