transferred photos from a sd card to pictures and the folder is showing empty when trying to view it

[Windows Central Question]

I moved photos from the sd card to a folder in pictures; when trying to view the photos; I am receiving the message that preview is unavailable. The folder itself shows that the photos are there until clicked on to view them

 

[Joan482]

I ran into the same problem today! It took me forever to figure it out but it ended up being very simple. I accidentally had the camera mode set to "clipboard" when I was taking the pictures Burger King Feedback. This saves the pictures to the camera and not the SD card. I had to select each picture individually and save it to the SD card on the camera before transferring the SD card to the computer.

 

[Ryujingt3]

I moved photos from the sd card to a folder in pictures; when trying to view the photos; I am receiving the message that preview is unavailable. The folder itself shows that the photos are there until clicked on to view them

Are you sure that the files copied correctly? If not, they would not be able to be previewed (i.e. damaged).