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Thread ID: 79960	2007-06-07 04:54:00	Picasa2, how can I stop duplicate folders from appearing in the folders list.	Tick1 (6970)	Press F1

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556882	2007-06-07 04:54:00	Have tried altering Folder Manager but no go, perhaps because don't understand the difference between 'scan once' and 'scan always'. Every startup seems to compound the problem and sometimes deleting (carefully) deletes an album.	Tick1 (6970)
556883	2007-06-07 05:06:00	Have tried altering Folder Manager but no go, perhaps because don't understand the difference between 'scan once' and 'scan always' . Every startup seems to compound the problem and sometimes deleting (carefully) deletes an album . First, stop putting pictures where your puter wants to default them to . You must be the owner and tell it what you want . If you use Firefox (for instance) tell it to download to a folder you make away from your root drive . . . as far away as you can . . . even another hdd . Then point Firefox to it thru the options and do not let it send them to the desktop . So much for Firefox . Now . . you should only put the other things like . mov and your camera pixs in a separate folder too . . . that way you can readily find them when you need them If you scatter files all over the system, then you've got a big mess to clean up before you can even consider pointing Picassa at them later on . Once you've got all your pixs corralled, then tell Picassa to scan them as you see fit . Remember that Picassa needs you to OPEN those trees that you see in the scan area . . or arena is a better word . Tell Picassa to scan them all the time, and it'll do it when you fire up Picassa . . and that's OK . . and the way I do it anyway . Scan Once is just for the time you have Picassa running at that moment . . . that's the moment you click on that order . . . . . . then it will leave that folder alone from then on . You don't need Picassa going into your Windows files and pulling out every graphic it can find . . that's too strange to even think about . You DO NOT NEED all those . gifs and things that Windows uses for icons and such in you Picassa folders and files area at all . If you have a graphic program like some of the scanner and printer card-makers, they will also get grabbed by Picassa if you let them! Don't let that happen . . . you'll be sorry when you clean them all out every time you click on Picassa . These instructions are not different from any other associating file-grabbing program . YOU BE THE BOSS! !	SurferJoe46 (51)
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