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glurg
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April 1, 2017
Question

ELEMENTS 13 IMPORTS NON-HIGHLIGHTED PHOTOS INTO EDITOR

  • April 1, 2017
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I'm a longtime Elements 13 user in Windows 10, but this is a recent problem.  I always highlight my desired source   photos from Saved Pictures or my  other  photo files, and then drag & drop them into Elements Editor.  After editing, I successfully save them in Expert using Process Multiple files.  But a few days ago, right on the heels after  my highlighted photos have been saved, all the other non-highlighted   photos in that same source folder also quickly flash  thru the PSE editor to my destination folder  despite not  ever being  highlighted  by me for moving into Elements.  This is a new problem for me.  I can stop this runaway process after a few unwanted photos by repeatedly clicking ESC and the upper right corner X.    But I'm then still stuck with unselected files in my destination folder.  Is this a problem with my Elements (corrupted?) or with something wrong with my  Windows?  Any simple help for this non-techie guy would be appreciated. 

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    MichelBParis
    MichelBParis
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    April 2, 2017

    The automatic process you are describing looks like the 'watched' folders service.

    Menu: File >> watched folders... or the organizer.

    Check if the source file folder (or its master folder) is included in the folders list. Delete it if you don't want it to be automatically scanned and added, or choose 'notify me'.

    By the way, strictly speaking, you don't import in the editor, you import (index) in the organizer catalog.

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    glurgAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    April 2, 2017

    Michel, thanks for responding. I always successfully drag  & drop  my photos directly into  Element's  Guided Editor, but  I save  using Expert's options.  As I have no need for the Organizer, I simply always bypass it.   But I just tested your idea by dragging some pix into Organizer, and then I  checked  out the "Watch Folders" function as you suggested. Organizer defaults to NOT applying Watch Folders, and a pop-up showed the required  positive actions on my part if I desired to activate Watch Folders, actions which I've never taken or even been aware of. So the problem remains. But thanks.   

    MichelBParis
    MichelBParis
    Legend
    April 3, 2017

    You could try to check if the 'process multiple files' command works as expected.

    You can choose to process all files in a given folder (not your case),

    or process all opened files.

    That does not mean 'selected' files (highlighted in the photo bin), that means all opened files in the editor.

    Does the process also include non opened files?

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