SKYDRIVE: How do you make photos show up in "photos?"

[eknirb]

This first shot shows the main Skydrive window. FILES.

How do I move them so they show up in PHOTOS as shown in the second photo, below?

 

[Roderunner]

Hi eknrib,

I have the SkyDrive app installed on both my computers on D: drive. I can have them displayed anyway I want.

 

[boohbah]

try opening the photos folder and on the bottom right in skydrive , click the information tree arrow ,there is an option to change the folder type, check it to see that it is set to photos, reset it if you want then the photos should display when you click the photos link as in your second pic.

 

[eknirb]

sorry not following, could u provide SShots?

 

[logicearth]

Select the folder you want to be considered photos with the checkbox, on the right side of the screen there is a side bar, if it is not open press the arrow near the top. Expand "Information" at the bottom of it their is "Folder type" click change. Repeat.

 

[boohbah]

thanks logic

 

[eknirb]

where does it say 'change?' If you mean 'Move To,' PHOTOS is not an option...

 

[boohbah]

open the folder (pictures) then go to information ,expand it and you will see change at the bottom right, i can see from your screenshot that the pictures folder is set as documents that is why they are not showing pictures when you open it,
it will say
file type
documents change

when you click change you get the option to change it to photos

 

[eknirb]

but there is no change THERE.

 

[boohbah]

open the pictures folder and see if change is showing.

 

[eknirb]

I did.....it isn't. here is the opened pictures folder;

 

[Roderunner]

Would this be what your trying to do ?

 

[eknirb]

you betcha. when I click photos on the left nav...I want to see.........photos.

 

[Roderunner]

Open the photo folder you want to see, then click the orange symbol next to the Bing search box to display 'Thumbnails'

 

[eknirb]

um, that's not it. when I open the PHOTOS folder on the left nav, it's empty. I want all my pictures to be inside it.

 

[Roderunner]

Try putting photos in it. Now read this http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

 

[eknirb]

I think I've got it licked..someone sent me an email that explained it well. Question---where do you typically put VIDEOS?

 

[logicearth]

I think the problem was you need to be in "Files" (from the left sidebar), you were in Documents. According to your screenshots anyways.

 

[eknirb]

Fixed, from a fellow named Ludwig Keck.

You have run into an interesting problem. As you know, SkyDrive has been around for a long time and has undergone many, many changes. At first, before it got the name SkyDrive, how it worked and what you could do was very restricted. As it evolved, Microsoft has done a good job of maintaining backward compatibility. At first there were a set of folders that came already existing and designed for specific types of files. "Documents" was one of those. That folder was for documents and not photos, it could not be renamed and the folder type could not be changed. Some of these old, restricted, folders are still around. Your "Pictures" folder seems to be one of them, however, I do not know how you managed to rename it from "Documents".

Rather than fighting with the problem, I suggest this work-around:
Create a new folder (click New folder). You might call it Photos, it doesn’t matter. By default the folder type will be Documents. Don’t worry about that, just accept it for now. Then go to your “Pictures” folder, to Details view to see all the items listed. Click on the checkbox in front of “Name” to check all the items. then click on Move to in the right pane. Select the new folder as the destination. You have a lot of material in your folder but don’t worry, the move operation is quite fast. I have not moved that much material at once, so I am curious how long it actually takes, minutes?

Once a JPG file is moved into a newly-created folder it will be automatically reset to Photos from Documents.

Please let me know how this works for you.

 

[boohbah]

thats good, odd problem you had,