Strange New Symbols: Can anyone explain what these new symbols are? They just appeared on all of my photos regardless of the folder they are in. The only thing I did out of the normal...

birdman12 Loc: Pinopolis, SC

Can anyone explain what these new symbols are? They just appeared on all of my photos regardless of the folder they are in. The only thing I did out of the normal tasks was to start two video programs that I have not used in the past. I have restarted my computer but the symbols remain. I am using Windows 10.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Did you try clicking the icons?

The names are mostly the same (2006 17 birds) except for the numbers in parentheses, as if they might be groups of burst shots. Or did you name them all the same, with the number in parentheses to differentiate?

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Add What app are you viewing them in, we can't tell from the image you posted.

birdman12 Loc: Pinopolis, SC

Linda From Maine wrote:

Did you try clicking the icons?

The names are mostly the same (2006 17 birds) except for the numbers in parentheses, as if they might be groups of burst shots. Or did you name them all the same, with the number in parentheses to differentiate?

Yes I clicked the icons, but that just opened the pictures in Microsoft's Photo which is my default setting. I changed the names as I preferred. The numbers in parentheses are asigned when you change the names of a group in Explorer.

birdman12 Loc: Pinopolis, SC

robertjerl wrote:

Add What app are you viewing them in, we can't tell from the image you posted.

No app is used. they are just shown in Explorer. When I open the pictures, I do use Windows Photo generally. To do editing I use Paint Shop Pro 2020, but I don't know how to use PSP to rename the pictures - I have to go back to Explorer to do that.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Google "file explorer double carat overlay"

birdman12 Loc: Pinopolis, SC

DirtFarmer wrote:

Google "file explorer double carat overlay"

Thanks. Yes, that appears to be it. I am going to work on it tomorrow.

Drbobcameraguy Loc: Eaton Ohio

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-removeresize-double-arrow-blue-box-overlay/f30933c7-6151-4d1e-9a4a-4b1eed2c85c2

This will help you.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Drbobcameraguy wrote:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-removeresize-double-arrow-blue-box-overlay/f30933c7-6151-4d1e-9a4a-4b1eed2c85c2

This will help you.

That's interesting.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

birdman12 wrote:

No app is used. they are just shown in Explorer. When I open the pictures, I do use Windows Photo generally. To do editing I use Paint Shop Pro 2020, but I don't know how to use PSP to rename the pictures - I have to go back to Explorer to do that.

Corel's companion to PSP is Aftershot Pro 3. But it's ability to handle files etc. is pretty basic compared to Lightroom.

I used to use PSP because I migrated from the photo editing app in the old Corel Draw. I switched over to LR and then PS + LR a few years after I retired from teaching. I no longer needed Corel Draw to produce materials* for the classroom.

I taught at a HS that was part of a federal program called the Digital High School and we had overhead and other AV equipment but the materials that came with our textbooks sucked. So I took a class and started to do my own posters, charts, over head projection materials, Power Points etc. I and an English teachers were the first at the school to do so but when I retired in 2007 there was at least one teacher in every academic field making their own materials. Somewhere in a box of some of my own stuff I still have his "History of the English Language" disk that I used to show to my history students.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

My first photo editor was JASC Paint Shop Pro. When I began adding GPS data to my photos before doing the post-processing I discovered that PSP was removing the GPS data and there was no option to prevent it. I migrated to Lightroom and it has remained my editor ever since. I don't use the cataloguing function of LR--I do all that with folders on my computer. Adding comments is not done in LR, either--I do that after I've uploaded my selected photos to Flickr.

birdman12 Loc: Pinopolis, SC

Drbobcameraguy wrote:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-removeresize-double-arrow-blue-box-overlay/f30933c7-6151-4d1e-9a4a-4b1eed2c85c2

This will help you.

Thanks so much. That solved my problem (or concern).

birdman12 Loc: Pinopolis, SC

DirtFarmer wrote:

Google "file explorer double carat overlay"

Thanks again. Yes, that solved my problem (or concern).

birdman12 Loc: Pinopolis, SC

robertjerl wrote:

Corel's companion to PSP is Aftershot Pro 3. But... (show quote)

Thanks for your interesting information. I use PSP 2020 since PSP is the only one I have ever used and don't want to invest the time to learn another. I found a bug or problem with PSP 2018 and then purchased PSP 2020 hoping that they had corrected the problem. They had not. After dealing with Corel for quite a while, I gave up and now just live with the quirk. I know how to get around it and just don't get into the problem area anymore.

birdman12 Loc: Pinopolis, SC

David in Dallas wrote:

My first photo editor was JASC Paint Shop Pro. When I began adding GPS data to my photos before doing the post-processing I discovered that PSP was removing the GPS data and there was no option to prevent it. I migrated to Lightroom and it has remained my editor ever since. I don't use the cataloguing function of LR--I do all that with folders on my computer. Adding comments is not done in LR, either--I do that after I've uploaded my selected photos to Flickr.

Thanks for your information. I also started with JASC PSP. I also use the folders on my computer for cataloguing.