PSE 12 organiser uses wrong folders

PSE 12 organiser doesn't remember photos after import from whatever source (for example, pics are imported from e:\test\pics, but the organiser shows them as imported from f:\test\pics), and this is trying to locate pictures (link again) with no success.
This even happens when everything is freshly installed, and pics are shown correctly - after saving the catalogue pictures cannot be found.
Any ideas?
Thank you

One typical situation when you may see the location in the catalog pointing to another drive letter (Windows) is if you are using different external drives or USB thumb drives. This is the reason why it is highly recommended to always assign the same letter drive to any external drive; it's best to start with letters like M, N, P, Q... rather than E, F, G, H... If you have assigned the letter E, then you have another drive plugged in, the last one will be assigned E, and if you plug-in the previous drive, Windows will recognize it as F.
The organizer saves the drive identification with both the drive letter and the drive serial number, but that does not always help to correctly identify the drive. For instance, if you have a cloned external drive, there are situations where two drives have the same serial number.
More on that topic:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/#_Writing_File_Metadata

Similar Messages

  • PSE 7 - Pictures in wrong folders

    I just opened up my organizer in PSE 7.  While most of my pictures are in the correct folder for their date (using folder location view), the last 10-12 folders are completely screwed up.  Pictures dated 2009_05_16 (for example) are spread across folders for the 05_16,05_17 and 06_04 etc.  I have not moved the pictures via any other application.  Further, when viewing through Windows and several other photo browsers I have, all the pictures are in their properly dated folders.  This has happened 2-3 times.  Sometimes it goes away on its own.
    Any ideas?  These kind of things, compounded by slow application loading, occassionally freezing and application shutdown in the middle of back-up jobs cause me to start avoiding using PSE7 at all.  Very frustrating

    Thanks for the reply and the link.  I tried switching back and forth between thumbnail and folder location view a couple of times, but it did not resolve the problem.  Neither did quitting and relaunching the application.  I did check properties of a few pictures which showed them still permanently located in their correctly dated folders.  So, it is the horizonal "folder location" notation above each group of picture which is incorrect for about 10 of my folders.  Why it started more than half way through my catalog is beyond me.

  • In PSE will I use more hard-disk space by using iPhoto plus Organizer for photos?

    I have PSE 10 on my MAC. I normally download my photos onto iPhoto (and a while ago, onto Bridge CS3 which came with an earlier version of PSE) but more recently have become interested in using the PSE Organizer for my photo library.  I have started to transfer/copy the photos from iPhoto but, having read various topics on organizing photos, am a little worried that by having the photos in 2/3 places on the MAC I will use much more hard-disk space.  I know that the original files for iPhoto are in the 'Library' so that I just see thumbnails on iPhoto ( I may be wrong here?), but will the photos I now have on Organizer be working off those same 'Library' originals or am I doubling up on the space required to store these photos?

    For information my iPhoto is v 9.5.1 and would seem not to like .dng files so won't load them (I am using the Adobe RAW to DNG 8.3 Converter at the moment mainly because I would have to upgrade to PSE12 to get the RAW plug-in to process my Lumix G-6 RAW files, which is fairly expensive and, even then, my iPhoto would still be the same version unless I upgraded that as well!).
    I can load the RAW files onto iPhoto but when I then send them to PSE or iPhoto itself for editing they seem to be automatically converted to .jpg and do not have the usual RAW editing selection palette. However, the PSE Organizer seems happy to accept the .dng files (but not the RAW files) and when sent to PSE for editing I do get the RAW type palette, so it looks like storing my .dng files in Organizer is a good idea and, therfore, I might as well store other photos there as well rather than run two different organizers - I will leave the photos in Bridge as they are.
    If you are talking about photos not in iphoto, this is correct. If you use "from iPhoto" you will get automatic duplicates of the originals in a new location. If you export them manually and use from files and folders, yes, the organizer just makes a thumbnail.
    This paragraph made me think!  I'm pretty sure that when I decided to transfer my photos from iPhoto into PSE Organizer I used "from iPhoto" as this seemed the easiest way.  Does this mean that I have duplicated the file size of my iPhoto library and am therefore using much more hard-disc space than if I had used "from files and folders" (getting just thumbnails)? The transfer seems to have pulled in a lot of folders! If this is the case, is there any way to go back and do it again but "from files and folders" next time?! 
    This is all rather complicated it would seem (or I'm making it that way!) and I really appreciate your help.

  • Can I use watch folders with my network drive in Photoshop elements 10

    Can I use watch folders with my network drive in Photoshop elements 10

    photodrawken a écrit:
    See the tips in this FAQ:
    http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Watchi ng_Network_Folders
    Ken
    Beware the FAQ you are referring to is no longer relevant. It does not apply to PSE10
    Hereunder the warning issued by the author himself.
    Photoshop Elements 6/7/8 (Windows) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
    John R. Ellis
    Last updated January 21, 2011
    Copyright 2008-10 by John R. Ellis
    As of June 2010 I no longer maintain this FAQ. I’ve migrated to Lightroom 3, which I use for all my organizing and most of my editing (I still use the Photoshop Elements Editor for more involved editing).  Adobe has clearly decided not to invest sufficient resources for properly maintaining the Photoshop Elements Organizer– see my Amazon review of PSE 8. Lightroom is marketed to professionals and prosumers with tens of thousands of photos who demand adequate organizational capabilities, whereas Photoshop Elements is marketed to consumers, most of whom do not want or use the Organizer.
    This page captures my answers to frequent questions about Photoshop Elements 6, 7, and 8 (Windows).  It’s mostly about the Organizer, since I know the Organizer much better than the Editor.
    The versions to which each FAQ applies are indicated with the notation [PSE 6, 7, 8]. If I’m not sure whether something applies to a version, it will be indicated with a question mark, e.g. [PSE 7, 8?].
    If you have corrections or suggestions, please email them to john at johnrellis.com.

  • PSE 11 Organiser - Top of Organiser Disappeared

    I have lost the top of my PSE 11 organiser screen. I run a Mac with an external monitor. I can no longer see the resizing buttons (red, amber, green) top left, along with the folders, import option button, tag, info button etc. Its a nightmare. I have read a lot of the help forum stuff and tried different screen resolutions on my macbook pro and external monitor, nothing helps. I have rebooted several times with and without external monitor attached and nothing changes. I am pulling my hair out as I have loads of photos to process. This couldn't have happened at a worse time.
    Here is a screen shot of what I currently get. I am running OS X 10.9.2.
    Can someone please help?
    Many thanks,
    Lynn

    Hi Barbara,
    How do I reply to you in the thread?
    I have done as you suggested by altering screen resolution to largest print and smallest several times and done it on the macbook and with the external screen attached. The top of the screen is not jumping at all. I.e. No change and I have tried it about 20 times.
    Lynn
    Sent from my iPad

  • Starting my photo organisation, currently in folders, iPhoto keep structure

    Currently all my pics are organised roughly in folders on my external disk. I want to start using iPhoto to organise,tag like I have done with my iTunes library.
    Currently there like this...
    2008 > Sons party
    Xmas
    summer holiday
    etc etc
    I know I want to import all to iPhoto and I want to let it do it's stuff, but what about structure? Or will I have to just do a export as I want and need? Picking individual photos as I need? (time consuming)
    also I plan to use an external disk and use I for Time Machine. Does iPhoto and all your pics get backed up using Time Machine? If so then I would have a decent backup of my pics, ie 1 on interal HDD on iMac and one on external disk using Time Machine
    cheers

    The first thing when working with iPhoto is, oddly, to forget about the files and concentrate on your photos.
    As to structure - this is the genius of iPhoto. What structure do you want? In your current structure in the Finder it's all quite limited. Yes, you can find all the pics from Xmas 2008 very easily. But what if you want to see all the Xmas pics from all the years? Quickly?
    The core strength of iPhoto are its Albums and Smart Albums. Along with rating and keywords they mean you have pretty much infinite possibilities for finding and structuring your collection.
    I use Events simply as big buckets of Photos: Spring 08, July - Nov 06 are typical Events in my Library. I use keywords and Smart Albums exensively. I title the pics broadly.
    I keyword on a
    Who
    What
    Where basis (The When is in the photos's Exif metadata). I also rate the pics on a 1 - 5 star basis.
    Using this system I can find pretty much find any pic in my 25k library in a couple of seconds.
    So, for example, I have a batch of pics titled 'Seattle 08' and a typical keywording might include: John, Anne, Landscape, mountain, trees, snow. With a rating included it's so very easy to find the best pics we took at Mount Rainier.
    File -> New Smart Album
    set it to 'All"
    title contains Seattle
    keyword is mountain
    keyword is snow
    rating is 5 stars
    Or, want a chronological album of John from birth to today?
    New Smart Album
    Keyword is John
    Set the View options to Sort By Date Ascending
    Want only the best pics?
    add Rating is greater than 4 stars
    The best thing about this system is that it's dynamic. If I add 50 more pics of John to the Library tomorrow, as I keyword and rate them they are added to the Smart Album.
    Keywording takes time to set up, there's no doubt about it. I use Keyword Manager as it's much more powerful than the inbuilt system, and adds the possibility of nested keywords. So, for instance, if I add John to a photo it also adds 'Family'. Now I can add many keywords to a pic quickly.
    In the end, organisation is about finding the pics. The point is to make locating that pic or batch of pics findable fast. This system works for me.
    I'm not sure what you mean by this comment:
    r will I have to just do a export as I want and need? Picking individual photos as I need? (time consuming)
    Finding a pic in iPhoto is a lot faster than in the Finder, so I don't understand you comment. There's no need to export - depending on what you're using the photo for:
    There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
    *For Users of 10.5 and later*
    You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
    Uploaded with plasq's Skitch!
    (Note the above illustration is not a Finder Window. It's the dialogue you get when you go File -> Open)
    You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
    Uploaded with plasq's Skitch!
    *For users of 10.4 and later* ...
    Many internet sites such as Flickr and SmugMug have plug-ins for accessing the iPhoto Library. If the site you want to use doesn’t then some, one or any of these will also work:
    To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
    This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. However, if you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
    If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
    If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
    *If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running*:
    For users of 10.6 and later:
    You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation which will give you access to the iPhoto Library from your Services Menu. Using the Services Preference Pane you can even create a keyboard shortcut for it.
    For Users of 10.4 and later:
    Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
    Other options include:
    1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
    2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
    3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
    You can store your iPhoto Library on an external disk that is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
    I'm not sure if TM will back up material on a external disk, but there are many, many utilities that will do incremental back ups such as DejaVu or Chronosync or any of the many, many options you'll find searching on MacUpdate
    Regards
    TD

  • Sharing keywords between LR and PSE 9 Organiser? :-(

    OK, I've owned 3 photo products from Adobe (Photoshop Album, Lightroom and Photoshop Essentials) and have 3 keyword file formats! I use LR as my main photo organiser and have started using PSE and its Organiser but am frustrated by the lack of coherent design of keyword files. I have hundreds of keywords in LR. I had to write some Python code to convert my "Album" keywords to the LR format and it seems I have to do the same to get keywords from LR into PSE's organiser. But there's now a new problem...
    Unfortunately when I import keywords into PSE's Organiser any duplication of existing keywords results in duplication in the keyword list - i.e. when I add "From file.." PSE adds to the list rather than merging! PSE is clearly not designed to re-load keywords from file any extend the keywords. If I export all my keywords and re-import them I don't expect the number of keywords to double! Oh - I can;t delete keywords before importing because I'm told everything it's 'learned' (people etc. will be lost).  Keywords appear to be exportable but not importable.
    I clearly cannot import keywords into PSE's organiser as I can with LR.
    Is anyone sharing keywords between LR and PSE's Organiser?

    Thanks, I can see how that can work and the problems. It looks like the keywords themselves cannot be easily shared and I agree that having two organising programs is problematic but I wanted to 'export' the keywords I have created including their structure from Lightroom and import them into PSE organiser. You'd think you could do this with two similar products from the same company. The organisers in question are used for two purposes and the photos in each are different - i.e. I use lightroom for my pro stuff and PSE for family/casual stuff and no photo would be present in both. It looks like PSE really isn't designed to import keywords. I have Python code to create a PSE keyword file from a lightroom file so that will have to do as it's clear there's no interoperability.
    Thanks for your suggestions.

  • How do I fix my broken PSE 9 Organiser program?

    I'm about ready to scream!
    Whenever I open PSE 9 Organiser, it opens to show that it is generating  thumbnails and the hourglass is not moving at all. Then if I dare to do  anything at all and I do mean anything, it stops responding and I have  to shut it down via ctrl-alt-delete or the Windows not responding pop-up  window.
    So, what have I tried to fix it?
    I have updated to SP2 after disabling user account control
    I have removed the thumbs.5.cache more than once and then tried to update the thumbnails with no success, as the program just froze on me
    I have tried to "repair" the catalog, but the program just freezes as soon as I click on File
    I have tried to "optimize" the catalog, but the program just freezes as soon as I click on File
    I have also uninstalled and re-installed the program, though without any appreciable difference in performance, (I did not actually search and remove all PSE 9 files, I just made use of the Uninstall feature in Settings)
    Now, you may understand my fustration in trying to get this program working as well as it did when I first installed it.
    So, could anyone please tell me what I should do to get this program to work as it should?

    iPod Repair
    http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/prices/

  • How to use Search Folders in Outlook for shared mailboxes

    Hello
    We use Otlook 2010/2013 with MS Exchange 2010. In outlook there is "Serarch folder" with subfolders Large e-mail, Unreaded mails.... User can create own subfolders with rules.
    Users have attahet to outlook shared mailboxex for example Import, Export....
    For these mailboxes you cannot use "Search Folders" - outlook can use it only for your personal mailbox.
    To use "Serach folders" for shared mailbox I have to create new e-mail profile in Windows. User has to run outlook using these new profile "import". Now he is directly connected with shared mailbox.
    But users want to use "Search folders" when they are on own outlook profile with shared mailboxes attahecd to their profiles.
    Is it posible to do it? Or use some third-party
    product?
    Thank you for help
    Tomasz
    Kind Regards Tomasz

    Hi,
    I suggest we ask this question on Outlook forum:
    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/home?forum=outlook
    Regards,
    Simon Wu
    TechNet Community Support

  • Query uses wrong index

    Hi,
    I have exported and imported two schemas to a different server. Now when a user fires a select query it takes more time than before. When I saw the execution plan for some of 'select' queries,I found that the queries are using wrong index.This is the reason for the delayed reponse time.
    Can anybody tell me why it happened ?
    Now what should I do?
    Can I force select query to use the right index?
    Thanx in advance

    Please find below details of the query and indexes. Do let me know if you need more information.
    Query:
    SELECT ROWID, warehouse_code, branch_code, client_code, job_srnum,
    department, inventory_date, file_no, client_carton_no, description,
    ref1, ref2, ref3, destruction_date, subject, pnw_carton_no,
    cre_user_id, cre_dt, upd_user_id, branch, upd_dt, status, date1,
    date2, num1, carton_size, addendum_date
    FROM ISTORET.rmst_inventory_details2
    WHERE branch_code = 'BOM'
    AND job_srnum = '62100113476'
    AND client_carton_no = 'BM4060394822'
    AND subject = 'FILES'
    ORDER BY file_no
    Execution Plan:
    Operation Object Name Rows Bytes Cost
    SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer Mode=CHOOSE 1 15
    SORT ORDER BY 1 155 15
    TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID ISTORET.RMST_INVENTORY_DETAILS2 1 155 5
    INDEX RANGE SCAN ISTORET.BRC_JOB_SUB_REF123_INDX 1 4
    Query time: More than 5 mins
    Same query with hint /*+ index(rmst_inventory_details2 BRC_JOB_CTN_FILE_INDX) */
    SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer Mode=CHOOSE 1 6
    TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID ISTORET.RMST_INVENTORY_DETAILS2 1 155 6
    INDEX RANGE SCAN ISTORET.BRC_JOB_CTN_FILE_INDX 1 5
    Query time: 110 msecs
    Index details:
    PARAMETER INDEX- 1 INDEX- 2
    Table Owner ISTORET ISTORET
    Table Name RMST_INVENTORY_DETAILS2 RMST_INVENTORY_DETAILS2
    Index Name BRC_JOB_CTN_FILE_INDX BRC_JOB_SUB_REF123_INDX
    Uniqueness NONUNIQUE NONUNIQUE
    Columns BRANCH_CODE
    JOB_SRNUM
    CLIENT_CARTON_NO
    FILE_NO BRANCH_CODE
    JOB_SRNUM
    SUBJECT
    REF1
    REF2
    REF3
    Table Type TABLE TABLE
    Status VALID VALID
    Tablespace ISTORET_RID2_INDX ISTORET_RID2_INDX
    Initial Extent Size 4,194,304 4,194,304
    Next Extent Size 4,194,304 4,194,304
    Minimum Extents 1 1
    Maximum Extents 2,147,483,645 2,147,483,645
    Percent Increase 0 0
    Distinct Keys 42,576,227 27,318,132
    Percent Free 10 10
    Index Type NORMAL NORMAL
    Partitioned No No
    Temporary No No
    Join Index No No
    Size in MB 2,456 2,140
    Number Extents 614 535
    Size in bytes 2,575,302,656 2,243,952,640
    Last Analyzed 20/3/2007 20/3/2007

  • PSE 9 Organiser has stopped working

    Hi  Im having trouble opening pse 9 organiser it just stops working and windows shuts the program down, it worked fine for a week or so, I have no trouble with the edit function,hope someone can help.

    mine is doing the same thing ,
    it will work for about 5 seconds then i
    t will stop and turn off.

  • PSE 11 Organiser won't open

    After a bit of a struggle with the installation of PSE11(via trial then entering authentication) , then successfully downloading photos, I now find PSE 11 Organiser doesn't open. After the fraught install, this new problem is a new hurdle.
    Has anyone else had this problem and, if so, please can someone give me some simple instructions to rectify? 
    Thanks,  Alison.

    Try these solutions to see if any of these work.
    If none of them works, let me know.
    Solution1:
    Close Elements. Launch the Photoshop Elements Welcome Screen and hold down ctrl + alt + shift as you click Editor. Continue to hold the keys until you see a message box asking if you want to delete Photoshop Elements settings file. Click Yes. Elements will open with default preferences.
    Solution2:
    In case any network printer is attached try to launch without network or printer uninstall or make different printer as default.
    Solution3:
    In case that does not work too, you may try this.
    Try launching with anti-virus off or removing PSE from conflicting list.
    Regards,
    ~V

  • Pse 11 organiser view screen background colour

    Am I able to change the background colour of the view screen in PSE 11 organiser?  The current background is grey, which isn't a great colour to optimise viewing images.  Black would be better.

    You can only do it in the Editor within a tab or floating window. Right click on any gray area surrounding an open image.

  • [svn:bz-trunk] 8910: Bug: LCDS-936 - Should have better error message in servlet log if server in services-config .xml is configured to use wrong class.

    Revision: 8910
    Author:   [email protected]
    Date:     2009-07-29 14:22:26 -0700 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009)
    Log Message:
    Bug: LCDS-936 - Should have better error message in servlet log if server in services-config.xml is configured to use wrong class.
    QA: Yes
    Doc: No
    Checkintests: Pass
    Ticket Links:
        http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/LCDS-936
    Modified Paths:
        blazeds/trunk/modules/core/src/flex/messaging/MessageBrokerServlet.java

    After many hard working days.i finally found the error cause,i needed to make weblogic datasource also ADF doesnt work on internet explorer browser,it works on safary.hope it helps somebody

  • Syncing photos from pc to iphone - end up in wrong folders

    Every single time i try syncing photos from my computer to my iphone 4s they either end up being multiple and/or theyre in the wrong folders.
    And yes, Ive tried deleting the "iPod Photo Cache" thing and re-sync, but it doesnt help at all. They remain in the wrong folders. I seriously dont know what to do, Ive had this problem for too long, and its starting to bother me even more when I get more and more photos.

    nowhere do you mention what operating system you are using

Maybe you are looking for