Elements Organiser

After some years with Paintshop Pro I have recently come over to Photoshops Elements 4. Apart from the long delays in opening up, I find that it is an excellent programme. However i do have a real problem with the Organiser side of the programme. Having been used for many years to use Windows Explorer to manage my shots, I have a degree of difficulty with Organiser, which will not acknowledge any movements of shots into new or different files, etc.. Could some kind person out there tell me if it is possible to get PE4 to default to Windows Explorer when working on my photographs.
Many thanks
JohnM

After some years with Paintshop Pro I have recently come over to Photoshops Elements 4. Apart from the long delays in opening up, I find that it is an excellent programme. However i do have a real problem with the Organiser side of the programme. Having been used for many years to use Windows Explorer to manage my shots, I have a degree of difficulty with Organiser, which will not acknowledge any movements of shots into new or different files, etc.. Could some kind person out there tell me if it is possible to get PE4 to default to Windows Explorer when working on my photographs.
Many thanks
JohnM

On Oct 17, 8:18 am, "JohnM" wrote:

After some years with Paintshop Pro I have recently come over to Photoshops Elements 4. Apart from the long delays in opening up, I find that it is an excellent programme. However i do have a real problem with the Organiser side of the programme. Having been used for many years to use Windows Explorer to manage my shots, I have a degree of difficulty with Organiser, which will not acknowledge any movements of shots into new or different files, etc.. Could some kind person out there tell me if it is possible to get PE4 to default to Windows Explorer when working on my photographs.
Many thanks
JohnM

You could also try the "monitor this folder" option in the organizer. That might sync up the files as you move them with Windows Explorer. I haven’t tried this becaue the monitor function doesn’t work for me on a network drive, only on local drives (I get an error popup when trying to monitor a network share).

-glenn-

I’m working my way through The Missing Manual for PSE, it says that as long as you move the files around from withIN the organizer, vs doing it in Explorer itself, the moves / changes etc can be moved.
My image files are also very organized in folders w detailed file names so I’m less excited about Organizer too. Mostly, it seems, it’s for people who just dump digital files and never clean them up. I’m most frustrated that Organizer doesn’t actually display the actual FILE NAMEs… if anyone knows how to do that, it would be great.

people who just dump digital files and never clean them up. I’m most frustrated that Organizer doesn’t actually display the actual FILE NAMEs… if anyone knows how to do that, it would be great.

Try this

In Organiser, select Edit menu, Preferences, General (just Cntrl/K), check Show file names in details.

Andrew Bealing