How to import/save photos already on screen, to computer?

KRL said:

Plug the camera directly into your PC instead of the mem card.

Hi and thank you, my camera doesn't have a wire to plug it directly to the computer which is why I was told to buy a card reader.

Oh thanks for the great screenshot, but I don't have that page. I do see my Removable Drive which is E. The problem is with the absence of my camera icon.

I followed the easy instructions from the dummies.com (especially made for me!) and went well until it asked to find the camera icon so from here I got stuck and can't go any further. They say:

Open File Explorer from the taskbar along the bottom of your screen and click the This PC icon from the program's left edge. File Explorer lists all of the storage devices available to your PC, including your camera or phone.


When recognized, your camera appears as an icon (shown in the margin) in File Explorer's This PC section.


Right-click your camera or phone, choose Import Pictures and Videos from the pop-up menu, and choose how to import your photos.


The Import Pictures and Videos window, shown in the following figure, offer two options for handling your newly recognized digital camera or smartphone: (I don’t see the figure): http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...indows-10.html.

hTconeM9user said:

When I import my photos from memory card a menu pops up and asks me what app I want to use to import and save them to a folder on my laptop I use windows photo viewer.
Once imported it then asks me do I want to delete them from memory card.
Once all done I go to folder which is usually called DC with a number.
I then can either leave them in that folder or make another folder and put them in there.
Forgot to say they do come into the download app.
The other folder I have just named is in pictures,
I just drag and drop from download to that folder then once that folder is empty I delete it or leave it empty in download ready for next lot of photos

Thank you very much, as I just explained to topgun, what seems to stop me from going ahead with the import of my photos is the absence of my camera icon in my computer. I suppose I should ask Nikon maybe? I don't know, but it seems I have nowhere to go after I got the photos on the screen. I suppose they should be saved/imported but there's nothing to click on at all. Thanks again.

Adela said:

[Desktop Dell Inspiron 560 4gb RAM; high speed cable; MS Windows10 64bit; Windows Live Mail 2012(awful!!!); MS Word Pro 2003; Mozilla Firefox; Avast AV; Windows Media Player; Adobe Reader; Adobe flash Player]

I put the memory card from my Nikon dig. camera into my card reader, I plugged the card reader into my computer USB, and the photos appear on the screen. But, there’s no clickable link at all for me to import and/or save them. I need to send them to someone and find no way to do it....

Across the top of the photos it only says this and not as links:

Upper right: “Photos”
A little below: “Select items to import from E:/”
A little lower: “New Items” (Clicking on this it makes my pix on the screen disappear, and clicking again brings them back!)

And below that: “November 2015” (date I did this). And on same line: “Clear” (Clears the check-marks on each photo).

Anyone out there, do you think I’ll ever be able to send those blessed photos? Thanks ever so much for any ideas!

Just something probably inconsequential :
1. Is this the first time you tried to import photos from Nikon to your computer, or you have done that before ?
2. Have you tried to do the import using a different computer ?

davidhk said:

Just something probably inconsequential :
1. Is this the first time you tried to import photos from Nikon to your computer, or you have done that before ?
2. Have you tried to do the import using a different computer ?

Oh no David, I've imported several times with no problem at all, but it was in Win7. Maybe this is the culprit? I don't have any extra computers and it would be difficult for me to try to get to one.

Adela said:

Oh no David, I've imported several times with no problem at all, but it was in Win7. Maybe this is the culprit? I don't have any extra computers and it would be difficult for me to try to get to one.

OK. Thanks for responding.
I had a feeling this was NOT your first time. That is why I included question #2.
Now that you have answered my 2 questions, it might be time for you to check the "health" of your Win 10 computer. Something has gone awry.

How about doing the following troubleshooting ...............
Run a system file check to see if there are any corrupt files. It will try to do repair if any found.

Right click at Start button > click Command Prompt (Admin) > at the flashing prompt, copy/paste this.......
sfc /scannow

> press Enter.
It will take quite sometime.
When finished, it will give you one of the 3 reports...............(paraphrasing)
1. No integrity violation.
2. Found corrupt files and repair successful.
3. Found corrupt files but unable to repair.

If the report is #1, your solution lies elsewhere.
If the report is #2, check if your problems have been resolved.
If the report is #3, use this method................
In the same Command Prompt (Admin) windows, copy and paste this command...........

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

> press Enter.
Again it will take some time.
When finished, it will give you a report.

davidhk said:

OK. Thanks for responding.
I had a feeling this was NOT your first time. That is why I included question #2.
Now that you have answered my 2 questions, it might be time for you to check the "health" of your Win 10 computer. Something has gone awry.

How about doing the following troubleshooting ...............
Run a system file check to see if there are any corrupt files. It will try to do repair if any found.

Right click at Start button > click Command Prompt (Admin) > at the flashing prompt, copy/paste this.......
sfc /scannow

> press Enter.
It will take quite sometime.
When finished, it will give you one of the 3 reports...............(paraphrasing)
1. No integrity violation.
2. Found corrupt files and repair successful.
3. Found corrupt files but unable to repair.

If the report is #1, your solution lies elsewhere.
If the report is #2, check if your problems have been resolved.
If the report is #3, use this method................
In the same Command Prompt (Admin) windows, copy and paste this command...........

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

> press Enter.
Again it will take some time.
When finished, it will give you a report.

Thanks for the veyr clear steps! I followed them and there's no integrity violation #1 so the problem resides elsewhere. Where can I try to find the problem?

Adela said:

Thanks for the veyr clear steps! I followed them and there's no integrity violation #1 so the problem resides elsewhere. Where can I try to find the problem?

Please run the dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth. Just to make sure.

I don't know where else to find a solution.
I am sure other members with far superior knowledge will be able to help you.
Please wait a bit.