I've just checked the laptop and its on the same version & build. I've search on Google, but no issues reported so I'm assuming its something I've done wrong.īoth of my machines that don't work are on the latest V 20H2 Build 19042.685. Has something changed recently with the desktop app and Windows 10.?Īny help to get it working would be appreciated. My Windows 10 laptop that has been running Amazon Photos for some time is still fine and working. I have tried uninstalling / reinstalling several times and also tried on another PC. It installs, but then doesn't do anything - I get an icon in the system tray but it just shows 'About' or 'Exit' it wont launch the app.

Today, I needed to reinstall it on my Windows 10 desktop. I have been using Amazon Photos for a few years, all fine. Want more tips for dealing with a huge, disorganized photo collection? Tap or click here for six ways to organize your messy photo library.Apologies if this is the wrong section of the forum, but its the best I could find. However, this is a surefire way to transfer your pictures off of Amazon Photos. Since Tanya’s photo collection is so huge, it may take a while for her 10,000 pictures to download on to her computer. This starts downloading your library-no matter how large it is.

In the new pop-up, select your download destination by selecting Select Folder.

Select Download > Download Folder > All > Download too….

Under Your Photo Stats, you’ll see an image icon that tells you how many photos you backed up.

Hit the Start button > Amazon Photos > Backup.

Make sure you have Amazon photos installed, you can tap or click here to download the software to your Mac or PC.

I asked TeamKomando:John to help out and he shared the steps to success: Luckily, I have a tech genius who works at the Komando HQ. If you are using a web browser, you cannot currently select an entire album to download from Amazon Photos. When I looked it up, I found that Tanya was correct. She wants to move away from Amazon, but she feels like her pictures are being held hostage.

There’s just one problem: It’s hard to get all of your pictures off of Amazon en masse. You can get unlimited photo storage with Prime. Amazon Photos lets you get 5 GB of storage for full-resolution photos and videos. Tanya from Ventura, California uses Amazon Photos to back up all the pictures she takes on her phone.

Amazon photos desktop app