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importing photos from iphone not showing in folders by date taken

Anonymous
2020-12-14T21:32:23+00:00

I have always used autoplay or photo app to import photos from my iphone to my Windows 10 computer.  As of this week (maybe since the last Windows update) the photos do not import in the standard folders by date taken as they always have.  They are just randomly going to my pictures folder, not within folders by date as they always have. Photos I imported on December 10 did as they always do.  When I imported photos today from the last several days they just went to the pictures folder. I have rebooted my computer, rebooted my iPhone X and tried importing just one new photo.  It is still not working as it always has.  Any assistance would be welcome.    Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-12-14T10:53:11+00:00

    I just go straight to the iPhone link that shows up on File Explorer when I plug in the phone. It should show up on the "This PC" list. I don't bother with the Win10 Photo app.

    When you see the link for the phone, right-click and the "Import Photos and Videos" link shows up on the menu. If your iPhone comes up on AutoPlay, the File Explorer option should be available there as well.

    When the import window pops up, click on "More Options" and there you will find the folder creating options. They can be grouped by name, date imported, date taken, and other combinations. This is also where you can change the AutoPlay options.

    I've also used the photo transfer utilities from Canon and Nikon to transfer images from my DSLR. The applications are free for anyone to download and use, and they will read the iPhone directories and also create individually dated folders. But, I don't remember if they have issues with reading all the subdirectories within the iPhone's DCIM directory.

    On our Mac, I don't bother with Apple's Photos app. I do all of the transfers using Nikon NX-Studio application. Rather than importing as individual photo files, Apple's Photos app not only dumps everything into a single directory, but all the photos populate a single monolithic file. If you want individual photo files, you have to export them out of the Photos app. It seems that Microsoft has mimicked that approach with the Windows Photos app.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-16T19:59:37+00:00

    Please read my initial problem report here.  I am not having trouble transferring photos from my phone to my PC.  I am having a problem that they are no longer put in folders by date as they always have.  This happened after a recent Windows 10 update.  Now all photos are just being put in the pictures folder and not in folders by date.  I am not alone in having this problem.

    I'll be back with the answers to your questions in a minute.  I'm going to check it again since I haven't done it for a few days.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-16T17:48:58+00:00

    Hi, I also have this same issue.

    Started last week, same problem.   Photo's used to import into dated folder automatically, now they're just dumped into the 'pictures' folder.

    Possible a windows update that's caused this?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-12-17T10:19:14+00:00

    I have now replicated this very same issue on another laptop running Windows 10.

    After running windows updates and installed:

    December 8, 2020—KB4592438 (OS Builds 19041.685 and 19042.685) (microsoft.com)

    After the above update, the photos are now not importing into dated folders.  They just get dumped as single files into the 'pictures' folder.

    looking for some advice on this please.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-12-31T01:48:37+00:00

    Please advise on the specific issue as requested in the original post.  We are also experiencing the same issue. 

    I can see that the developers have improved the interface in a recent version, by adding a link to change destination folder , and delete original items after import both now offered directly on the import screen - this is much appreciated, faster, and easier to use.  However we have lost the ability to import photos into individual folders by date/month.

    All photos are now dumped into the root destination folder.  

    Yes, it is possible to manually create a date folder for each batch of images being imported, however this is time consuming particularly when importing a large batch of images by date - ie just 4 weeks worth of photos = 28 separate imports when importing to individual date folders

    importing from android phone

    to Microsoft Photos 

    version 2020.20110.11001.0

    using PC (any) eg Windows version 2004 (os build 19041.685)

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