Folders and Photo Gallery are now in beta

Well we just got the email, and Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Photo Gallery are now available if you have been invited. You should have received an invitation to "Windows Live Beta" a few weeks ago, and if you completed that, you're in! Make sure to sign up for Folders as early as possible:

We have limited availability for Windows Live Folders, so make sure you sign up between the hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm PST on Wednesday, June 27th. Also, Live Folders is available in the United States only at this time. You will not be able to access the Live Folders site if you are outside the Unites States.

We'll have more, of course, once we get to playing with these two new betas.

Published Jun 27 2007, 07:37 PM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Betas, Folders, Windows Live Photo Gallery

Comments

	simseb said: [quote]You will not be able to access the Live Folders site if you are outside the Unites States.[/quote] I'm logging in from Belgium, with both custom domains id and live.be id. June 27, 2007 8:06 PM
	hey07 said: I just logged into live folders. it's cool. Yes i could log in from Japan. June 27, 2007 8:31 PM
	DN2004 said: It works fine in Firefox outside US but if you use it in IE it says you cannot use it as you are outside of the US. Hopefully they will not fix this June 27, 2007 8:37 PM
	jamiet said: I never received an invite (that I can remember) and yet I can login and upload stuff. Weird. -Jamie June 27, 2007 8:37 PM
	BV2312 said: For people outside US, go to accounts.live.com change the region to US and it should work... June 27, 2007 8:48 PM
	BoInTheMix said: it's public.. and i'm from israel Windows Live Folders June 27, 2007 9:27 PM
	Alber1690 said: So yeah, what's up? Why are we able to login? I don't remember signing up or receiving an email? Could it be because we're signed up with FolderShare? June 27, 2007 10:22 PM
	AndyD said: I like Folders. Photo Gallery still doesn't beat Photoshop Lightroom for me, but then again, MS doesn't support my camera on Vista. I have to use LR to view the pictures since they are in .CRW format. I am hoping they will come out with a desktop upload program for folders to make it easier. June 27, 2007 10:30 PM
	Khristopher said: Absolutely ridiculous that we're not allowed to use Folders in Canada. Sometimes Live really pisses me off. June 27, 2007 11:23 PM
	Jacki Boi said: I really cant get these to install, it closes after the UAC dialogue appears (i know this has happened before) and i have tried the fix on the WLWriter page and the instalation still failos, anyone else having the same problem? June 27, 2007 11:29 PM
	tardisinc said: Well, I'm rather unimpressed. Or: The service is currently useless to me. 1) 50 MB file limitation? 500 MB overall space? Sorry, not going to cut it. I have PowerPoints larger than 50 MB... and while I _could_ reduce them, I ain't just to use a bloody service. 2) I have to SIT and WAIT for it to upload? Er, no. 3) I want a bulk upload, and more importanttly, a Backup Syncing application. --> Integrated with Foldershare. So I can upload some folders to the web, and sync others across computers. That said, it looks like they got permissions right. I haven't tested with a non-Messenger contact though.. how do you do that? I think they'd auto-generate a passphrase and send it to the email with a login string. June 27, 2007 11:34 PM
	mitcha said: To get into Folders Live anywhere, just change in your IE7, OPTIONS/LANGUAGES Set EN-Us your first option, that is how i could get to log in into Folders Live.. But I cannot see anything at Photos Gallery link, could someone, PLEASE, post the direct link for downloading ? June 27, 2007 11:48 PM
	Hb8 said: getting a missing propsys.dll error when installing Live Photo Gallery. Anyone else? June 27, 2007 11:59 PM
	mrx9898 said: ahhh crap, i didn't get an invitation :(. I really wanna try out WL Photo Gallery....as I don't have windows vista :(. shucks! June 28, 2007 1:41 AM
	alpesh said: I am in Australia and i just signed in. No email, no nothing! Small files upload really quickly. Would love to have desktop client. I am sure they will provide at some stage June 28, 2007 6:33 AM
	Pal said: @Hb8 As it mentioned, if you'r a XP user, you have to get Windows Desktop Search and Windows Imaging Codecs installed, or there will be a tip telling you that propsys.dll is missing. June 28, 2007 8:08 AM
	the andyman said: @tardisinc As far as I know a new version of Windows Live Foldershare will integrate with WLFolders. As for your second point how do you expect it to instantly upload with just the refresh of the browser? Get a faster internet connection or some patience (or just open another browser tab or window ;) ). June 28, 2007 1:16 PM
	bjorn666 said: I was able to sign up as well w/o problems, never received an invite/email but where are the upload links? Or, better, where do I need to go for Live Folders???????????? maybe its just my browser thats not liked around here since I'm using FFoX June 28, 2007 2:44 PM
	Drazick said: Is there any way to get an invitation? Thanks. June 28, 2007 6:23 PM
	Hb8 said: @Pal Actually, yes, I already had installed the Windows Imaging codec and desktop search as per instructions (I DO read them) but I'm still getting the propsys.dll error June 29, 2007 12:42 AM
	Beau said: Photo Gallery's cool, especially on XP :) I've got some more info, as well as some screenshots up at my forums, so head over there for more information. Linky >> http://theliveforums.com/index.php?showtopic=260 Cheers, Beau June 30, 2007 4:35 AM
	smiller said: @tardisinc I agree. Having to sit and wait for an upload isn't all that great. Turns out it's rather difficult to create a progress bar for uploads over HTTP. However, we've managed to tackle it with Fresh Logic Studios Folders (http://www.freshlogicstudios.com/Products/Folders). Thought you might be interested in checking it out. We also have a few other goodies like drag/drop, right click, cut/copy/paste, etc June 30, 2007 4:20 PM