Picasa scans your computer to find folders containing compatible photo file types, and then displays photos from these folders. The photos stay in their original folder locations. You can use the Folder Manager to control the folder locations on your hard drive that the Picasa monitors.
Follow these steps:
- Click the Tools menu in Picasa.
- Select Folder Manager.
- Select a folder from the folder list on the left that you want to add or remove from Picasa's watch list.
- Select one of the following monitoring options on the right:
- 'Scan Always': Picasa views all compatible image types in these folders, and it automatically adds new photos. Picasa actively scans this folder for changes.
- 'Scan Once': Picasa accesses all compatible image types in these folders only once. It doesn't detect new photos added to folders with this setting.
- 'Remove from Picasa': Picasa doesn't look in folders that are marked with this status.
- Click the OK button to save your changes.
The folders that you've set Picasa to continously scan are listed in the 'Watched Folders' section.
You can also set a folder to 'Remove from Picasa' by right-clicking (Windows) or Control-clicking (Mac) the folder in Picasa and selecting 'Remove from Picasa.'