Hi

I run Windows 8.1

I have a number of photos that I sort into folders on my external hard drive. For months I have been opening the photos in Photo Gallery to crop them and have never had a problem.

However, when I tried to do this yesterday, this is what happened ...

I opened the relevant folder that contained my photos from my external drive and this displayed all the photos in that folder. I clicked on the first photo, which opened in Photo Gallery. I then clicked on 'Edit, organise or share' from the toolbar (this is a process I have done many times). However, although this displays lots of photos in Photo Gallery that I can edit, it does not include the ones in the folder that I just opened - they are nowhere to be seen. I have not hidden the side navigation because it does display lots of photo folders. I have also run a repair on Windows Essentials but it has made no difference.

As far as I can tell I have done differently to what I have dozens of times in the past without any problems.

PLEASE HELP!!!