Thursday 15 May 2014

Removing Deleted Pictures from live Tile

Want to know how to remove his deleted pictures from the pictures app live tile, these steps can be tried.


1:    Make sure you delete these image(s) from the classic desktop/library or from SkyDrive, Facebook, or Flickr (or move them to a non-public location or different folder on your computer NOT part of your Photo Library).

2:   In the classic desktop, open Windows explorer(the folder icon is on your taskbar) and navigate to
C:\Users\youruserame\AppData\Local\Packages\microsoft.windowsphotos_some_random_stuff\LocalState
3:   Change the view to show Medium, Large, Or Extra Large icons


4:   Now that you can view the cached images, select the ones you want to remove and permanently delete them. Be sure to delete both the LargeTile*.jpg and SmallTile*.jpg (where * is a number) for the picture(s) in question.

5:   Final step, from the Windows 8 Start screen, swipe up on the Photo App tile or right click it and select Turn Live Tile Off. Then swipe up/right click again and turn it back on. It will repopulate without the deleted images.


ALTERNATE METHOD :
From the Windows 8 Start screen, select Settings, Tiles, and Clear personal information. This will clear all info from all tiles. Each tile will rebuild with new info from the point at which you cleared the info and the previous info will not be included.
Important :: Try the first method if its just the pictures tile that need to be updated. This method will update all the tiles (mail, FB etc.)


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