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Anyone been having problems with Picasa lately? Mine (OS Windows 7), of late, seems to have problems opening. It’s particularly frustrating trying to get images t/fd from Memory Card. It used to be simple (probably pre the current version 3. that when the card was inserted into the PC, Picasa opened, and t/fd the pix from the card.
Now I open Picasa, click on Import - the screen opens - and the blue spinning Circle of Death appears, soon after that one sees a message “Picasa is not responding”. I’ve just tried a few times all with the same results.
Can anyone recommend a free, similar program which will get my pictures from the Memory Card to the PC?
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Trigger you can just copy them from the card to whatever location you want them on your computer. No special software required. I have used third party software in the past and I find it can be problematic.
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I do as BB has said even though I could use Kodak or another program I have also found third party software to be a little annoying
Picasa transfers all from card to computer which I sometimes did not want to do so I now only transfer those images which I want to keep
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I too send mine straight to my laptop through my picture library on the hard drive
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Thanks for the replies. Want to try this but (stupid question time!) - i put the memory card into the appropriate slot in the PC. How do I get to it - to retrieve the pix from the card - and transfer them to the PC? 
It was so much easier in days of yore - when you took the roll of film into the Chemists - and collected the B & W prints a few days later! 
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nikkai
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Start = my computer = ?drive or card name = open
simples
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One cannot think well, sleep well,live well if one has not dinned well "virginia woolf"
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funkychick
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When I put my card in, a little box pops up asking me if I want to import them, view them etc
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nikkai
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I'm not sure but I think Trigger may have his default actions set for a different task (sometimes done automatically by installed programs)
If it is then he can always alter it so he gets the pop up box,
its nice to be able to come on and get assistance from so many different people
why I like this site
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There are NO strangers HERE ! Only Friends who have not yet met....
One cannot think well, sleep well,live well if one has not dinned well "virginia woolf"
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Thanks folks - have been really adventurous and found default settings - and it is set to
copy pictures to PC using Picasa (see below). Unfortunately, it doesn't! 
I'm suddenly going off computers!
Tomorrow is another day - I'll give it another go then.
Thanks again.
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nikkai
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If you have updated your picasa then windows "may" have forgotten to update the internal link
Dont give up as if you do then the computer has won and WE have lost a very good poster on this site
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There are NO strangers HERE ! Only Friends who have not yet met....
One cannot think well, sleep well,live well if one has not dinned well "virginia woolf"
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If you have updated your picasa then windows "may" have forgotten to update the internal link
Dont give up as if you do then the computer has won and WE have lost a very good poster on this site
I ain't gonna give up! Re: the last bit - flattery won't get you anywhere!
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Thanks Meryl for suggestions. Have been back to default settings, changed it to something for pics, and saved - then changed it to Picasa & saved - then rebooted. Can’t really test it as I need to get new pics - will do that tomorrow.
Will re-read & try your second suggestion tomorrow - as I’ve got my sleepy head on now 
PS Looked in camera manual and there is a lead to connect camera to PC to t/f pics etc - so will get on and save all this playing about!
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UPDATE:
To try and alleviate my woes - I bought a rather expensive item - an "Integral USB 2.0 Single Slot SD Reader" - it cost £1.70 from play.com!
Used it today (fortunatley, I'd taken some piccies this morning!) - and it's excellent . . . and it pops them into Picasa . . . so, I'm well pleased.
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