{"id":30373,"date":"2022-11-29T22:09:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T16:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=30373"},"modified":"2022-12-31T07:58:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T02:28:07","slug":"lock-screen-slideshow-folder-isnt-supported-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/lock-screen-slideshow-folder-isnt-supported-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Lock Screen Slideshow: Folder isn’t supported because of its location"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you attempt to add a folder source for the lock screen slideshow by clicking on the Browse button and choosing the folder, the following message appears:<\/p>\n

The <foldername> folder isn't supported because of its location. Please choose another folder.<\/pre>\n
\"lock<\/p>\n
And the chosen folder is not added to the list.<\/p>\n
The issue arises if you click on the Quick access\/Home link and choose a special folder or its subfolders. The result is the same if you type the full path (e.g., “C:\\Users\\Ramesh\\Pictures\\Screenshots<\/code>“) manually in the browse dialog box.<\/p>\n
Solution<\/h2>\n
To workaround the issue, browse the folder path manually from the Desktop namespace or This PC.<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. After you click “Browse,” in the file picker dialog, click “This PC” in the navigation pane.
    \n\"this<\/li>\n
  2. Double-click the OS drive — e.g., C:\\<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Double-click “Users”.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Double-click your user profile folder.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Select Pictures.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Click Choose this folder.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Repeat the procedure for every folder\/album you want to add to the lock screen slideshow.<\/p>\n
    I hope that helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    When you attempt to add a folder source for the lock screen slideshow by clicking on the Browse button and choosing the folder, the following message appears:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[869],"tags":[381],"class_list":["post-30373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-11","tag-personalization"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30636,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/browse-for-folder-dialog-empty-in-windows-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":30373,"position":0},"title":"“Browse For Folder” Dialog Only Shows Desktop in Windows 11","author":"Ramesh","date":"December 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"After installing the Windows 11 22H2 update, you may notice that the \"Browse for Folder\" dialog invoked from various apps may show only the folders on the desktop. In other words, the desktop is shown as the rooted view, and no option exists to choose any other folder outside the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Windows 11"","block_context":{"text":"Windows 11","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-11\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"browse for folder shows only desktop","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/browseforfolder_epty.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3084,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/remove-old-lock-screen-images-history-settings\/","url_meta":{"origin":30373,"position":1},"title":"How to Remove Old Lock Screen Images From Settings Page in Windows 10?","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When you open the Lock Screen Settings page, it shows the thumbnail images of last five lock screen images used. This post tells you how to remove old lock screen picture thumbnails from the history. To remove a thumbnail image from the Lock Screen Background page, click the Browse button\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Windows 10"","block_context":{"text":"Windows 10","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-10\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lockbg-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8637,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/cant-add-program-to-open-with-menu-list-windows\/","url_meta":{"origin":30373,"position":2},"title":"[Fix] Cannot Add a Program to Open with List in Windows","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"When you right-click on a file, select \"Open with\", click \"choose another app\" and select a program using the Browse dialog, the program may fail to appear in the \"Open With\" dialog. It may appear as if nothing happened after you selected the program in the browse dialog -- i.e.,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Utilities"","block_context":{"text":"Utilities","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/utilities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"open with dialog - header image","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/open-with-featured.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/open-with-featured.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/open-with-featured.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/open-with-featured.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9392,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-use-windows-spotlight-as-desktop-wallpaper-slideshow\/","url_meta":{"origin":30373,"position":3},"title":"How to Use Windows Spotlight as Desktop Wallpaper Slideshow","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Windows Spotlight brings fresh wallpaper images for your lock screen daily. The wallpapers are stored in the Assets folder wherein the older wallpaper images will be purged automatically as the new set of images get downloaded. We saw how to save the lock screen wallpapers using various methods, including\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Utilities"","block_context":{"text":"Utilities","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/utilities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"spotlight image as desktop wallpaper - bing images - dynamic theme","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dynamic-theme-options-2.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dynamic-theme-options-2.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dynamic-theme-options-2.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dynamic-theme-options-2.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5189,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-10-lock-screen-black-background-no-wallpaper-fix\/","url_meta":{"origin":30373,"position":4},"title":"Windows 10 Lock Screen Black Background and no Wallpaper [Fix]","author":"Ramesh","date":"January 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting with the Windows 10 anniversary update, you can show the lock screen wallpaper in the login or sign-in screen as well. However, with the wallpaper option enabled for the sign-in screen, there appears a problem where the lock screen shows up with a black background instead of a Windows\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Windows 10"","block_context":{"text":"Windows 10","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-10\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"lock screen black background","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/black-lock-screen-00.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/black-lock-screen-00.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/black-lock-screen-00.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1492,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/safekeep-windows-spotlight-images-windows-10-app-scripts\/","url_meta":{"origin":30373,"position":5},"title":"How to Save Windows 10\/11 Spotlight Wallpapers","author":"Ramesh","date":"January 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Windows Spotlight brings to you some fantastic images that are worth storing. Unfortunately, at present, Windows 10\/11 doesn't have a GUI option to save these lock screen wallpaper images; this has to be done manually or using a custom app or script. This post tells you how to save Windows\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Windows 10"","block_context":{"text":"Windows 10","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-10\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/assets-folder-lock-images.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/assets-folder-lock-images.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/assets-folder-lock-images.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}