Getting error 13 each time I try to run the executable about googlephotostakeouthelper

[Schultz05]

Do note that I created a google takeout based on album selection. Could that be the problem?

[TheLastGimbus]

Well.. does your takeout actually contains photos? Show me the screenshots/something

Yes, selecting only albums could be the problem. Best way is to select everything, but you can try albums only too

[edtfin]

I have the same prob. @Schultz05

[TheLastGimbus]

@edtfin same as @Schultz05 - you guys need to give me verbose descriptions on how you have your takeouts downloaded and unzipped...

[edtfin]

from the moment i download this executable, my pc is starting to have bugs and crashes! I don't know if this is a virus or anything. Doing reset after this :<

[TheLastGimbus]

all of the code and actually even pipeline of uploading binaries is publicly visible 🤷 i don't think there's even a way i could upload a virus here...

[Tandagore]

Hey, trying to be a bit more helpful here: I'm currently having the same problem, mostly that I don't actually know how the folder structure should be looking for the Helper to actually recognize/be able to work with the dump. I'm working on an older dump (about three years old) and the photos have since been removed from Google, so getting a new dump sadly isn't an option for me.
Folder Structure currently looks like this: D:\Google\Takeout\Google Photos with the last folder containing all the subfolders (all named like YEAR-MONTH-DAY, i.e. 2016-08-18), which have the pictures, the metadata and the json in them.
I'm getting the same error, how would the folder structure need to look like to be processable?

[TheLastGimbus]

@Tandagore sorry for late reply:

You have the same problem as #182 - read discussion there

But you already removed them from google...

Hmmm, okay, here's what you can do:

1. Make a copy of original takeout zip not to lose it
2. Move all files from all YEAR-MONTH-DAY folders to one folder named Photos from 2015 (or whatever year) - it can be a single folder, with pics from different years, doesn't really matter
3. Try to run gpth - shooould work 🤞