Renaming photos warning errors & another ?

[Guest]

Hi -I am receiving photos from family members and adding them into my files
in My Pictures. When I try to rename a photo to show family history notes
and replacing the photo owners file name that sent it to me, I get a warning
message that the picture may become unusable if I change the file name. Is
there a way to get around this? The option is there to "Rename"...what the
heck?

Say the picture I received reads "Photo2.jpeg" - can't I rename it to
"Grandma and her Lincoln, 1964"? Am afraid to ignore the warning and lose my
photo. Can't find this topic in any of my books for help.

Also, I have hundreds of photos in albums in My Pictures. They have all
been backed up to CD's and some are on online photo site (mostly Ofoto). I
am worried about what the limitations are for large amounts of photos on pc.
I hate to think about removing them, as I like to be able to easily share
them at times. Am I wrong here? I like them from My PIctures rather than
OFoto, because I can send them full size this way and people can actually see
the photo details. Also, I have all these photos bouncing around on my
desktop as when my 88 yr. young father comes over, he likes to watch the
display show. Am I asking for too much from the pc? Thanks for any help
with these questions : )

 

[Paul Ballou]

You can rename just make sure that if the file extension such as .jpg is
visible that you don't change the extension.

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[Guest]

Thank you kindly. Makes sense to me! I am going to keep watching this
thread for my second question here about how many photos to keep safely in
"My Pictures".

 

[Gord Dibben]

Make a copy of the photo first, then try the re-name if you are worried about
loss.

Very difficult to lose something when you have a good backup of the original.

However, as Paul points out, re-naming will not harm the picture.


Gord