bigpapascout- thanks for the reply.i have a my pic file but most of the pics were taken with a digital camera and the pics are down about 4 levels in the files.the browse window pulls up all my digital pics not my pictures.all of the my pictures file was downloaded for my desktop.they came from various websites.must i consolidate all pics into my pic file ?if so,what is the best way to do that?i hate to be such a bother but you can see i know how to put pictures into my computer but do not know how to do anything but look at them or email them to an email address.