About this tag
Discussions about photo tags on WindowsForum.com focus on preserving and managing metadata applied to image files using Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Live Photo Gallery. Users migrating to a new operating system or hard drive worry about losing their carefully organized tag structures, which are stored within the photo files themselves rather than in the application database. Topics include transferring tags between Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8, as well as syncing tag changes across a home network when using a server and client computers. The recurring concern is ensuring that tags survive upgrades, drive replacements, and network sharing without requiring manual re-tagging of thousands of photos.
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    Windows 8 don't want to lose my photo tags

    I just bought a new 1TB hard drive for my laptop and would like to install Windows 8 on it. On the existing 250 MB hard drive, I now have thousands of photos organized by tags in Windows Photo Gallery which came with the Vista operating system. I know I won't lose any photos when I make the...
    • botanica
    • Thread
    • backup file management hard drive migration photo gallery photo tags transition user experience windows 8 windows vista
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Software
  2. K

    Windows 7 windows 7, image gallery and tagging

    hello all. i have network computers in my home with 2 client computers and 1 server. on the server i store all of my pictures in a different partition. I have tagged in the past all of my pictures using the "image gallery" app (I think its MSN app). Now, i upgraded all the computers to be using...
    • karlos
    • Thread
    • client-server file sharing media center network photo gallery photo management photo tags tagging windows 7 windows upgrade
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support