Windows 10 import picture's and videos not detecting correct android pictures!!

Anonymous
2022-08-31T18:40:03+00:00

Hello, when I use windows 10 explorer's import pictures and videos on my galaxy s8, the import wizard shows up but they all have the wrong photo which is different from whats showing within android. For some reason, the import pictures and video wizard doesn't detect more than 4k files even thought I have alot more than 4k files. Also, even though the folder to where the pictures/videos are being imported to is empty, windows still shows this error:

how do i fix/reset windows 10 explorer's import pictures and videos ? Thank you

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-15T03:56:38+00:00

    Try this modified script. It doesn't use the timer, unlike the previous script. That means you need to run it manually everytime you see the "Try again" dialog. And then click "Try again" in the Import pictures dialog.

    'Code starts here
Dim FSO: Set FSO = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
TmpFldr = FSO.GetSpecialFolder(2)

Call DelAcqTemp

Sub DelAcqTemp
   NumSeconds = 5
   Dim objFolder
   Dim objFile
   Dim objSubfolder
   Set objFolder = fso.GetFolder(TmpFldr)
   
   'DELETE Acq* files in TempFolder Path
   For Each objFile In objFolder.files
      If LCase(FSO.GetExtensionName(objFile)) <> "tmp" And _
      Left(LCase(FSO.GetBaseName(objFile)),3) = "acq" Then
      On Error Resume Next
      objFile.Delete True
      On Error GoTo 0
      End If
   Next   
End Sub
'Code ends here

    So, I have ran the new updated script as soon as I got this error "The library, drive, or media pool is empty" error and after I clicked Try again I got new errors with the same message

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  2. Ramesh 181.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-01-15T03:38:41+00:00

    I'll tell you why this issue occurs, to make things more clear.

    When you use the import wizard, it creates .tmp files with random names beginning with the letters acq.. eg.., acq0a3lsdf.*. the temp files are then renamed to the original extension -- e..g, .jpg, .mp4, etc.

    acq0a3lsdf.jpg

    acq0affsdf.jpg

    acq990sfd.jpg

    The bolded part is the random string generated by the tool. The import wizard has a bug that causes it to create the same set of random strings after processing a number of files, thereby attempting to create duplicates. Since the file names already exist, it's not able to overwrite them.

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  3. Ramesh 181.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-01-15T03:32:45+00:00

    Ok, the best way to verify that is to run a DIR command when the import process gets stuck. The command-line is:

    • dir %temp%\acq*.* /a

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-15T03:24:53+00:00

    No. Don't run the 2nd command. That causes a different issue.

    Image

    And I cannot determine the file type of the above file from the dialog box. It's not jpg, and that's why you received the file not found error. Which file type is that?

    That file is jpg I verified it within my galaxy s8 because i know the filename is too long so youll just have to believe my word of mouth.

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  5. Ramesh 181.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-01-15T01:35:19+00:00

    Try this modified script. It doesn't use the timer, unlike the previous script. That means you need to run it manually everytime you see the "Try again" dialog. And then click "Try again" in the Import pictures dialog.

    'Code starts here
Dim FSO: Set FSO = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
TmpFldr = FSO.GetSpecialFolder(2)

Call DelAcqTemp

Sub DelAcqTemp
   NumSeconds = 5
   Dim objFolder
   Dim objFile
   Dim objSubfolder
   Set objFolder = fso.GetFolder(TmpFldr)
   
   'DELETE Acq* files in TempFolder Path
   For Each objFile In objFolder.files
      If LCase(FSO.GetExtensionName(objFile)) <> "tmp" And _
      Left(LCase(FSO.GetBaseName(objFile)),3) = "acq" Then
      On Error Resume Next
      objFile.Delete True
      On Error GoTo 0
      End If
   Next   
End Sub
'Code ends here

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