My Image is Missing From Picasa
Learn how to restore your digital images to the library in Google's photo editing application Picasa, so you can use this program to improve your pictures. Note that Picasa's tools for managing albums may make it seem that some images are missing. Albums are folders you create in Picasa that don't necessarily correspond to folders on your hard drive.
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Deleted Files
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Files you've permanently deleted won't appear in Picasa. To determine if a file no longer exists on your hard drive, do the following. Click the Windows "Start" button, then click "Computer" to open Windows Explorer. Press the "F3" key to run the search function, then type the name of the image file you're looking for. After you press "Enter," Windows Explorer will search your computer for the image. If the image doesn't appear in the search results, it's been deleted.
Recycle Bin
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If you've sent an image to the Recycle Bin, Picasa won't be able to show it in its image library. To see if the Recycle Bin has one of your images, click the Windows "Start" key, then click "Documents" to open Windows Explorer. Right click the "Recycle bin" icon in Explorer's left pane, then click "Explore." If you see an image you'd like to see in Picasa, right click the file and click "Restore." Then use Picasa's "Open" command under its "File" menu to navigate to the Windows folder containing your restored image.
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Hidden Folders
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If Picasa isn't showing some of your images, it's possible you may have hidden a folder containing them. To see a list of hidden folders, click the "View" menu, then click the "Folder view" sub-menu. Picasa will display a list of options for displaying the folders on your hard drive that contain images. One of those options is "Flat folder view," which presents a listing of all folders, including the hidden ones. The "Hidden folders" heading in the left pane lists the hidden folders. To unhide one of the folders under that heading, right click the folder and click the "Unhide" command. Picasa will remove the folder's name from the "Hidden" list. You'll now be able to see the folder and its images in any view listed in the "View" menu.
Folder Manager
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An image might be missing from Picasa if the program's "Folder manager" hasn't scanned the folder to import its image files. To tell Picasa to scan a folder on your hard drive that has images you want to see in Picasa, click Picasa's "File" menu, then click the "Add folder" command. The program will display a dialog box for navigating the folders on your hard drive. Use the box's controls to move to the folder whose images you want to load into Picasa. Once you've reached the folder, click either the "Scan once" or "Scan always" option buttons on the right side of the dialog box to make Picasa scan the folder for images. Once you click "OK," Picasa will show the folder and its images in the program's image library.
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