Windows Live Photo Gallery replacement

Anonymous
2017-02-04T21:21:12+00:00

Does anyone have a replacement suggestion for Windows Live Photo Gallery? Been using it for a long time. Over 60,000 pictures all with tags. Had to do a clean install of Windows 10. When I went to reinstall Windows Live Photo Gallery it states that as Jan 10th, it's no longer supported and I cannot reinstall it. So what's out there that would recognize my tags? Tried ACDSEE but it doesn't see my tags. Was hopping that there would be a seamless switch as I'm not going to live long enough to re-tag 60000 pictures.

Windows for home | Other | Music, photos, and video

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Anonymous
2017-02-04T21:49:26+00:00

As of this morning, February 4, 2017,

Windows Essentials 2012 download offline installer (Microsoft site) is still available.

Windows Essentials 2012

Support Ended January 10, 2017

Although support has ended, Windows Essentials 2012 programs will continue to work.

Windows Essentials 2012 contains the following programs:

Photo Gallery (Windows Photo Gallery 2012 Build 16.4.3528.331)

Movie Maker (Version 2012 Build 16.4.3528.0331)

Windows Live Writer

Windows Live Mail (Version 2012 Build 16.4.3564.1216)

OneDrive

Windows Essentials 2012 Installer installs Windows Essentials 2012 Version 16.4.3528.0331

The package shows in installed programs as Windows Essentials 2012.

Release Notes on Windows Essentials 2012:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13785

It would be wise to download and save a copy of Windows Essentials 2012 (Offline Installer) to a separate disk as backup.

Windows Essentials 2012 (Microsoft Offline Installer) wlsetup-all.exe

http://g.live.com/1rewlive5-all/en/wlsetup-all.exe

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2017-04-18T15:05:40+00:00

Although support has ended, Windows Essentials 2012 programs will continue to work.

Windows Essentials 2012 contains the following programs:

Photo Gallery (Windows Photo Gallery 2012 Build 16.4.3528.331)

Movie Maker (Version 2012 Build 16.4.3528.0331)

Windows Live Writer

Windows Live Mail (Version 2012 Build 16.4.3564.1216)

OneDrive

Windows Essentials 2012 offline installer is here (in the last post at the bottom of the thread):

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/livemail-wlinstall/windows-essentials-2012-microsoft-offline/0dbbd92a-991c-48d7-8157-26decd351da8

At the bottom of the thread in the last post are two links provided by ¡Firedog.

These two links are active links for Windows Essentials 2012 offline installer.

Please read to the bottom of the thread.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-22T12:55:35+00:00

    I just saw your reply, thanks, did you find that Windows Essential Photogallery had the same features as the old Windows Photo Gallery?  I will try it, however I have yet to switch Windows 10, never felt the need so far, but will do it when you reply "yes" to my above question.

    thanks,

    H.F.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-02-22T12:42:20+00:00

    I have received  several replies, however none that have helped in my search for a way to replace Windows Photo service that has been discontinued by Microsoft.

    This is a huge problem for me as several of my daily activities relied on locating and sending photos.  I have no idea where to turn in order to continue those activities.  I believe Microsoft expects one to reorganize the photos in files or other, I have seen it done on youtube but the configurations are different than they are in my photos.

    In any event, I wish to thank all those who have answered with a suggestion for a replacement.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-02-20T11:18:54+00:00

    NO ! this is not normal nor was it in the PG of vista and 7. I believe Microsoft does these little things to discourage people from still using these apps that they have stopped supporting. Same with the Alleged replacement app for windows media center also. it is absolutely useless compared to the function(s) of windows media center. there really is nothing it is good for except "maybe" to play a DVD movie. Other than that it has no function at all. But, thats all one can/would expect from Microsoft anyway. They have nor have they ever had any regard for their customers wishes or suggestions to start with. Plainly put, there is no work around or fix for the edit function in PG any longer.  As planned by the powers that be .And it gets worse: in some desktops such as Dell, when/if you are able to download and use PG and live mail still., when you open your picture folder all you see is icons,no actual photos until you preview them. Which would indicate that some manufacturers are collaborating with Microsoft to make sure that these apps we've all used and loved that are actually functional no longer will function.

     they have even gone so far as to require places such as oldapps.com to fix there site so you can still get to the download pages for these apps but they will not load or open ! welcome to Microsoft. It's our way or no way !

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