Question "Pictures" folder created on new external drive after having it plugged in for a little while

[ComputersOftenIrritateMe]

When I plugged in my new My Passport drive into my laptop I had it sitting plugged in as it was installing WD Discovery off of the Drive and I noticed that, after a while, there was a "Pictures" folder that had been created on the external drive.

Does anybody know why this folder would have been automatically created? It was empty at the time that I deleted it and ejected the drive.

As far as I have been able to see, this is not a function of installing WD Discovery (Which was installed standardly off of the drive itself) so I have no idea where this folder came from.

 

[DRagor]

Don't you know Windows treats your machine as if it were its property, not yours? It though the Picture folder may be needed so created one. There are many more folders Windows creates here and there you may not even see. No big deal, just delete it and forget.

 

[ComputersOftenIrritateMe]

Don't you know Windows treats your machine as if it were its property, not yours? It though the Picture folder may be needed so created one. There are many more folders Windows creates here and there you may not even see. No big deal, just delete it and forget.

You think it was just a standard Windows thing? I can't seem to find any further information about this online.

It seems odd that it did this after a while of being plugged in, and that it only did the pictures folder.

 

[USAFRet]

I suspect this is the built in (crappy) backup software in the WD Passport.
Analyzing the system, and then starting to create folders for things to back up.

 

[hotaru.hino]

You think it was just a standard Windows thing? I can't seem to find any further information about this online.

It seems odd that it did this after a while of being plugged in, and that it only did the pictures folder.

No, this is not a thing. I've plugged in dozens of external storage devices and I've used every major version of Windows (yes, including 8 and 8.1) since 2010 and have never seen this happen.

 

[USAFRet]

No, this is not a thing. I've plugged in dozens of external storage devices and I've used every major version of Windows (yes, including 8 and 8.1) since 2010 and have never seen this happen.

Exactly.
This is not "Windows".

 

[USAFRet]

yes obvious this is natural thinks but you need some fixed patch you will try some install software to make some easier way on your computer

What do you mean "natural"?
This is not a normal function of a Windows OS.

 

[ComputersOftenIrritateMe]

I suspect this is the built in (crappy) backup software in the WD Passport.
Analyzing the system, and then starting to create folders for things to back up.

I've seen various videos online of WD Discovery being installed and none of them show such folders being automatically created during the installation process.

Like many others, my installation got stuck at 18 percent and needed to eventually be killed through task manager. The software wasn't installed fully (the software which itself is needed to run backups).

 

[hotaru.hino]

On the off chance that maybe there was some thing in Windows that could do this that I never use, I ran across this: https://www.sevenforums.com/system-...-automatically-once-usb-device-connected.html . Basically, a user pointed one of the Libraries categories to their thumb drive, so any time they inserted it, Windows created folders to coincide with what the Library was configured for.

I don't use Libraries, so this sort of thing wouldn't have popped up. And even then, it had to be a deliberate action since Libraries defaults to only your User Folder paths.

 

[USAFRet]

I've seen various videos online of WD Discovery being installed and none of them show such folders being automatically created during the installation process.

Like many others, my installation got stuck at 18 percent and needed to eventually be killed through task manager. The software wasn't installed fully (the software which itself is needed to run backups).

Well, on any of the literal hundreds of external storage devices I've connected, on dozens of systems...I've never seen that happen.
But also, I don't use the "WD Discovery".

'Discovery' would lead to it discovering what is on the Host, and then creating the relevant places on the WS Passport.
Stopping at 18% could easily have just allowed it to only create the 'Pictures' folder.

I've never never used it, so I can't say for sure.
But that's what I would guess.

 

[ComputersOftenIrritateMe]

Well, on any of the literal hundreds of external storage devices I've connected, on dozens of systems...I've never seen that happen.
But also, I don't use the "WD Discovery".

'Discovery' would lead to it discovering what is on the Host, and then creating the relevant places on the WS Passport.
Stopping at 18% could easily have just allowed it to only create the 'Pictures' folder.

I've never never used it, so I can't say for sure.
But that's what I would guess.

I'm pretty sure the name Discovery is just the name of the software rather than the type. Like there's a copyright on the word Discovery. Like Discovery is just part of the name, not its function.


It's a software that acts as a sort of hub for other softwares. One of those softwares is WD Backup, which is what I was hoping to eventually install before it stopped working.