Stop Plex indexing my photos

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I am a new user of Plex. I want to use it to show photos on my TV in a family room from my computer in my study. I started by setting up a library with just one of my folders with 30 or so items. I put Plex on my phone and cast them to Chromecast on my TV. It worked first time, amazed my wife and me.

My problem is that now Plex has, apparently randomly, started indexing various other picture folders and displaying them on the Home page.How can I ensure that only the folders that I choose are processed by Plex?

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Edit the photo library.
Go to the ‘Add folders’ tab
Which folder is referenced there?

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I cannot see where to “Edit the photo library” and cannot see where there is an option to “add folders”. My album name has a little green padlock attached to it as does the two entries under “Locations”. I suspect somehow I have locked into a “read Only” mode. I am logged into my account.
Sorry about the delay, I am in Sydney.

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https://support.plex.tv/articles/200392106-library-actions/

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I still couldn’t find the “+”. So I used the “>” from the w10 taskbar and now it works, I can see the edit screen. I think I started Plex last time from the W10 start menu but that doesn’t seem to work properly!!

What do I do now to stop Plex indexing all my photos and creating apparantly random albums containing random photos.

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Which path exactly is shown when you edit the library, go to the ‘Add Folders’ tab?

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C:\Users\User\Pictures\2018 Trip Pile\Main folder 1\from phone ireland pictures24 May18

Alec

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That appears to be oddly specific.
And this is the only path that’s in there?

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I have closed Plex and restarted it.
In Edit Library window /General/Name is “ireland photos from phone”

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The name of the library doesn’t matter.
I was asking for the path that appears on the ‘Add Folders’ tab and whether it’s the only path in there.

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I cant see what you are asking me for.
It seems that I need to read some more about what Plex will do for photos and how actual folders relate to Plex libraries.
I have uninstalled Plex and will start again.
Thanks or your help.
Alec

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