Jock Elliott
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Posted by FixItDik-UK in the Microsoft community:
"Hi - I had the same problem whether I plugged in the camera or put the SD card in the reader slot it only gave me the option to import using the (very restrictive and basic) Photo App. I really struggled to find anywhere to help, but in the end the following works for me (and I have yet to find a way to get this any cleaner such as an Auto Play option):
The only word of warning is: The import is a bit slower than the Photos one for some reason but for the ability to continue using the same filing structure you have used in all your previous versions of Windows, well it was worth it for me at least, I will leave it for you to decide.
And finally, if someone from Microsoft reads this: Please, please, please make this easier: either give us back control over the folder structure in the Photo App (and allow us to Tag the pics) or at least make it possible to chose the "old" import wizard in the Auto play even if we have the Photo app installed."
I tried this and it works. It reduces a multi-step process to a two-step process. It allows you to import photos and create a labeled, dated folder that holds all the imported photos and each of the photos has the same label as the folder and a unique number. This makes the searching and identification of photos at a later date incredibly easy. (I've been ranting about this for months, and now I'm all happy.)
Cheers, Jock
"Hi - I had the same problem whether I plugged in the camera or put the SD card in the reader slot it only gave me the option to import using the (very restrictive and basic) Photo App. I really struggled to find anywhere to help, but in the end the following works for me (and I have yet to find a way to get this any cleaner such as an Auto Play option):
- After plugging in your camera or SD card in it cancel the Auto Play prompt
- Open File Explorer and click on This PC where you should find your device (camera or card) listed as a "Removable Disk"
- Right-click on this and you should have the option "Open as Portable Device" which you should select
- Now look in the left hand panel of File Explorer and you should see the drive listed under "This PC", now right-click on it and, hey presto, the "Import pictures and videaos" option is present and IT WORKS!
- Select this and you can set the destination folder, the granularity of the groups, how the folder names are built and you can add tags, just like you could in the older versions of Windows
The only word of warning is: The import is a bit slower than the Photos one for some reason but for the ability to continue using the same filing structure you have used in all your previous versions of Windows, well it was worth it for me at least, I will leave it for you to decide.
And finally, if someone from Microsoft reads this: Please, please, please make this easier: either give us back control over the folder structure in the Photo App (and allow us to Tag the pics) or at least make it possible to chose the "old" import wizard in the Auto play even if we have the Photo app installed."
I tried this and it works. It reduces a multi-step process to a two-step process. It allows you to import photos and create a labeled, dated folder that holds all the imported photos and each of the photos has the same label as the folder and a unique number. This makes the searching and identification of photos at a later date incredibly easy. (I've been ranting about this for months, and now I'm all happy.)
Cheers, Jock