I plugged my camera into the USB but it doesn't transfer my pictures to the computer. a window wants me to select a program to launch the program, but there's nothing to select.

Transferring files by connecting the camera
as a removable disk
Connect the camera to your computer as a removable disk.
1 In Shooting or Playback mode, press [m].
2 Select Settings - PC Software - Off.
3 Turn off the camera.
4 Connect the camera to your computer with the USB
cable.

Transferring files with Intelli-studio
Intelli-studio will start automatically when you connect the camera
to your computer with the USB cable.
The battery will charge while the camera is connected to a computer with the
USB cable.
1 In Shooting or Playback mode, press [m].
2 Select Settings - PC Software - On.
3 Turn off the camera.
4 Connect the camera to your computer with the USB
cable.
5 Turn on the camera.
• The computer recognizes the camera automatically and
Intelli-studio launches automatically.
6 Select a destination folder on your computer, and then
select Yes.
• New files stored on the camera will automatically transfer to
the selected folder.
• If your camera has no new files, the pop-up window for saving
new files will not appear.


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Hi there, To get your camera to connect to your computer, follow these steps: 1) Enable USB mode - press menu, go up, and select setup. Select USB and press OK. Select Mass storage and press OK. Save the changes. 2) Make sure the PictureProject software is installed from the CD that came with the camera. 3) Launch PictureProject 4) Connect the camera to the computer 5) Turn on the camera and press the "transfer" button. Alex

Consider NOT connecting your camera to your computer.


The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.


Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use Nikon Transfer or any other photo cataloging program.

Download PICASA:

http://picasa.google.com/#utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-bk&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=picasa

It should populate into the window that launches when you plug in your camera. If it doesn't, launch Picasa and then plug in your camera. Either way, Picasa will go immediately to importing photos and you can pick which ones you want to transfer.

Consider NOT connecting the camera to the computer.


The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.

Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive. Or you can use any photo cataloging program.

The easiest way to transfer pictures from a PC to a USB device is to select the pictures on the PC, (usually located in "My Pictures" if running Windows XP), right click and select copy, then go to the USB drive and right click and paste. This will of course leave a copy of the pictures on the PC. If you wish to not have a copy, then you can select the pictures and delete them. If you need to select multiple pictures at once, then I would use CTRL & A (to select all). You could then use CTRL & C(for copy) and CTRL & V (for paste). Hope that this helps.

Is the camera recognised by the pc as a usb 'drive'.?? If not try another cable. If another cable does not help, then the fault could be with the camera itself.
Try inserting the card in a separate card reader attached to a pc - if you can see the latest pics taken, then the camera is taking pics ok - and we are back to the transfer problem.

If you can see the pics in your 'my computer' then you can copy or move them onto your pc's hard drive. The fault then could be your Nikon transfer program. Try reloading the software as it may be corrupted on your pc..

Dear Carrie ,

Just use the SD CARD READER to transfer the pictures into computer . Its the fast way to transfer the pictures then the software.
I have already doing the same way with nu Canon A470.

B. rgds
Rajnish
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Have you checked the HP hep site?
Here is their suggestion
Introduction This document explains how to transfer images from the camera to a computer running Windows XP operating system by using a universal serial bus (USB) cable. Transferring the images Follow the steps below to transfer images from the camera to a Windows XP computer. Step one: Connect the camera to the computer

1. Turn off the camera.
2. The camera came with a special USB cable for connecting the camera to a computer. Connect the large end of that USB cable to the computer. Figure 1: Connect the USB cable
3. Open the rubber door on the side of the camera and connect the small end of the USB cable to the USB connector on the camera.

Step two: Transfer the images Choose one of the following methods to transfer the image files: Method one: Transfer images with the HP Photosmart software

1. Make sure the HP Photosmart software is installed on the computer. If the software is loaded, then go to step 2. If the software is not loaded, click here to upgrade to the latest version of imaging and printing software (in English).
2. If images on the camera are selected for printing or selected for HP Instant Share destinations, make sure the computer is connected to a printer and the Internet.
3. Turn on the camera. The HP Import Photos software starts on your computer. If you have set the software to automatically transfer the images in the camera, the images automatically transfer to the computer. Otherwise, in the Transfer images from Camera/Card screen, click Start Transfer . The images are transferred to the computer, and then if there are any still images that were previously selected for HP Instant Share destinations, those actions are started.
4. When the Image Action Summary screen appears on the computer, you can disconnect the camera from the computer.

Method two: Transfer images without the HP Photosmart software If you do not, or cannot, install HP Photosmart Software on your computer, you can still transfer images from the camera to the computer using the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) in Windows XP. Follow the steps below to transfer images.

1. Turn on the camera. Windows will automatically launch a program to transfer the images.
2. When the images have finished transferring, disconnect the camera from the computer.
3. If you encounter problems, check that the camera USB Configuration in the Setup Menu is set to Digital Camera .
   1. While in Live View , press the Live View/Playback button, and then press the Menu/OK button.
   2. Scroll to the Setup Menu using the left/right arrow buttons.
   3. Use the up/down arrow buttons to scroll through the Setup Menu to highlight the USB option.
   4. Use the left/right arrow buttons to change the setting to Digital Camera and then press the Menu/OK button.
   5. To exit from the Setup Menu , press the Live View/Playback button.
4. Reconnect the camera to the computer.

If you put a digital card into the camcorder then you can take it out and put into your computer, printer or regular camera. Windows should have a program though that will let you transfer the pictures from the camcorder to your computer.