# Windows Vista Pictures problem: annoying green bar refreshing after every change **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 23, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-pictures-problem-annoying-green-bar-refreshing-after-every-change/572338 "2011-02-23T13:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-pictures-problem-annoying-green-bar-refreshing-after-every-change/572338/1 "2011-02-23T13:16:03Z")
I can’t do anything in Windows Vista Pictures (the program that organizes my photos) without it launching the green bar at the top that sloooowly runs its paces. I can “X” the green bar off, but that’s annoying to have to keep doing as I’ve got a lot of pics to work with (and organize). It didn’t always used to do this. For a long time, the program was working just fine. Then this crap started happening. Once in awhile, it’ll spontaneously stop doing this. (Most recently, a few weeks ago; I have no idea what if anything precipitated the cessation of the green-bar problem. I don’t think it was anything I did, right or wrong.) Then yesterday I ran a tags search to locate a particular pic and the green bar problem returned. Back-arrowing and closing Pictures and re-starting it doesn’t fix it. Is there anything I can do to fix this? It’s too bad there’s no pop-down menu choice along the lines of “stop it with that green-bar BS, already”. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-pictures-problem-annoying-green-bar-refreshing-after-every-change/572338/2 "2011-02-25T06:21:18Z")
[http://pinoytech.org/su/question/23355/how-to-deactivat-the-progress-of-the-green-bar-of-windows-vista](http://pinoytech.org/su/question/23355/how-to-deactivat-the-progress-of-the-green-bar-of-windows-vista) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-pictures-problem-annoying-green-bar-refreshing-after-every-change/572338/3 "2011-02-25T06:30:24Z")
I had this same problem. Windows Vista really is a piece of shit though. Seriously consider upgrading to 7 (which is also, in some ways, a piece of shit, but vastly improved.) I am running XP on the computer I’m at right now and I am very happy with it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-pictures-problem-annoying-green-bar-refreshing-after-every-change/572338/4 "2011-02-25T13:10:12Z")
Thanks for the replies. I tried the settings adjustment, but my settings were already set that way, and for good reason: I use that program to organize my photos, so I have to be able to see them and not just the generic pic icon! Barring some other advice, this may turn out to be a problem I’ll just have to learn to live with. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-pictures-problem-annoying-green-bar-refreshing-after-every-change/572338/5 "2011-02-25T13:52:39Z")
Have you tried [Picasa](http://picasa.google.com/)? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-pictures-problem-annoying-green-bar-refreshing-after-every-change/572338/6 "2011-02-26T19:17:14Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > Have you tried [Picasa](http://picasa.google.com/)? Sorry for the belatedness of my response; yes, I’m currently using it. But I don’t make it my primary pic program. There’s some things I like to use the Windows Vista MS Paint for, and others I use Picasa for, and I switch back and forth as needed. Thanks for the suggestion, though.