Laura Balsam
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Introduction to Digital Photography Using Picasa
Picasa Media Detector
Picasa may setup a program called Picasa Media Detector
to automatically run when your computer starts up.
This program is only used to download photos.
For most people this is an infrequent occurrence.
If Picasa Media Detector appears on your task bar
whenever you start your computer
I recommend you disable it.
It is unnecessary advertising that constantly uses your machine's resources.
In most cases you do not need Picasa Media Detector to run at all,
as soon as Windows detects the camera or memory card
it will offer to "Copy Pictures and View Them Using Picasa".
This starts Picasa and puts you in the right screen automatically.
before plugging in your camera or card reader.
To Disable the Picasa Media Detector
From the Picasa Tools menu select Options
Here is the main options windows.
Each tab gives you access to another set of options.
The two most important ones are on this tab.
Automatically detect media... keeps a portions of Picasa running all the time.
Save imported Pictures In
This will show you where Picasa is saving the images it moves to your hard drive.
To prevent Picasa Media Detector from running every time you restart your computer:
- Start Picasa and select Options from the Tools menu.
- Uncheck the box labeled "Automatically detect media (show icon in the system tray)".
- Click Apply and then OK.
To re-enable it put the check mark back.