Well, since I got no replies to my issue, I assume ether there is no interest, or my explanation is not understandable. Would like to think it is the later. So here is another attempt to describe my issue:

I upload photos from my desktop PC to Google Photos Cloud

I did both Drag & Drop from PC to Cloud, and used the Upload button in the Cloud site

 with the same results.

After upload is complete, I select the invitation to put the photos into an Album

The photos then appear in the selected albums, but do not appear under the PHOTOS button:

All photos uploaded through Jan 31, 2024 display in both their Album and under Photos, but those since then only show in their Album, and not under Photos.

So why do they not display under Photos also?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Al

Thanks for all of your replys. I finally got it installed... in yet another way:

I went to the download page

and clicked Need more help?  (under the "Install" section). That opened a page that has a
"Fix problems with Chrome" section. There I clicked on Fix problems installing Google Chrome. From there, I clicked on Computers with one user account. That opened https://www.google.com/chrome/?system=false&standalone=1 that provides a download that I selected... and it installed
flawlessly.

No idea why I had to go through this maze, but it worked, so guess I should be happy, but can't help to wonder why a company like Google put me through this wringer.

Thanks for your suggestion Chris. Tried uninstalling wusa /uninstall /kb:5034204, but it said "not installed."

Removed the register key, rebooted, and ran the installer. It ran for a little while longer, but still failed to install.

Something to note: My specs say I'm running Win11 v. 22H2, but I have a not in my task bar that says I need to restart my device to complete the update. I Since seeing that note, I have rebooted at least 2 dozen times, but the note is still with me. Perhaps my problem with installing Chrome is there. But have no idea how to satisfy that note.

Any thought on how much memory I ought to have?

1. A lot of my shortcuts on Desktop do not show up in my Desktop folder. Sync appended these icons with an arrow, and did not sync them in Drive. They are legit shortcuts just like those that were synced (the green check marked guys). Any ides what is happening here?
eSword, Glo, Calendar Magic, RawTherapee, Picasa, Faststone Image Viewer, ArcSoft ShowBiz, EzGrabber, Cyberlink, Legacy, SuperAntispyware, Malwarebytes, Defraggler, Ccleaner, Aomei Backupper, Revo Uninstaller,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/kUDLZquxkFntPq1E7

2. The Photo Editors folder is appended with an "X." It is synced in Drive where 3 of the  subfolders are appended with an "X" Any idea why?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/y9ue2HR4sLG4U58a7

3. The Canon folder is appended with an "X." It is synced in Drive and all 4 subfolders are appended with an "X" Any idea why?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/rg7Y1XEWS8XhJqQG6

Also, Since I updated to Drive for Desktop, there are times that my computer slows down to a point that is is about unusable. I suspect this app uses a lot more memory than the old Backup & Sync. Do I need more memory? I run Win10 and Chrome & Firefox normally open. My specs:

Processor    Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G2030 @ 3.00GHz   3.00 GHz
Installed RAM    4.00 GB (3.88 GB usable)
Device ID    2C8CD49B-B483-4E96-8F01-4E1E48E0857D
Product ID    00330-80000-00000-AA862
System type    64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch    No pen or touch input is available for this display

In a test of 2, photos appear to be working as expected now (they upload to Google Photos, and not to Drive) except when I delete  it from my Pictures folder on my desktop, Google Photos sends it to Trash. I thought that was not suppose to happen? Notice on this screen shot that the activities report shows them as synced. I thought they do not sync when only backing up to Google Photos?

Peter: As you suggested, I went to https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_ and sure enough, the photo showed up. But when i open Photos in my account, I do not see it in Photos nor in Trash. But when I do a search for it, it pops up. Where in the world is it located?

Again, thanks for being patient with me!

I set the preferences as shown here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/VRGeitqpks9vaK7u6

Now when I add picture to My Pictures folder on desktop, it shows synced:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/iKvTtq8hdZNjmpWH6

but I don't find it in Drive for Desktop, nor Drive in Cloud, nor in Google Photos. Please help with correct settings to have it BACKUP to Google Photos.

Now, in Drive for Desktop, I see a shortcut to My Documents. I assume this is necessary for Drive in Cloud to know what folders to sync. Is that correct? It appears the other 4 folders, Favorites Bar, HP, Links..., and Bing come  with the Google down load. Can I simply delete these no value folders? And finally, why is my Desktop folder not included here?

And finally, when I open Google Drive in the cloud, I find a fully populated Pictures folder under Computers > My Computer. I believe all of these pictures were added when i was using Backup & Sync. Now I only wish to Backup pictures. SO can I delete the Pictures folder here?

 Drive File Stream looks to be trplaced by Google Drive for desktop, but Backup & Sync looks like it will still be alive and well.

With this configuration, photos go to the cloud Drive and to Photos (Double storage?):

I do not use the current Desktop Drive, and I do not wish to use the "Coming soon" Drive for desktop.

In my "old" backup & sync, I simply select the folders I wish to backup & sync, and they go directly to the Computer folder in GoogleDrive.com, and pictures also go to GooglePhotos.com. Please see my settings in the screen shot below.

As it's configured now, all 3 folders (Desktop, Documents, and Pictures) go to My Computer folder on GoogleDrive.com, and Pictures also go to Google Photos. I believe in this scenario storage space is doubled for pictures. Is that correct? And if correct, how do I get Pictures to back up to GooglePhotos without them going to GoogleDrive.com?

I tried un-ticking Pictures under My Computer in preferences, and leaving Photos ticked (see 2nd screen shot), but that resulted in photos not going to Drive nor to Photos.

With this configuration, photos go to the cloud Drive and to Photos (Double storage?):

With this configuration, photos do not upload to Drive nor Photos:

Thanks for all of the time you put into this - even if no resolution. Hopefully the Photo team will pick up on it.

Onion - I will try to lay out all details here. Please yell if you believe I left anything out.

In my Google Photos account, I have:

Great idea! Uploading all 4 to One Drive, but taking a VERY long time... hours. First one complete and look good - no mirror image and right side up. I did notice a big discrepancy in the file size. Google is 407.1MB; MicroSoft is 1.16GB. Is there THAT much difference in Google's "High quality" files vs." Original size"?  Other details: Google: 0.4MP, 854X480 size. MS: 4Mbps, 640X480 size.

And guess what: The one file I re-uploaded to Google yesterday that was OK is now upside down and mirror image.

By the way: I did send feedback to Google.

Getting even stranger. I uploaded one of the 4 to a different account. I viewed a short segment of it, and It looked good. But an hour or so later, it was mirror image and upside down again!. I noticed it took a much longer time to upload than when I did the re-uploads in my account, so I thought maybe Google somehow knew they were in the wastebasket, and simply restored them instead of doing an actual upload. So I again deleted them from my account, emptied the wastebasket, and uploaded them again. Two came out OK, 1 was OK at first, but, like in the other account, it changed to mirror image and upside down within a couple of hours, and the last one was mirror image and upside down from the get go. I kid you not! This is weird!

I guess you could say all 36 videos were edited before upload. I'm transferring from VCR tape to digital using Diamond's One Touch Video Capture, and then editing them using CyberLink's Power Director 12 before "Producing" the .MP4 file.

Any help out there? Here is an image of the uploaded video