EDIT: October 18 – This has been edited to reflect the Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 official RTM/GA release. I've just installed the 8.1 Preview on a desktop. EDIT: 10/17/2013-this is also true for RTM . The Photos App has changed: No longer includes the ability to show images from Facebook, Flickr, SkyDrive <10/18/2013deleted missing networked computers issue - for information on how to include content from supported Windows computers on a home network, see http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows8_1-pictures/add-network-folders-and-display-pictures-in-the/bf3252f8-9162-4129-8387-5367e24b5609 - note that many older versions of Windows are not supported and that there is no support for Linux based NAS devices> Does have some new editing features 3. Live Tile functionality has disappeared. Edit:6/30 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1_pr-pictures/possible-fix-for-photos-app-live-time-not-showing/e0eb3bb4-3e9c-4016-aa27-4a011ccc94a3 is what a possible solution is to missing Live Tile issues. Edit: 7/04 Tiles are working, but images change only 1x per day. This needs to be a shorter period. -- Barb Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP My Blog - http://digitalmediaphile.com/ Barb's Connected World Blog Reader Windows 8 App - http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/barbs-connected-world-blog/02f35769-52bf-461c-b1d5-06e54a58d298 Please mark as answered if this answers your question

After many months, I've found an app that replaces the functionality that was removed and adds some pretty nice bonus features. It's a paid app with a 15 day trial. I've done a quick write up at http://digitalmediaphile.com/index.php/2013/11/04/cyberlinks-dvd-mobile-app-trumps-the-photos-app-in-windows-8-1/ It is dismaying that I had to spend a fair amount of $$ to get back some of the functionality, but I decided it was worth it. Hi Barb, I had no luck with this. After choosing "Photo" I just get a spinning "Loading" for ever. It's either try to cache or connect to something, but it doesn't work. Video and Music are fine though. Okay, looks like I can get it to connect to Flickr and Facebook, but it does not work with my local photos. I get the feeling this may be because I have pointed my My Pictures location to SkyDrive. Whenever I try to access My Photos in PowerDVD, it takes me to the SkyDrive location using the standard Metro file browser, then crashes. Looks like this is still too buggy to be viable - particularly at over £10. The saddest part for me is that in its current state on my system, PowerDVD does all the bits that the original Photos app did, EXCEPT display local photos. Aaaaaargh!!!

After many months, I've found an app that replaces the functionality that was removed and adds some pretty nice bonus features. It's a paid app with a 15 day trial. I've done a quick write up at http://digitalmediaphile.com/index.php/2013/11/04/cyberlinks-dvd-mobile-app-trumps-the-photos-app-in-windows-8-1/ It is dismaying that I had to spend a fair amount of $$ to get back some of the functionality, but I decided it was worth it. Hi Barb, I had no luck with this. After choosing "Photo" I just get a spinning "Loading" for ever. It's either try to cache or connect to something, but it doesn't work. Video and Music are fine though. Okay, looks like I can get it to connect to Flickr and Facebook, but it does not work with my local photos. I get the feeling this may be because I have pointed my My Pictures location to SkyDrive. Whenever I try to access My Photos in PowerDVD, it takes me to the SkyDrive location using the standard Metro file browser, then crashes. Looks like this is still too buggy to be viable - particularly at over £10. The saddest part for me is that in its current state on my system, PowerDVD does all the bits that the original Photos app did, EXCEPT display local photos. Aaaaaargh!!! You have multiple threads spanning a long time period about SkyDrive sync issues. From what I read you have multiple computers and were possibly previously using Live Mesh..? To sync over the local LAN. It seems to be something with SkyDrive causing the problem.. for many people. Microsoft needs to solve this. I am not using SkyDrive for default storage as I have multi terabytes of images on NAS.

After many months, I've found an app that replaces the functionality that was removed and adds some pretty nice bonus features. It's a paid app with a 15 day trial. I've done a quick write up at http://digitalmediaphile.com/index.php/2013/11/04/cyberlinks-dvd-mobile-app-trumps-the-photos-app-in-windows-8-1/ It is dismaying that I had to spend a fair amount of $$ to get back some of the functionality, but I decided it was worth it. Does it cache the photos you view, the ay the original Photos app did? That is the feature I miss the most. It allowed me to view a set of photos on Flickr and then show them to other people when I was in a location with no WiFi service. This was extremely useful.

Possibly, but my previous issues with SkyDrive syncing have been resolved. It's still not as good as Live Mesh was, but there we are. The PowerDVD app is the first I've seen that exhibits this issue. Whether it's Cyberlink or Microsoft, something about this app on Windows 8.1 does not account for the My Pictures being pointed at SkyDrive. I could understand it if the SkyDrive files were "dehydrated" on this machine (as vasudev refers to them), but my SkyDrive photos directory is "hydrated".

Does it cache the photos you view, the ay the original Photos app did? That is the feature I miss the most. It allowed me to view a set of photos on Flickr and then show them to other people when I was in a location with no WiFi service. This was extremely useful. You should try it and see, there is a free trial.

Photos App in 8.1 loses most of its best features e.g. Facebook/Flickr support...

Barb Bowman 80,805 MVP Volunteer Moderator

EDIT: October 18 – This has been edited to reflect the Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 official RTM/GA release.

I've just installed the 8.1 Preview on a desktop. EDIT: 10/17/2013-this is also true for RTM. The Photos App has changed:

No longer includes the ability to show images from Facebook, Flickr, SkyDrive

<10/18/2013deleted missing networked computers issue - for information on how to include content from supported Windows computers on a home network, see http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows8_1-pictures/add-network-folders-and-display-pictures-in-the/bf3252f8-9162-4129-8387-5367e24b5609 - note that many older versions of Windows are not supported and that there is no support for Linux based NAS devices>

Does have some new editing features

3. Live Tile functionality has disappeared.

Edit:6/30

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1_pr-pictures/possible-fix-for-photos-app-live-time-not-showing/e0eb3bb4-3e9c-4016-aa27-4a011ccc94a3 is what a possible solution is to missing Live Tile issues.

Edit: 7/04

Tiles are working, but images change only 1x per day. This needs to be a shorter period.

Barb

Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP

My Blog - http://digitalmediaphile.com/

Barb's Connected World Blog Reader Windows 8 App -

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/barbs-connected-world-blog/02f35769-52bf-461c-b1d5-06e54a58d298

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2013-11-04T23:40:06+00:00

After many months, I've found an app that replaces the functionality that was removed and adds some pretty nice bonus features. It's a paid app with a 15 day trial. I've done a quick write up at http://digitalmediaphile.com/index.php/2013/11/04/cyberlinks-dvd-mobile-app-trumps-the-photos-app-in-windows-8-1/

It is dismaying that I had to spend a fair amount of $$ to get back some of the functionality, but I decided it was worth it.

Hi Barb,

I had no luck with this. After choosing "Photo" I just get a spinning "Loading" for ever. It's either try to cache or connect to something, but it doesn't work. Video and Music are fine though.

Okay, looks like I can get it to connect to Flickr and Facebook, but it does not work with my local photos. I get the feeling this may be because I have pointed my My Pictures location to SkyDrive. Whenever I try to access My Photos in PowerDVD, it takes me to the SkyDrive location using the standard Metro file browser, then crashes.

Looks like this is still too buggy to be viable - particularly at over £10. The saddest part for me is that in its current state on my system, PowerDVD does all the bits that the original Photos app did, EXCEPT display local photos. Aaaaaargh!!!
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2013-11-04T23:54:12+00:00

After many months, I've found an app that replaces the functionality that was removed and adds some pretty nice bonus features. It's a paid app with a 15 day trial. I've done a quick write up at http://digitalmediaphile.com/index.php/2013/11/04/cyberlinks-dvd-mobile-app-trumps-the-photos-app-in-windows-8-1/

It is dismaying that I had to spend a fair amount of $$ to get back some of the functionality, but I decided it was worth it.

Hi Barb,

I had no luck with this. After choosing "Photo" I just get a spinning "Loading" for ever. It's either try to cache or connect to something, but it doesn't work. Video and Music are fine though.

Okay, looks like I can get it to connect to Flickr and Facebook, but it does not work with my local photos. I get the feeling this may be because I have pointed my My Pictures location to SkyDrive. Whenever I try to access My Photos in PowerDVD, it takes me to the SkyDrive location using the standard Metro file browser, then crashes.

Looks like this is still too buggy to be viable - particularly at over £10. The saddest part for me is that in its current state on my system, PowerDVD does all the bits that the original Photos app did, EXCEPT display local photos. Aaaaaargh!!!

You have multiple threads spanning a long time period about SkyDrive sync issues. From what I read you have multiple computers and were possibly previously using Live Mesh..? To sync over the local LAN. It seems to be something with SkyDrive causing the problem.. for many people. Microsoft needs to solve this.

I am not using SkyDrive for default storage as I have multi terabytes of images on NAS.
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2013-11-05T00:14:08+00:00

After many months, I've found an app that replaces the functionality that was removed and adds some pretty nice bonus features. It's a paid app with a 15 day trial. I've done a quick write up at http://digitalmediaphile.com/index.php/2013/11/04/cyberlinks-dvd-mobile-app-trumps-the-photos-app-in-windows-8-1/

It is dismaying that I had to spend a fair amount of $$ to get back some of the functionality, but I decided it was worth it.

Does it cache the photos you view, the ay the original Photos app did? That is the feature I miss the most. It allowed me to view a set of photos on Flickr and then show them to other people when I was in a location with no WiFi service. This was extremely useful.
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2013-11-05T00:18:53+00:00

Possibly, but my previous issues with SkyDrive syncing have been resolved. It's still not as good as Live Mesh was, but there we are. The PowerDVD app is the first I've seen that exhibits this issue. Whether it's Cyberlink or Microsoft, something about this app on Windows 8.1 does not account for the My Pictures being pointed at SkyDrive. I could understand it if the SkyDrive files were "dehydrated" on this machine (as vasudev refers to them), but my SkyDrive photos directory is "hydrated".
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Barb Bowman 80,805 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2013-11-05T10:13:58+00:00

Does it cache the photos you view, the ay the original Photos app did? That is the feature I miss the most. It allowed me to view a set of photos on Flickr and then show them to other people when I was in a location with no WiFi service. This was extremely useful.

You should try it and see, there is a free trial.
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