PSE 9 - Importing photos into Organizer

I have just upgraded from a previous version of PSE and none of my photos from the hard drive are in Organizer. Organizer only has a handful of photos - mainly I think from those recent shots which I have edited over in the Editor.
I have spent ages trying to find a way to import them and arrange for them to be automatically appearing in Organizer when I download future photos from my camera.
Chris

On the top menu click File à Get Photos & Videos à From Files & Folders
Browse to Pictures or My Pictures; then click on the first folder and press Ctrl+A to select all.
Make sure “include sub folders” remains checked; then click Get media or Open.
Organizer will bring in all files automatically. Wait for it to make the links and generate thumbnails, select all suggested keywords and then you’re done.

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Can you give an example of two files that are in the desired order on Windows Explorer but a different order in PSE?
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There's a learning curve to the software, for sure. Don't hesitate to ask more questions.
When you have the Help open, look in the upper right corner for an icon that's labelled "View as PDF". Click on it, and when the PDF finishes loading, you can save the PDF onto your computer. The PDF is great because you can search for terms in it. Note: There are separate PDF Help files for the Organizer and the Editor.
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Hi
Im sorry, but i dont completely understand your answer, although it was a little helpful.
The first sentence you advised to make sub folders in windows program.
Im pretty sure thats what ive done. But i thought it would automatically update to PSE. You mentioned it would not. Thankyou for that part.
I have cleared/re organised my windows picture folders and organised them into sub folders but when i went into PSE the old pic files and folders were showing there - except they advised no picture or data is available.
So this confuses me as there is too much files in PSE now and i cant seem to get rid of them.
The other concern is the new photos i have loaded into windows pictures program, how do i get them into PSE. This is really hard to explain in email., so i do apologise if i dont make sense or repeat myself.
But my main concern is if PSE doesnt update why does it keep old pic folders in the program if nothing is available.
i tried to uninstall and then reinstall and start teh program all over again with my newly organised windows folders but the old stuff remianed even though i uninstalled the program ????
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