Windows 10: Favorite photos do not appear in Favorite Album

I have marked photos as favorites with the heart but only a few of them appear in the favorites album. All of the photos are in the same folder and they all appear in Collections. I have rest the Photos app and restarted the computer. Still only a handful of the favorited photos are appearing in the favorites album. Microsoft Photos 2023.10030.7003.0Windows 10

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Favorites in Photos

I found the Favorites albums in Photos. However the photo I just flagged as a "Favorite" is not there. I double-checked the photo in File Explorer and "favorite" heart is still indicated, but it's not in the Favorites album. Is your explanation describing
the following: (1) double-click a photo from File Explorer; (2) click the heart (Favorite); (3) then the photo is supposed to appear in Favorites folder of the Photos app?

Maybe I don't understand what the Photos app is. Double-clicking a photo from File Explorer opens the photo: is that in the Photos app? Do I have to somehow associate
all the photos files in File Explorer with the Photos app in order to effectively use the "Favorite" flag?

 

The easiest way to create abridged and compilation albums of your favorite photos

Edit: The November release provides a better approach - see the reply below.

Identifying your favorite pictures is not only the first step to creating compilation albums, but also saves you a lot of time when looking at individual albums. Here's how to do so when you're first editing your pictures.

With Photo Gallery reportedly being unsupported after January, it's only a matter of time before we'll no longer be able to use its flagging capabilities to identify favorites. And Explorer's "select" option only works as long as no updates are occurring
in Photos at the same time.

So how can we conveniently identify favorites while editing an album or folder? Going into Explorer's Properties for each one is out of the question. And in Photos once you select pictures you cannot go into full screen mode. So I think we're expected
to handle an album/folder in two passes, first editing it and only later selecting favorites for inclusion in a separate album.

But for those who are used to identifying favorites while editing, here's how you can do it. Go to the album's folder in Photos but don't click on anything. Then do the same in Explorer, sorting it by date to match Photos' sort. Then start a second copy
of Photos from Explorer. You can edit from this second window and select favorites in the original Photos window.

Unfortunately it's not practical to then use Explorer to rate the selected pictures; it's easiest to simply add them to a new/different album. To make it easy to locate, begin the name with something that will cause it to appear at the top of an alphabetical
listing (quotes won't work but you can use parentheses or ".", "_" or "#"). You'll normally want to use the alphabetical option for compilation albums since the listing by date uses the date of the oldest photo in the album.

Finally, what about pictures that you've rated or tagged in the past? If you're OK with viewing them in date sequence simply cut/paste the ones you want to a temporary folder, use Photos to then load that folder to an album, then cut/paste back to the original
folder (Photos won't get confused).

Is there a better approach?

 

favorite picture in wp10

Hi,

It is easy to add a picture to favorites on your Windows 10 Mobile. You can follow the steps provided below:

• Go to the Photos app.
• Mark your favorite photos by selecting the heart icon on any photo.
• To see all your favorites, go to Albums>
  Favorites.

To see a rotating display of your favorite photos on the Photos tile on home screen, open the
Photos app > See more (...)
> Settings, and under
Tile, select
Favorites.

Please don't hesitate to post back if you need further assistance.