Why are duplicate files created when I import from my camera in elements?

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October 25, 2020
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When I import files from my camera in Elements duplicate files are created. In searching for the files on my camera using Windows explorer I can see that there are 90 photos. But Elements downloader finds twice as many photos 180. Before I start downloading I can see the duplicate files in elements downloader next to each other - exactly the same file name date and time - no extension. See the screen shot in the attached file. When the files are imported a duplicate file is created with a -1 after the file number. Why is this happening?

Thanks

Dennis

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imjack2

Inspiring

I too have observed this problem with EO 2021. As I have still EO2020 installed I downloaded via USB cable also the same images and videos from my iPhone7+ (iOS 13.7) using EO2020 on a Windows 10 64bit, version 1909. No duplicates were downloaded!!

gfmucci

Known Participant

Ditto here. I took 70 snaps with the camera this morning. The organizer fetched 140, duplicating each image with the same number, no suffix.

P950 camera. Windows 10, OS Build 19041.685.

Michelb of Photoshop Elements and More site - https://photoshopelementsandmore.com/thread/7527/downloading-organizer-duplicate-images?page=1&scrollTo=77267 - thinks it may have something to do with duplicate Catalogs, which I have from cloning my C drive.

If that's the case, I need to learn which Catalog to delete, the one on the C drive or D drive, if I need to delete either. Waiting for more discussion before I totally screw things up.

________________________________________________________________________________________ Fuji HS50EXR, Samsung S9+. Nikon Coolpix P950. Just transitioned from PSE and PE 9 to 2021