How to remove a folder from Photo Gallery (but not Delete it)

Click on the blue file button on the top left,

Click on include folder,

Navigate to the folders and click on it and select remove.

Hi ikofig,

As a workaround, what you could do is to hide the certain folder that you don't want to add in Windows Live Photo Gallery. Please follow the steps provided below:

1. Select the folder that you don't want to be seen in Windows Live Photo Gallery
2. Right-click and select Properties
3. Under General tab, in the Attributes option, tick the checkbox for Hidden
4. Hit Apply and click OK
5. Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options
6. Click the View tab.
7. Under Advanced settings, click Don't show hidden files, folders, and drives, and then click OK

Restart your Windows Live Photo Gallery application. 

If you want to see the hidden folder again, kindly follow steps 5 to 7. Note: you will now select, Show hidden files, folders, and drivesand click OK.

Thanks,

Windows Live Joseph L.

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Been digging around and haven't found a newer answer. I have several folders that games have created in My Documents. These folders are full of avatar and game related photos. I can't find a way to exclude these folders from Photo Gallery. You would think by now MS would give this control to users. Am I missing something or has this not evolved in 2 years since the original question? About says Photo Gallery 2012 so I guess not.

Hi Bob,

The creation of a second My Pictures folder is another workaround, I proposed your post as an answer for the other users having the same issue.

@ikofig,

You can try the suggestion of Bob to create a second folder and import all the photos that you don't want to appear in Photo Gallery.

Note: Make sure to create the folder in another location "not inside the folders that is already included in Windows Live Photo Gallery". Because if you include a folder, all the sub folder/s will also be included and the photos/videos will be viewable in Windows Live Photo Gallery.

Let us know if you have any follow up questions regarding this issue.

Regards,

Windows Live Gerard G.

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This is a faulty solution and does not work for me because it only allows access to the main folders, such as My Pictures. I want to exclude only one folder within My Pictures, but there is no way to select just the one folder without removing all pictures from the gallery.