How can I get the Photo Screen Saver to use the sub-folders?

Hi Myk_Myk,


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In Windows 7 it shows the sub-folders as well rather than all the pics in the main folder and sub-folder.
So in Windows 7, it will show the sub-folder as well.
Try using the folder from a different location and verify if it shows  the sub-folder as well.

To use pictures as a screen saver:
1.    Open Screen Saver Settings by clicking the Start button, and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type screen saver, and then click Change screen saver.
2.    Under Screen saver, click the list, and then click Photos.
3.    To change one or more of the screen saver settings, click Settings, and then do one or more of the following:
4.    To specify the photos to use for your screen saver, click Browse, choose the folder that contains the pictures you want to use, and then click OK.
Note: If there is a subfolder in the main folder folder, that will also be included in the screen saver slide show.

For additional help about using pictures as screen saver follow the article below:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-your-screen-saver
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Use-pictures-as-a-screen-saver


Hope it helps.

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I did all that and: "Note: If there is a subfolder in the main folder folder, that will also be included in the screen saver slide show." is not happening...

Hi Myk_Myk,

Great to know that it worked the way you wanted it to be.

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We aren't getting the subfolders, only the pictures filed directly under My Pictures.  There needs to be an option to include subfolders when you choose the folder with pictures to display in the screensaver.  I can't find the Include in Library option mentioned by MykMyk so don't know if that is something I need to do?

I agree that the option should be there as in the past. My pics are kept on a network drive - not on my computer at all.  It appears that network drives cannot be added to the Library, and thus only the selected directory (not its sub-folders) can be used in the slideshow or for backgrounds. This seems like a step backward from XP.

Same. does not include subfolders in windows 7, XP it had the checkbox

Seems to have the same problem in Windows 8.

Microsoft: Is there any update expected to resolve this problem - namely, if I point the photos screensaver at my "Pictures" library - it doesn't recognize any pictures in the subfolders, and provides an error message saying "there are no pictures in..." along with the GUID for the Pictures library.