Windows 11 criticism. I downloaded 6,000+ pictures from a flash drive onto my new computer. It put them all in ONE folder!!!!!! Removed all the sub-folders and info. Grrrrrrr.
I just now talked to a Twitter friend who had her son load some on her new computer and it did the same thing. THAT'S TOTALLY TERRIBLE!! 
@diogenese19348 I haven't looked it over yet to see if I missed a setting, but I don't think I did. 
@vero I don't have a copy of windows 11 so I can't try to replicate the problem. Everything I am reading though says it should copy the directory structure.
Are you using explorer or the photo app to move the files?
@diogenese19348 Explorer, which has always worked perfectly before.
I do use Photos to download from my camera.
I have downloaded the pictures from this same flash drive on to two other computers and they worked perfectly.
@diogenese19348 When i get time, I am going to double check everything to see what went wrong. They probably just sneaked a setting in there somewhere that took out all the organization structure. Might it have something to do with One Drive? Could it be the thing doing the interfering? I wish those "Clouds" would stick to just giving us rain like they were meant to do!!! 
@vero I don't like the way they do cloud storage at all. I have dropbox, I don't need to pay Microsoft or Apple to store stuff I am already storing on the cloud. And some stuff I just do not want on the cloud period. Yeah, I know they are supposed to be secure. Until of course they aren't, and then you get apologies and the hackers get all your data, and you get to read the EULA to find out why the cloud platform doesn't care.
@diogenese19348 I have heard of dropbox, but don't know anything about it. I have the same feelings of doubt about cloud storage. I like my stuff right where I can keep an eye on it. One Drive informed me that I only have 5 gb of free storage (the pictures were over 8 gb). It went ahead and downloaded them, but says I can't use them unless I send them money. Now, they have my pictures, but won't let me use over 5gb of them without paying.
I deleted them all from their space (but of course they probably still have them) 
@vero I've been using Dropbox for years; I like the fact that my files are always on my local drives as well as in the cloud. I have it on 4 computers, each of which updates the rest with any changes. It works on Linux (the only OS I use) as well as Windows and Apple. On my phone and tablet I can access my files on the cloud. It has a shared-folder feature, also.
Dio, In the forum it shows Cosmicrat's post as Anonymous. But on the home page, it shows his screen name and picture. Is there a problem, that caused this? Thanks in advance.
"cosmicrat replied to the topic "WINDOWS 11" – 7 hours ago"
@greystarfish1 unless there was an oddity with not being logged in I can't think of what might have caused that.
@diogenese19348 I suspect that he was logged on, but there is some kind of problem between the forum and the home page. I still see his post on the home page. He is logged on.
cosmicrat replied to the topic "WINDOWS 11" – 16 hours ago
@vero I’ve been using Dropbox for years; I like the fact that my files are always on my local drives as well as in the cloud. I have it on 4 computers, each of which updates the rest with any… Read more»
Note: I am not able to copy and paste his profile picture, but I see it, on the home page.
That's essentially the same thing one drive does. The reason I like dropbox better, well there are a couple of them:
(1) I make the decision of whether or not something goes in dropbox, I have to put the document in that folder. Microsoft has it set up so pretty much all documents go to the cloud, on Dropbox my c:\documents, photos, etc don't.
(2) Dropbox is much better at working with you if your account is hacked, that is somebody else managed to get your password.
This crap:
Vs what dropbox does:
https://help.dropbox.com/security/account-hacked
No thanks Microsoft
@diogenese19348 Thanks so much for your helpful advice, Dio. Nothing beats experience when it comes to knowing what is the best route to follow.
@diogenese19348 I'm taking another look at One Drive. My daughter is a teacher and she says the whole school uses it for everything, so it must be fairly secure or they wouldn't risk it. I'm quite happy with all my material just on my computer though, and maybe the important stuff backed up on a portable drive.
@vero It isn't that one drive isn't secure, it's more or less as secure as any other cloud storage. It's what happens if somebody hacks your account. Remember if you are syncing all your files between the cloud and your desktop, and it gets wiped, you lose your local copies too if you let them sync.
What I posted above just relates to what happens if someone gets into your account on One Drive.
I guess the main point is you need an external backup of those files. Don't trust Microsoft to do it. Same with any of them.
@diogenese19348 
Gotcha!! I use a large portable drive, and will buy another one when this one is full.
@diogenese19348 I agree, and I've found for years that anything MS offers is intended at some point for their profit. That's one of the reasons I don't use Windows.
About that "anonymous", it wasn't my intent. I have noticed that even when I've logged in in the beginning, sometimes I have to log in again when posting in my site.
@cosmicrat The first time you log in, you are logging into Civatar, the second time you log in you are logging in to your own site. Think of this place like a pyramid with a guard check at each level.
@cosmicrat Nice to see your smiling face again. Much better than that anonymous feller.
I need to learn how to hand-install updates so that they don't decide to add the changes they made to Photos. As of now, I have the old version and I love it and want to keep it.
Question? Could I go back to the old version on my other computer? I am not too savvy when it comes to that stuff!
@vero Unless the people that wrote the program provided a way to revert it, no unless you reinstall from a backup and it would probably need to be the whole drive. There are too many system changes they make these days, just replacing an executable isn't going to do it.
I was afraid of that.Is Windows 11 a nightmare? I have not upgraded to 11, because I am letting Microsoft fix the bugs and problems. 
@greystarfish1 I wouldn't exactly call it a nightmare. Actually, I like most of the changes. The version that I upgraded to is very different to the one that came on my new computer. I'm still learning what the differences are.
All this is no big deal, really. I just brought it up in case it might be of interest to someone. I will just delete that giant folder and start over... adding maybe just one folder at a time until I figure out what went amiss!
@diogenese19348 I agree, and I've found for years that anything MS offers is intended at some point for their profit. That's one of the reasons I don't use Windows.
About that "anonymous", it wasn't my intent. I have noticed that even when I've logged in in the beginning, sometimes I have to log in again when posting in my site.
