HTC Album Application - Folder Exceptions

reprod · #1 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 12:31 PM

Hey guys,
I dont know if this was answered previously but I used search and found nothing.

Is there anyway to label folders that the Album application should not look in for pictures and videos... I use SkyBook and since it figures it convenient to create a folder with a pic for EVERY contact I have almost 500 folders on my Internal Storage with a pic in it.

I have even tried moving into the Application Data folder and Windows folder... All to no avail.

Any ideas anyone... Is it possible that the HTC Album app stops looking after a certain amount of folder levels?

Thanks

**rainfreak** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 12:55 PM

I found this in the registry:

\HKLM\Software\Software\HTC\HTCAlbum\Ignored\

There is a key named Camera with a string value of "\My Documents\Templates\"

You could try adding your Skybook stuff into that folder and see if HTC Album misses the contact pics.

reprod · #3 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 01:03 PM

Trying it out now.

**rainfreak** · #4 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reprod

Trying it out now.

Cool, let us know how it goes. I am sure that we could create some new keys with other folder exceptions as well.

Actually I tested it and was able to create a key for a new ignored folder that worked.

New string value:

Name: Test
String: \my documents\my pictures\test

I then made the test folder in \my documents\my pictures\ and dropped a few pics from my PC into it (new pics to ensure that I knew whether or not they were showing up). They did not show in HTC Album. I removed my test key in the registry and checked HTC Album again. This time my pics in the \my documents\my pictures\test folder showed up.

reprod · #5 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 01:32 PM

First attempt was unsuccessful. I added "\Internal Storage\Windows\SkyBook". The issue is finding a way to make it recognize an Internal Storage folder.

I know if I migrated the SkyBook cache to regular storage i could make this work but I really dont want to sacrifice the 5MB of program memory.

reprod · #6 (**permalink**) 11-06-2008, 04:13 PM

From my tests I was also able to make any folders in Storage Memory not show up in HTC Album. I was not able to successfully make any folders in Internal Storage not show up.

Does anyone know how the registry interprets an Internal Storage address? What does it need to be prefixed with "\Internal Storage\..." is not currently working for me.