I had this same problem. My user account has administrator access. I
created a test accound that was a standard user on the same machine and with
this account was able to add folders to the Windows Photo Gallery with no
problems. Since you shouldn't, in theory, always be running with
administrator access, I've solved the problem for myself by creating an
administrator account and changing my normal user account to a standard
account. Hope this helps.
lj



"Sergei" wrote:

> Same problem! Anybody found a solution yet?
>
> "Jane" wrote:
>
> > When I try to add any folder to the gallery I get the error: "You cannot add
> > this location to the gallery. This folder or one of its parent folders is a
> > system folder or marked as hidden. Move pictures to the picture folder."
> >
> > All the folders I try to add are in the picture folder already. If I create
> > another folder under Documents called Pics, and try to add the photos from
> > there I get the same error. I checked the properties on the Pictures folder
> > and
> >
> > I recently installed Vista Business. It was a clean install from XP. When
> > I copied My Documents over, the folder was automatically renamed Documents.
> > My Pictures became Pictures. Etc. I don't know if this has something to do
> > with it or not.
> >
> > When I checked the properties on the Pictures folder, the Attributes were:
> > check under Hidden, highlighted but not checked under Read-only. I unchecked
> > the Hidden but this did not solve my problem. It appears that all the
> > folders under my profile have an attribute of Hidden.
> >