Nobody knows why it is setup like this, and who did it (either you or the program that came with your camera or your email program or it remembers a choice you made on some screen in 2007 or ...)
If you're not happy with the situation, change the setup so it does what you want.
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On my XP SP3 PC I have two My Pictures folders. One is located as a subfolder within My Documents. The other appears top right of the window that opens when you click Start. The content is not the same. One seems to accept photos loaded to my PC through my camera. The other accepts images stored from other sources such as emailed photos. Does anyone know why this is?

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