Picasa

: Choose "Only watch My Documents, My Pictures, and Desktop" to prevent a long initial scan of your entire hard drive.

Picasa is a discontinued image organizer and editor originally created by Lifescape in 2002 and acquired by Google in 2004. While Google officially retired Picasa in 2016 to focus on Google Photos , the desktop application still functions for local photo management on many computers. Picasa

Photos Resources - Quick Start Guide - Google Drive: Sign-in : Choose "Only watch My Documents, My Pictures,

: Upon first launch, Picasa asks to scan your computer for photos. Photos Resources - Quick Start Guide - Google

: If you don't already have it, you must find the final setup file ( picasa39-setup.exe ) from reputable third-party archives like FileHippo .

Because Picasa is no longer supported, it is no longer available on official Google download pages.

: Use Tools > Folder Manager to precisely control which folders Picasa "watches". 2. Organization Tools