Photos

The Photos app is the Windows 8 home for all your photos, both on your PC and in your social networks. The main Photos screen is divided into the following five sections:

Pictures Library—Click this tile to see a list of the subfolders in your Pictures library, then click a subfolder to see its images.

Facebook—If you’ve connected your Facebook account to your Microsoft account, click this tile to see a list of the albums on your Facebook profile.

SkyDrive Photos—Click this tile to see the images in your SkyDrive’s Pictures folder.

Flickr—If you have a Flickr account, click this tile to connect to that account and display your Flickr albums.

Devices—Click this tile to view the photos on your connected devices. For this to work, ...

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