extended properties

Question

In my photos that are in Win7 I have filled out Detail information in the properties box.

When I save these photos to a flash drive and load them into XP I lose all of the detail information I filled in. How can I get the information from Win7 to XP?

The info does save to the flash drive but will not transfer to XP.

Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, I am copying the photos from my flash drive into a folder on XP.  I don't know anything about Microsoft Pro Photo Tools program. I'll give it a try.

Thanks and I will let you know if it works.

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It escapes me how metada would be stripped from an image

file just by copying from a flash drive to a hard drive.

Just wondering...is the file system on the XP machine NTFS?

I don't know much about Microsoft Pro Photo Tools either...

but I was able to see metadata with it that was not visible from

other apps.

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Volunteer J - MS-MVP - Digital Media Experience - Notice_This is not tech support_I am a volunteer - Solutions that work for me may not work for you - ***Proceed at your own risk***

Answer 2

Yes, I am copying the photos from my flash drive into a folder on XP.  I don't know anything about Microsoft Pro Photo Tools program. I'll give it a try.

Thanks and I will let you know if it works.

Answer 3

I go to Windows Explorer in Windows 7 to locate my photos. I then right click on the photo, go to properties, and the properties box pops up. Under the Details tab I fill in the Title, Subject, and Author. I then fill in keywords and add comments. I also enter information under the General tab.

When I save these photos to a flash drive and load them into XP I lose all of the information I had entered in Details. All the info I entered under the General tab still shows up.

The Windows 7 laptop does not belong to me. I am using windows to create a database and I plan of utilizing the Windows search engine in Win Explorer. I have already labeled over 3000 photos and all information is extremely important. Photos are being sent to me, some from Win 7. My database is using XP.

I really feel like there is a way that XP can read Win 7 information. I just can't figure out how.

Any help you can give to me will be appreciated. I am even willing to use a third party software.

Thanks

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OK...I thought that was what you meant but wanted to confirm it.

Sometimes metadata is stripped from photos by software. Are

you just copy/pasting the files from your flash drive into a folder

on your XP machine or are you utilizing some type of library

program?

Maybe 'Microsoft Pro Photo Tools version 2' would be worth a

try for viewing any existing metadata:

(FWIW...it's always a good idea to create a System

Restore point before installing software or updates)

Microsoft Pro Photo Tools

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=184075d2-40b5-4172-88ae-878f81896d4d&displaylang=en

Good luck...

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Volunteer J - MS-MVP - Digital Media Experience - Notice_This is not tech support_I am a volunteer - Solutions that work for me may not work for you - ***Proceed at your own risk***

Answer 4

I go to Windows Explorer in Windows 7 to locate my photos. I then right click on the photo, go to properties, and the properties box pops up. Under the Details tab I fill in the Title, Subject, and Author. I then fill in keywords and add comments. I also enter information under the General tab.

When I save these photos to a flash drive and load them into XP I lose all of the information I had entered in Details. All the info I entered under the General tab still shows up.

The Windows 7 laptop does not belong to me. I am using windows to create a database and I plan of utilizing the Windows search engine in Win Explorer. I have already labeled over 3000 photos and all information is extremely important. Photos are being sent to me, some from Win 7. My database is using XP.

I really feel like there is a way that XP can read Win 7 information. I just can't figure out how.

Any help you can give to me will be appreciated. I am even willing to use a third party software.

Thanks

Answer 5

In my photos that are in Win7 I have filled out Detail information in the properties box.

When I save these photos to a flash drive and load them into XP I lose all of the detail information I filled in. How can I get the information from Win7 to XP?

The info does save to the flash drive but will not transfer to XP.

Thanks

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How_exactly_are you entering the info and what is the format of the photos?

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Volunteer J - MS-MVP - Digital Media Experience - Notice_This is not tech support_I am a volunteer - Solutions that work for me may not work for you - ***Proceed at your own risk***