Photo Gallery Missing Files

I read your post again and I'm beginning to think that you previously had WLM 2011 installed

If that's true, then the uninstall probably requires the WLM 2011 wlarp

Do the search I previously requested for a current reference
.... here's a trick

With the search results in File Explorer (details view & sorted by name)

Select all
Copy Path (Home tab)
Paste into your text editor (notepad is fine)
Attach the text file to your post.

Before doing the cleanup - make sure you have a copy or a backup of your pictures.
You renamed the Windows Live folders in the previous attempt so anything in those folders are safe.

I forget if Photogalley is a organizer only or if it stores your images and manages them.

The Photogallery folder I wasn't sure about the contents. You might want to copy that folder, just in case, outside of the Windows Live tree. If the search shows that it is in Windows Live-x then you're ok

What I'm asking you to do is verify that your data is safe before running the cleanup.

An easy way to locate all images is to use File Explorer Search on This PC
kind:=picture

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As long as you're sure you have your images and that they are not in a Windows Live directory tree, then I don't see any reason not to proceed.

If you have wlarp on your system
Try running with the cleanup:all parameter

Command Prompt (Admin)
x64 machine:
"c:\program files (x86)\windows live\installer\wlarp.exe" /cleanup:all /q

x32 machine:
"c:\program files\windows live\installer\wlarp.exe" /cleanup:all /q

When the uninstall has completed, the dialog box will close

If you cannot find wlarp, download the WLM 2011 version from here:
http://g.live.com/1rewlive4arp/wlarp.exe

Then run wlarp fom the location you save it (Downloads folder in the following example)

Command Prompt (Admin)
cd %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
wlarp.exe /clenup:all /q

Ok, thanks

There are two folders that should be renamed
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Windows Live"
and
"%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows Live"
edit: It's possible that WLARP created them when installed - not sure, but please rename them.

Once those two are safe by rename
Launch WLARP 2011 again (the one you downloaded)
If WLARP isn't found (bc of the reanme) - search for it
WinKey then type (in the air) wlarp (the search box shows up when you start typing)

- this time answer YES to the
Would you like to uninstall now?
question in the dialog box.

If WLM 2011 successfully uninstalls
- try the WLM 2012 offline install pkg

See if .NET 3.5 is enabled
Programs & Features
Turn Windows features on or off (sb at the top)
If it is NOT slected, select it and restart

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If it is selected, turn it off and restart

Search the machine for wlarp and run as administrator
The 2012 version, not the one you previously downloaded.
From my machine:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlarp.exe

You should get a repair option - pick it (if no repair - exit wlarp and let me know)
Hopefully that will pull .NET 3.5 down and solve the issue for you.

If that doesn't solve it .... go back to Pgms & Feats > Turn Windows feats on or off
select .NET 3.5
Ok, and restart

I suppose you could just manually download and install .NET 3.5

To be honest, I'm not certain .NET 3.5 is the key to solving the issue. I've never had to do anything with SQL compact to resolve WLM issues, so I'm starting from the pgm with the issue and working backwards - always using Windows to make sure any relationships are bound.

I'll be around ..

I thought about this a bit more and realize that I missed a step after renaming the Windows Live folders

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The next step should have been cCleaner (direct download)
Running the Registry scan to clean out the WLM 2011 entries.
Then installing WLM 2012

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Your call if you want to go through the process again, this time with the cCleaner step

Picassa 3? Google product?
Highly rated, but ... Google is moving focus to the the cloud, so that pgm won't be updated.
Still, it is a good pgm.

Everyone is finding the transition to Win10 a bitt dificult - besides the changes in Windows, many pgms are moving to a new model too (Picassa, Windows Live) - it's all up in the clouds.

Take a look at the Photos App in Win10 - I'm not a fan of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) Apps, but that's where MS is going.

You might also consider using the Picture Libraries - although there's no interface, everything you do would be manual on each file - probably not what you want.

Oh yeah ... you might as well uninstall the SQL compact - it was a good thing to test, but the test is done.

Bill
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Simple steps, then dinner for me

1) Search for Windows Live folders

2) Rename with a suffix of -x1
(the first renames are suffix -x)

3) cCleaner - Registry > Scan
sort by data column
select only those related to Windows Live
or... if you're as confident in cCleaner as I am, select all
fix
backup - yes
- run the scan a 2nd time to clean up any reg entires asscocited with the first set

4) Restart for good measure

5) install Windows Photogallery 2012 from teh off line pkg.

I wrote these fairly quick - you might want to compare the steps to what I wrote before - ask questions.
Steps 3 & 4 are new.

Bill
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