Windows 10: Missing photos

Discus and support Missing photos in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Turned my laptop on today after a month of non use. No notification of updates or changes but *all* of my photos which had been organised in subfolders... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by lmhaze87, Nov 27, 2019.

  1. lmhaze87 Win User

    Missing photos


    Turned my laptop on today after a month of non use. No notification of updates or changes but *all* of my photos which had been organised in subfolders in the Pictures folder are gone. The Pictures folder now only has one random photo in it.


    Went to the Photos app and most appeared to be there but not in any particular order or in their original folders, which is strange as I hadn't agreed to have everything moved over or seen a notification for a change. I can't even find reference to Microsoft wanting to move everything out of Pictures to the Photos app either.


    When I tried to right click on one of the photos to view large / save / figure out why everything had moved, the Photos app crashed. Went back in and now there's only a few very old photos there. Everything else is gone. Restarted to no avail.


    So as of now I've lost pretty much everything. I've searched .jpg and hidden files, so don't know what else to do.


    Some photo subfolders had shortcuts on my desktop, which still exist but the filepath is apparently missing.


    Any suggestions? I'd stopped backing up to OneDrive because of the bugs it was having earlier in the year.


    Thanks in advance!

    :)
     
    lmhaze87, Nov 27, 2019
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  2. Guest1 Win User

    Missing apps: Store, People, Photos, Games & Camera on upgrading to 10


    Thanks for replying spunk. That's the 'alphabetical' list I was referring to, none of these apps are in that 'All apps' list. Any more suggestions?
     
    Guest1, Nov 27, 2019
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  3. Guest2 Win User
    Photo App Missing on Windows 10

    I've seen several threads about installing a missing photo app. I've tried the suggestions listed on these threads to get the photo app back and nothing works. Any help to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.
     
    Guest2, Nov 27, 2019
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  4. Guest3 Win User

    Missing photos

    Missing Photos

    Hi Tanya,

    There are different ways to restore your deleted or missing files, such as restoring it from previous versions or from a backup. Since that your back up hard drive isn't working, we suggest that you restore your deleted or missing files from previous versions.
    Follow these steps:

    • Click on Start.
    • Open File Explorer.
    • Navigate to the folder that used to contain the file or folder, and then right-click on it.
    • Select Restore previous versions.
      If the folder was at the top level of a drive, for example C:\, right-click the drive, and then click on
      Restore previous versions.

    To delete those duplicate photos, we suggest that you visit
    Microsoft Store
    and check for available 3rd party app for it.

    Let us know if you need further assistance.
     
    Guest3, Nov 27, 2019
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