TakeoutHelper does not work - "I couldn't find any D:" #456
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I don't have enough space on drive C. So I used drive F for the 250 GB of takeout files. Unfortunately, I can't select them during script execution. I can only select folders from drive C or create a new folder. But even running the script with fewer takeout files located in a single “Takeout” folder on Harddrive "C" doesn't work. Although the takeout folders contain years, the script cannot find these year folders. The unzipped takeout files are divided into different folders: takeout-20251117T193905Z-3-001 -> Takeout -> Google Photos. The last folder then contains individual folders such as: "Photos from 2024". What can I do to make Takeout Helper work? I downloaded GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper-master according to the script instructions, but I don't know what to do with the files. What do I have to do with them in Windows? This is what the script outputs:
`GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper v3.4.3
Hi there! This tool will help you to get all of your photos from Google Takeout to one nice tidy folder
(If any part confuses you, read the guide on:
https://github.com/TheLastGimbus/GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper )
Select the directory where you unzipped all your takeout zips
(Make sure they are merged => there is only one "Takeout" folder!)
[press enter to continue]
Cool!
Now, select output folder - all photos will be extracted there
[press enter to continue]
Cool!
Do you want your photos in one big chronological folder, or divided to folders by year/month?
[1] (default) - one big folder
[2] - year/month folders
(Type 1 or 2 or press enter for default):
2
Okay, will divide to folders!
What should be done with albums?
[0] shortcut: [Recommended] Album folders with shortcuts/symlinks to original photos. Recommended as it will take the least space, but may not be portable when moving across systems/computes/phones etc
[1] duplicate-copy: Album folders with photos copied into them. This will work across all systems, but may take wayyy more space!!
[2] json: Put ALL photos (including Archive and Trash) in one folder and make a .json file with info about albums. Use if you're a programmer, or just want to get everything, ignoring lack of year-folders etc.
[3] nothing: Just ignore them and put year-photos into one folder. WARNING: This ignores Archive/Trash !!!
0
Okay, doing: shortcut
Okay, running... searching for everything in input folder...
...oh :(
...
I couldn't find any D: reasons for this may be:
delete the input folder and re-extract the zip
visit https://github.com/TheLastGimbus/GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper
again and request new, correct Takeout
After fixing this, go ahead and try again :)
[gpth quitted :( (code 13) - press enter to close]`
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