Windows Live Suite Public Beta!

re: Windows Live Suite Public Beta!

MrGroove — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:07:18 GMT

Excellent! Looking forward to a deep dive on the product.

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C-H — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:16:37 GMT

I think it would be great, but I can't test it with this PC. Why the hell Vista x64 isn't supported?

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huttoner — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:13:48 GMT

Yeah, I'm getting a little tired with the lack of 64 bit support from other developers (no compatible codecs from Canon for example) but for Microsoft to leave out support for 64 bit!?!?! What the hell.... are they trying to discourage people to convert?

re: Windows Live Suite Public Beta!

pixblog — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:02:22 GMT

From the release notes:

http://get.live.com/betas/installer_release_notes

64-bit is not supported for Beta 2

Beta 2 does not support a 64-bit installation; however the final version of Windows Live will support 64-bit (with the exception of Family Safety). You have the choice of either continuing to run the Beta 1 versions of Windows Live or you can uninstall all Windows Live applications and reinstall the released versions. For more information see KB Article 938275.

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betun@hotmail.com — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:25:43 GMT

Hi guys. I downloaded and installed this little toy, but it seems that it *ONLY* shows my *SHARED* pictures and videos. And there is now way to see My Pictures and My Videos.

I'm running WinXP SP2 32bits.

Thanks...

re: Windows Live Suite Public Beta!

pixblog — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:08:49 GMT

Betun - Have you tried going to the file menu, and using the 'Include a folder in the gallery...'?

You should be able to select the folder that your photos and videos are stored in to add those to scope. You can add as many folders as you need.

If that doesn't fix your problem, please file a report at http://feedback.live.com/ so we can investigate further

Thanks!

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betun@hotmail.com — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:37:58 GMT

Hi pixblog, thanks for your reply.

Yes, I've already tried that, but Photo Gallery only says that "This folder or one of its parent folders is considered a system folder or marked as hidden. We recommend that you move your photos to another folder." (on both My Pictures and My Videos folders).

I'll file a report at feedback.

Thanks again!

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betun@hotmail.com — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:42:15 GMT

Update: before filing a report, I took a look at the folders properties and found out that the folder had the System attribute. After removing it (from the command line), now it works ok.

I still don't know how it got the attribute.

Cheers.

re: Windows Live Suite Public Beta!

pixblog — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:09:44 GMT

Betun - Glad that worked for you!

We've seen that same issue pop up occasionally, and luckily it's an easy fix (as you discovered).

We're just as confused as you are as to why/how some users' Pictures folder is getting marked as a system folder. We suspect some rogue application out there is doing it (hopefully not one of ours!) but so far, we've been unable to catch it in the act!