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Windows 10 October 2018 update - Photodirector 8
CCEB [Avatar]
Newbie Location: Ontario, Canada Joined: Nov 09, 2013 17:16 Messages: 14 Offline
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I received this update in early October but have not suffered the problems that caused Microsoft to withdraw it. However, I had problems opening Photodirector 8 and decided to reinstall it. The program opens ok but I cannot import any files to it. In other words, when I select import in the lower left corner of the program, nothing happens. File explorer does not open for me to select a file or a folder. The same is true for the video-to-photo option. Can anyone help me to find a solution? Chris
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Quote I received this update in early October but have not suffered the problems that caused Microsoft to withdraw it.


Are you sure? What happens if you rollback W10? .
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Are you sure? What happens if you rollback W10?


I also have Power director 15 as well as Power DVD 17. Both work fine along with everything else on my PC. I have also installed the Microsoft Patch that came out last Tuesday. Rolling back to previous windows 10 is not an option at this time. Chris
optodata
Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline
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Two things to try: Are you able to drag and drop a clip from File Explorer into the library? That may be the simplest work-around, especially if you've already tried uninstalling/reinstalling PhD8.

Also when you hover your mouse over the Import tab, does a blue highlight appear?



There does seem to be a delay on my system with PhD10, and it often takes 2-3 seconds for the selection menu to appear, but I'm running Insider build 18252, which is beyond the Oct 2018 release. I don't have PhD8, but PhD7 operates normally, with no delay.

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Newbie Location: Ontario, Canada Joined: Nov 09, 2013 17:16 Messages: 14 Offline
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Sorry guys. I was able to solve the problem. I was using a portable hard drive as my default pictures folder. I removed the drive a couple weeks ago but forgot to move the default drive back to a pictures folder on one of my internal hard drives. In further troubleshooting the issue I found the mistake and corrected it. Photo director was evidently pointing to a drive/folder that did not exist. Had nothing to do with the windows 10 up date. All is working now. Thanks for your help. Chris
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Glad you got it figured out. It would have been nice if PhD8 brought up some kind of dialog simply stating that it couldn't find the requested drive/folder.

FWIW, PhD10 changes the default folder automatically back to the "Sample Images" C: folder if I set the project folder to a USB drive, then close PhD and remove the drive before starting PhD again.

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Quote Glad you got it figured out. It would have been nice if PhD8 brought up some kind of dialog simply stating that it couldn't find the requested drive/folder.

FWIW, PhD10 changes the default folder automatically back to the "Sample Images" C: folder if I set the project folder to a USB drive, then close PhD and remove the drive before starting PhD again.


I agree. It would have saved me some time. All in all though it was a learning experience that I will no doubt call on again at some point in the future. Something you said about about the import option lighting up in blue when I moused over it, which it did made me realize that it was some setting that neede tweaking. Thanks for that. Chris
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