Digital Image Suite 10-Photo Library can't delete photos

[Guest]

Not sure if this is the right place for this questions but I have tried many
things to find a solution without much luck, please help.

I have a lot of pictures that I transferred from my hard drive over to my
Maxtor external drive, when I imported the pictures to Digital Image Suite
10's library, I noticed I had imported many duplicate pictures from the back
up folders and my picture folders residing on my external drive. When I tried
to delete the duplicates, my deleted photos in Digital Image Suite Library,
would go away for a while but then reappear.

I believe the problem occurs because the pictures reside on the external
drive and they can't be deleted in the library. I've tried researching
microsoft for suggestions, I have tried reinstall the software, I even
deleted the back up folder with no success. It appears the only thing to do
is to copy them back to my hard drive and then delete them but I don't have
enough space for all my pictures on the internal hard drive any more.

Does anybody have any suggestions/solutions on how I can go about deleting
the duplicates from my library?

 

[John Inzer]

Not sure if this is the right place for this questions but I have
tried many things to find a solution without much luck, please help.

I have a lot of pictures that I transferred from my hard drive over
to my Maxtor external drive, when I imported the pictures to Digital
Image Suite 10's library, I noticed I had imported many duplicate
pictures from the back up folders and my picture folders residing on
my external drive. When I tried to delete the duplicates, my deleted
photos in Digital Image Suite Library, would go away for a while but
then reappear.

I believe the problem occurs because the pictures reside on the
external drive and they can't be deleted in the library. I've tried
researching microsoft for suggestions, I have tried reinstall the
software, I even deleted the back up folder with no success. It
appears the only thing to do is to copy them back to my hard drive
and then delete them but I don't have enough space for all my
pictures on the internal hard drive any more.

Does anybody have any suggestions/solutions on how I can go about
deleting the duplicates from my library?

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The correct newsgroup for MS Digital
Image is:

Microsoft Discussion Groups
microsoft.public.digitalimaging
http://tinyurl.com/nyptz

I think you are correct that the external
drive is the problem. Even though you
remove the folders/images from the Library...
apparently they still reside on the external
drive and are being re-cataloged.

Do you wish to permanently delete the
images from your external drive or just
remove the thumbs from your Library?

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response!

I am just looking to delete the thumbs in the library and start fresh to
reorganize the library instead of keeping the many duplicates I have
erroneously imported.

I'll also take a look at the recommended website.

diazhd

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks for the response!

I am just looking to delete the thumbs in the library and start fresh
to reorganize the library instead of keeping the many duplicates I
have erroneously imported.

I'll also take a look at the recommended website.

diazhd

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Maybe a simple first step would be to delete
or rename the Library database and re-catalog
your current image collection.

Be aware that the database contains metadata
that could not be written back to the image files
and the thumbs.

Your version 10 database is found at:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\
Application Data\Microsoft\POD\Pictures.pd2

Deleting or renaming the Pictures.pd2 file
to Pictures.OLD will cause the Library to
create a new one...which will revert the Library
to the way it was the first time you opened
the program.

If you cannot find the .pd2 file...open a folder
and go to...Tools / Folder Options / View tab...
Tick...Show hidden files and folders / Apply /
OK.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Guest]

Thank you, that worked exactly like I needed it to.

diazhd

 

[John Inzer]

Thank you, that worked exactly like I needed it to.

diazhd

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You're welcome.

Thanks for the update.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk