

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling numerous times including removing the database but nothing helps. Almost all of my photos were cropped even though I had not cropped them, albums and folders were empty, photos were in albums they didn’t belong in etc. I have been using Picasa for years and I love it, however one day a few months ago it just went haywire.
#Lost picasa photos windows
That folder is located along with other program settings in your Windows user settings folder.

Yes, even in Picasa3, the database is found in a folder called Picasa2. The database is actually a set of folders found within a folder called Picasa2. If you don’t want to trust this built in procedure and you’d rather do it yourself, let me tell you how. When it’s done, your pictures should all be back to normal. It will take a minute, but you should eventually see:Ĭlick Yes, and it will rebuild it’s internal database. Once you see the Picasa 3 logo, you can let go of Alt Ctrl Shift. So, hold down Alt, Ctrl and Shift Click Start and Picasa 3. Make sure to launch Picasa from the start menu however, not from a desktop icon. The built in method to accomplish this is to hold down the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift key as you launch Picasa. What I referred to above as Picasa’s ‘listings’ is actually a database, and it needs to be rebuilt. Nothing looks right, but the book is fine. It’s like you’re trying to read a book with someone else’s eyeglasses. All that has actually happened is that Picasa’s listings of them have become corrupted.

It appears that your pictures are missing or garbled. This can be a scary experience if you don’t know what’s going on. I double-clicked on a thumbnail photo of a little girl, and what appeared was a photo of a boat! What the …. I saw it just this past week while private tutoring someone on Picasa.
